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[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.