Revelation 9:12

One woe Of the three denounced by the eagle, Revelation 8:13. A decided majority of orthodox commentators understand this vision as foretelling the Mahometan conquests some taking the fallen star of Revelation 9:1 of Mahomet himself. The last is scarcely credible unless one should adopt the view, not perhaps inconsistent with the facts of Mahomet's career, but hardly in harmony with the general order of Revelation that he really had a divine commission, but perverted it to serve his selfish ambition. It seems almost certain that the "star" is an angel, strictly speaking: but the interpretation as a whole seems worthy of respect. Perhaps the Mahometan conquest is to be regarded as at least a partial fulfilment of this prophecy: but the attempts to shew that it is in detail an exact fulfilment have not been very successful.