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130 conders much more, as its primary object, the unity of the upreme Being, under the name of Alla: Mahomet is only regarded in a econdary point of view, as the miionary of that unity, merely for detroying the idol worhip, to which Arabia had continued o long under bondage: and o far from addreing him as a deity, that in their oraions, they do not pray to him, but for him, recommending him to the divine mercy: it is a mitaken, though a generally received opinion, that pilgrimages were made to his tomb, which, in a religious ene, were only directed to what is called the cahabah or holy-houe at Mecca, an idol temple dedicated by him to the unity of God. His tomb is at