DUALISM

Profe or Palmer, following the remarks of al-Baiẓāwī the commentator, says there is a protest against the dualistic doctrine that Light and Darkne were two co-eternal principles, in the Qurʾān, Sūrah vi. 1 : “Praised be God who created the heavens and the earth, and brought into being the Darkne and the Light.” (Palmer’s Qurʾān , vol. i. p. 115; al-Baiẓāwī in loco .) AD -DUK͟HĀN ( الـدخان‎ ). “The Smoke.” The title of the XLIV th chapter of the Qurʾān, in which the words occur (9th verse): “Expect thou the day when the heaven shall bring a palpable smoke .” DULDUL ( دلدل‎ ). The name of the Prophet’s mule which he gave to ʿAlī.