Muhammad: Meccan Opposition[289] Some pre-`Uthmanic Qur'an codices seem to have had "hot" instead
of "muddy" (cf. Jeffery, Materials, p. 57; Sunan Abu Dawud, vol. 3, p.
1116).
[290] See Appendix F, pp. 411 f.
[291] See p. 88, above.
[292] See pp. 94 f, above.
[293] See p. 86, above.
[294] See pp. 86 f, above.
[295] See p. 86, above.
[296] See Appendix E, for other Qur'anic and Islamic descriptions of the
prophets.
[297] See n. 117, above.
[298] Moses is at least mentioned in each of the last suras of this period,
and is often described as having received the "Book" (37:117; 23:51; 25:37;
17:2); cf. Bell, Origins, p. 120. Of special interest is also the passage 17:47f,
where Muhammad has been exchanged with the person of Moses; cf. Ex.
34:34; II Cor. 3:13f. Muhammad may have chosen to later identify himself
more with Moses in order to be accepted as a prophet by the Jews.
[299] See p. 87, above.
[300] The Qur'anic names for the Samaritan, Adam and David seem to
have come from Hebrew, and it is also possible that the names for Jacob
and the Queen of Sheba came from Jewish sources; cf. Appendix E, below.
Of these names, only the name for the Samaritan does not appear to have
predated Muhammad.