Muhammad: The Hijra[91] See Appendix D, p. 378.
[92] See Appendix D, p. 378.
[93] These stories are also similar to those found in sura 26.
[94] See p. 89, above.
[95] Cf. Gen. 19f.
[96] It is thought that Muhammad may have tried to identify Shu`ayb with
Jethro from the Bible, as he is shown among the people of Madyan
(Midian) in the suras of this period; cf. Horovitz, Untersuchung, pp. 119 f;
SEI, p. 544.
[97] Sura 26 Sura 11
Moses Noah
Abraham Hud
Noah Salih
Hud Abraham
Salih Lot
Lot Shu`ayb
(Shu`ayb) Moses[98] See p. 105, above.
[99] See p. 106, above.
[100] See pp. 103, 106, above.
[101] Speyer, Erzählungen, p. 458, also references the Talmud, Avot 3,22.
[102] See p. 199, below.
[103] See Appendix D, pp. 378 f.
[104] In Wellhausen, Medina, p. 349, Waqidi gives a tradition reporting
that a certain Ethiopian Jewish slave named Jabr became a Muslim as a
result of hearing sura 12 prior to the emigration to Medina. See also