kbir: "God is Great!"

Then all say:--

"O God, give us good in this world and in the next, and save us by Thy
mercy from the troubles of the grave and of hell."

Then each one in a low voice says the Salam, as in an ordinary Namaz.
(Ante, p. 197.)[215]

The Namaz is now over and the people make another Du'a thus:--

"'O our Lord! suffer not our hearts to go astray after that Thou hast once
guided us; and give us mercy from before Thee; for verily Thou art He who
giveth.' (Sura iii. 6.) O God, Thou art his[216] Master, and Thou createdst
him, and Thou didst nourish him, and didst guide him toward Islam, and Thou
hast taken his life, and Thou knowest well his inner and outer life.
Provide intercessors for us. Forgive him, for Thou art the Forgiver, the
most Merciful."

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Then going towards the head of the corpse, they say:--

"No doubt is there about this Book (Quran.) It is a guidance to the
God-fearing, who believe in the unseen,[217] who observe prayer (salat),
and out of what we have bestowed on them, expend (for God), and who believe
in that which hath been sent down to thee (Muhammad), and in what hath been
sent down before thee; and full faith have they in the life to come: these
are guided by their Lord; and with these it shall be well." (Sura ii. 1-4).

Then coming towards the feet of the corpse, they say:--

"The Apostle believeth in that which hath been sent down from his Lord, as
do the faithful also. Each believeth in God, and His angels, and His Books
and His Apostles: we make no distinction between any of His Apostles.[218]
And they say: 'We have heard and we obey. (We implore) Thy mercy, Lord; for
unto Thee must we return.' God will not burden any soul beyond its power.
It shall enjoy the good which it hath acquired, and shall bear the evil for
the acquirement of which it laboured. O our Lord! punish us not if we
forget, or fall into sin; O our Lord! and lay not on us a load like that
which Thou hast laid on those who have been before us[219]; O our Lord! and
lay not on us that for which we have no strength: but blot out our sins and
forgive us, and have pity on us. Thou art our protector; give us victory
therefore over the infidel nations." (Sura ii. 285, 286).

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The chief mourner then gives the Izn-i-'Amm, that is, he says:--

"All have permission to depart."

Some then proceed homewards, others go with the corpse to the graveyard.
When the bier is lifted up, or when it is pla