Animals Admitted to Heaven

According to the Moslem's creed, ten animals besides man are admitted into Paradise. 1. The dog Kratim, of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus. The story of the dog is told in Gibbon at the close of Chapter XXXIII., Note 47. He calls the dog's name Al-Rakim; that is, the stupid. 2. Balaam's ass, which reproached the disobedient prophet; Numbers XXII., 28. 3. Solomon's ant, which reproves the sluggard; Proverbs VI., 6. 4. Jonah's whale; Jonah II., 10. 5. The ram of Ishmael, caught by the horns and offered in sacrifice instead of Isaac; Genesis XXII., 13. 6. The ass on which the Queen of Sheba rode when she visited Solomon. 7. The camel of Saleb; the word Saleb means cross; and the camel of Saleb was marked with that sign. 8. The cuckoo of Belkis,--Belkis was the Queen of Sheba; the cuckoo, her carrier dove. 9. The ox of Moses. The ox of Moses was the one with the tongue and tail of which he brought to life a dead man. 10. The animal called Al-Borak is Arabic for lightning.

The ass on which our Saviour rode to Jerusalem is sometimes added or substituted.