Muhammad: Victory and Deathexplain the context in which these verses were revealed: Sahih Bukhari,
vol. 6, pp. 292 f; vol. 7, pp. 136 f; Sahih Muslim, vol. 2, pp. 761 f.
[71] Sahih Bukhari, vol. 6, p. 294. Cf. Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 1,
p. 207. See p. 252, above.
[72] According to a canonical tradition, everyone used to call Zayd b.
Haritha "Zayd b. Muhammad" before the revelation of these verses; Sahih
Bukhari, vol. 6, p. 290.
[73] `A'isha is said to have remarked that Muhammad's Lord was quick to
grant Muhammad's desires: Sahih Bukhari, vol. 6, p. 295.
[74] Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 1, p. 208.
[75] This verse is said to have been revealed in connection with
Muhammad's marriage to Zaynab bt. Jahsh, and `Umar is again said to have
influenced its revelation; Sahih Bukhari, vol. 6, pp. 296 f.
[76] Although some Muslims recognize the possible problems of the
normal meaning of "yusalluna" with respect to Islamic Monotheistic
theology (cf. Sahih Bukhari, vol. 6, pp. 302 f; ECMD, p. 322), a number of
official Turkish translations of the Qur'an present this verse as meaning that
God and His angels pray for Muhammad; cf. the translations of Ö. Bilmen,
T. Kochyigit and S. Atesh.
[77] Cf. the references given by Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 1, p.
255, n. 4.
[78] Waqidi - in the 55th month after the Hijra.
[79] Guillaume, Muhammad, p. 662; Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 1, p. 96;
Wellhausen, Medina, p. 226.
[80] Or the 55th month; Wellhausen, Medina, p. 227.