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Mahamod. The affinity between the similarity and the iden-
tity of the two forms is unquestionable.
I have faithfully reproduced the significations of the
Hebrew forms as given by the lexicographers and translators.
But the intrinsical or spiritual sense of "Himdah" and
"Mahamod" is: "praise and praiseworthy, celebrity and cele-
brated, glory and glorious." For among the created beings
and things, what can be "more glorious, honorable, illus-
trious, and praised than that which is most coveted and
desired." It is in this practical sense that the Koran uses
the word hamdu from which Ahmad and Muhammad are
derivations, and hamdu is the same word as the Hebrew
hemed. The glory of Prophet Muhammad surpasses that of any
other creatures, as illustrated by Daniel (vii.), and in the
oracle of Allah: "Law la ka lama Khalaqna 'l-Aflaka" -
"Were it not for thee, were is not for thee (O beloved
Muhammad), We would not have created the worlds" (or
tity of the two forms is unquestionable.
I have faithfully reproduced the significations of the
Hebrew forms as given by the lexicographers and translators.
But the intrinsical or spiritual sense of "Himdah" and
"Mahamod" is: "praise and praiseworthy, celebrity and cele-
brated, glory and glorious." For among the created beings
and things, what can be "more glorious, honorable, illus-
trious, and praised than that which is most coveted and
desired." It is in this practical sense that the Koran uses
the word hamdu from which Ahmad and Muhammad are
derivations, and hamdu is the same word as the Hebrew
hemed. The glory of Prophet Muhammad surpasses that of any
other creatures, as illustrated by Daniel (vii.), and in the
oracle of Allah: "Law la ka lama Khalaqna 'l-Aflaka" -
"Were it not for thee, were is not for thee (O beloved
Muhammad), We would not have created the worlds" (or