Muhammad: His Call[109] Ahrens, "Christliches," ZDMG, 84, (1930), p. 23; Jeffery,
Vocabulary, pp. 187 f.
[110] Muhammad apparently thought the Ethiopic "regum" ("cursed") was
the same as the Arabic ±Àjy ("stoned"); see Ahrens, "Christliches,"
ZDMG, 84, (1930), p. 39; Jeffery, Vocabulary, pp. 139 f.
[111] See Appendix B p. 351.
[112] Nöldeke and Schwally (GQ, vol. 1, p. 103), in noticing the
chronological contradicition of placing sura 53 so early, while tradition
gives a later date, mention the possibility that vv. 19f was a later addition,
even though there is no stylistic evidence to support this. They do maintain
that the vv. 23, 26-33 are certainly later, however, the verses dealing with
angelic intercession fit the traditions about vv. 19f very well. See p. 91, in
the text below.
[113] See p. 9, n. 33. It should also be added that these passages do not
explicitly say that Muhammad saw an angel.
[114] Cf. Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 1, p. 100.
[115] 53:39 - cf. Gal. 6:5; 53:45 - cf. I. Sa. 2:6 and the Jewish Tefillah;
53:46 - cf. Gen. 1:27. See Appendix F, p. 410.
[116] The Arabic name for Noah seems to come from Syriac and predates
Muhammad; Jeffery, Vocabulary, p. 282. Along with the Thamud, the
names of the `Ad and Noah were known to pre-Islamic poets; Margoliouth,
Relations, p. 73; see also n. 71, above.
[117] The codex of Ibn Masud contained an additional verse near 53:60; the codex of Ubayy b. Kab had one near 53:58; Jeffery, Materials, pp. 95,
167.
[118] See Blachère's listing in Appendix B. His ordering differs somewhat
from Nöldeke's and he places the suras 51 and 68 in the second Meccan
period, whereas Nöldeke has them in the first. Nevertheless Nöldeke and