Note 454 — Chapter XXXII · TRAINING THE PASSAGE SAKER TO GAZELLE[426]

i.e., chapters 109, 112, 113 and 114 of the Qurān. They are very brief, not containing more than four or five lines, and all commence with the word Qul “Say.” These chapters are repeated at weddings by the bridegroom, after the Qāẓī. Their efficacy is nearly equal to that of the whole Qurān. The “Verse of the Throne” is the 256th verse of the 2nd chapter: it commences “God, there is no God but He; the Living, the Abiding; slumber taketh him not nor sleep. His throne reacheth over the heavens and the earth.”—Vide also page 74.

Āya rā damīdan (dam karnā in Urdu): the sacred texts are repeated and the breath is then exhaled on the breast and hands, etc., or over a sick person.