Muhammad: The Hijra[253] See Appendix F, pp. 412 f.
[254] See Andrae, Ursprung, p. 198; Speyer, Erzählungen, pp. 318 f.
[255] Cf. e.g. Guillaume, Muhammad, pp. 270 f; Nöldeke and Schwally,
GQ, vol. 1, p. 177, n. 2.
[256] Christians from Yemen on pilgrimage to Jerusalem would probably
have passed through Medina.
[257] See p. 1, above. Other sources of Christian influence in Medina are
also possible; the Medinan Abu Qays b. Abu Anas is said to have rejected
idols and lived as a monk before he accepted Islam. He is reported to have
considered becoming a Christian before he accepted Islam; Guillaume,
Muhammad, pp. 236 f.
[258] See p. 95, above.
[259] See p. 160, above.
[260] See n. 31, above.
[261] See n. 148, above.
[262] The matter of the Qur'an having been "revealed" in Arabic and not
containing foreign vocabulary has long been disputed by Muslim and
Christian authorities; Kindi, ECMD, pp. 460 f; Nöldeke, "Qur'an," pp. 14 f;
Jeffery, Vocabulary, pp. 5 f; Margoliouth, "Additions," JRAS, (1939),
pp. 53 f.