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bring the wonders of Tasawwuf to the notice of the English-reading public, brought out a translation of the Fususu'l-Hikam of Sheykh Muhyi-ud• din ibn 'Ali: al-'Arabi, which he has named" Wisdom of the Prophets1", and of which one chapter appeared some time ago as an article in " Islamic Culture.
Of the prophets in the Old Testament, Mrs. Stobart writes : "From the psychic scientist's point of view there is no reason to suppose that all the revelations always came direct from the Supreme Spirit, whether he was Jahveh or another, and very obviously the communications often suggested an atmosphere which was not at all divine, as when the Lord ordered Saul to slay the Amalekites hip and thigh, and to leave neither women nor children alive; or when the Lord, having just elaborately prepared Moses for his great mission of rescuing the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage, tried to slay him in the loclging• house just after he had started on his work.
The psychic element in the story of J oseph is much more evident in the Quran than in the Bible ; but in the narratives of other Israelitish Prophets Muslims will be able to follow Mrs. Stobart quite as well as those for whom she writes, and will be much more likely to agree with her conclusions, which will not seem new to them.