Muhammad: Meccan Opposition[112] Cf. Qur'an 25:61; Buhl, Muhammeds, pp. 166 f. The traditions
presenting Musaylima as "al-Rahman" may also have caused some
misunderstanding; cf. Guillaume, Muhammad, pp. 134, 140.
[113] Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 1, p. 121; Buhl, Muhammeds,
p. 167.
[114] Practically all of the Biblical narratives of these suras are out of
chronological order.
[115] E.g. the reply to the accusation of Qur'an 44:13 is simply the threat
of judgment; cf. 44:14. See also Qur'an 25:5f and 16:105f.
[116] Jabr - Guillaume, Muhammad, p. 180.
Sijill - Sunan Abu Dawud, vol. 2, p. 829. This was probably an
exegetical assumption.
Ibn Qammatha - Wellhausen, Medina, p. 55.
Christian scribe - Sahih Bukhari, vol. 4, p. 523; Sahih Muslim,
vol. 4, p. 1459.
[117] More than any others, the Noah narratives were radically altered
(Qur'an 54:9f; 37:73f; 71; 26:105f) to fit Muhammad's own person; cf. SEI,
pp. 450 f.
[118] SEI, p. 369; EI², s.v. "Mecca,"p. 144. Meccan flood-control was one
of the greater architectural concerns of the later Caliphs; Umar and Uthman brought Christian engineers into the city to build structures to
inhibit flooding; EI², s.v. "Mecca," p. 147.
[119] Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 1, p. 120, considered Muhammad
to have identified himself the most with Moses for the entire middle
Meccan period. Cf. SEI, pp. 414 f.