Note 331 — Chapter XX · CONQUEST OF PALESTINE. A.H. XV. A.D. 636.
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It is of this journey the tale is told that in the midst of one of his discourses Omar was interrupted by an ecclesiastic. The Caliph quoted from the Corân the passage—Whom the Lord misleadeth, for him there is no guide (Sura iv. 90, 142; xvii. 99; and xviii. 6), whereupon the Christian cried out: Nay! God misleadeth no one. Omar threatened that he would behead the Christian if he continued his interruption, and so the Christian held his peace. The story is told both in the Romance of Wâckidy, and in the Fatooh al Shâm; and though wanting in authority, gives truly the popular impression of the doctrine of Predestination as taught in the Corân. (See The Corân: its Composition and Teaching, Christian Knowledge Society, p. 56.)