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96 REMARKS ON MAHURRUM.
actuated solely by fervent zeal, in keeping a
continued remembrance of the sufferings of
their Eraaums, and doing honour to their me-
mory.
It is not my province either to praise or con-
demn, but merely to mark out what I observe
of singularity in the habits, manners, and cus-
toms of the Mussulmauns, in whose domestic
circles I have been so many years a sojourner.
On the subject which my pen has faintly traced
to your view,—the celebration of Mahurrum,
—I cannot refrain from offering one remark;
I think them to be actuated by so fervent a
zeal, that if they could believe with me, that
whatever we do in this life is for Eternity, they
would still persevere in this their supposed duty
of honouring their Emaums.
actuated solely by fervent zeal, in keeping a
continued remembrance of the sufferings of
their Eraaums, and doing honour to their me-
mory.
It is not my province either to praise or con-
demn, but merely to mark out what I observe
of singularity in the habits, manners, and cus-
toms of the Mussulmauns, in whose domestic
circles I have been so many years a sojourner.
On the subject which my pen has faintly traced
to your view,—the celebration of Mahurrum,
—I cannot refrain from offering one remark;
I think them to be actuated by so fervent a
zeal, that if they could believe with me, that
whatever we do in this life is for Eternity, they
would still persevere in this their supposed duty
of honouring their Emaums.