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[138] See Appendix D, p. 381.
[139] See Appendix D, p. 381..
[140] See Appendix D, p. 381. The ambiguity of this statement is reported
to have caused one Jew to ask a Muslim which of these two time periods
Moses served. The Muslim then asked Ibn `Abbas, who supposed that
Moses served ten years; cf. Sahih Bukhari, vol. 3, p. 525.
[141] Cf. Bell, Qur'an, vol. 1, pp. vi-vii; Watt and Bell, Introduction,
pp. 141 f; EI², s.v. "Kur'an," p. 418.
[142] The comments of Nöldeke and Schwally (GQ, vol. 1, p. 153) on
28:52 only show that this verse must have been composed before
Muhammad's break with the Jews in 2 AH. This verse could have very well
dated from Muhammad's first months in Medina.
[143] Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 1, pp. 153 f.
[144] See Appendix D, p. 381.
[145] See p. 91, above.
[146] See Appendix F, p. 412.
[147] See p. 107, above.