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 the greater and less Beirâm. The above are the religious and civil institutions of the Koran, to which the Sonna is considered. as supplemental, something after the manner of the Jewish Mishna. The Kedaya, or guide, enters deeply into subjects connected with the Musulman law, aid has been translated by Colonel Hamilton.

The above concise review sufficiently evinces how little originality attaches to the Koran: there is not a doctrine, precept, or institution, throughout its pages, but what is borrowed, and may be traced to the great sources before specified.

The leading fundamental article, viz. the Unity of God, formed the basis both of the Patriarchal and Mosaic dispensations, agreeably with the words of the great Hebrew legislator and prophet, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is one God." The Jews more-