Muhammad, the Qur\'an & Islam

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Muhammad, the Qur'an and Islam


[210] See Appendix D, p. 384.


[211] See Appendix D, p. 384.


[212] Some later Islamic sources claim that Balaam was meant, while
others mention Umayya b. Abu'l-Salt; see Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ,
vol. 1, p. 160.


[213] See p. 41.


[214] Jeffery, Vocabulary, al-A`raf - p. 65, Sabbath - pp. 160 f.


[215] See Appendix F, p. 413.


[216] Some Islamic sources think that `Abdullah b. Salam was meant; cf.
Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 1, p. 160, but it may be that Moses was
being alluded to; cf. Rudolph, Koran, p. 454, n. 5.


[217] It is thought that the described conversion at 40 years old may have
been a reference to either Muhammad or Abu Bakr; cf. Rudolph, Koran,
p. 454, n. 11.


[218] Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 1, p. 160.


[219] See also: Guillaume, Muhammad, p. 194; Tabari, History, vol. 6,
p. 118.


[220] See Appendix F, p. 413.


[221] Cf. v. 91; 52:3; Rudolph, Koran, p. 136, n. 3.


[222] See n. 148, above.


[223] Cf. 39:43; Rudolph, Koran, p. 140, n. 19; see also n. 149, above.

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