THE MIRACLES OF NÛH.

Besides [the miracles connected with] the deluge, and others already mentioned, the following are also attributed to him: When the believers in the unity of God had come out from the ark, all their eatables had been consumed, and they were entirely famished; then Nûh took up a quantity of sand from the ground, and by the blessing of his prayers it was changed into grilled wheat. Some say that after leaving the ark he planted fruit-trees, which immediately became green and bore fruit; so that the troubles of the believers were changed into repose, and they were saved from the pangs of hunger, which are one of the most dreadful scourges. Another of his miracles is that he cured one of his daughters of barrenness by placing his finger upon her navel. Besides these miracles, he per­formed many others, to enumerate which would greatly lengthen this record.