Note 103
From Chapter 50 of the Decline & Fall


Koran, c. 5, p. 94, and Sale's note, which refers to the authority of Jallaloddin and Al Beidawi. D'Herbelot declares, that Mahomet condemned la vie religieuse; and that the first swarms of fakirs, dervises, etc., did not appear till after the year 300 of the Hegira, (Bibliot. Orient. p. 292, 718.)

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