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[142] See Appendix D, p. 386.
[143] See n. 63, above.
[144] See p. 177, n. 148.
[145] See Appendix D, p. 387.
[146] Cf. Al-Kindi in ECMD, p. 451.
[147] See Appendix F, p. 415.
[148] In Qur'an 6:74, Abraham's father "Azar" (!) is shown to have been
an idolater. It seems that Muhammad also prayed for his own parents, who
had most certainly been idolaters; see. p. 112, n. 33.
[149] Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 1, p. 185.
[150] Ibid., vol. 1, pp. 240, 242; vol. 2, p. 97.
[151] See pp. 80, 106.
[152] See p. 34, n. 47.
[153] Speyer, Erzählungen, p. 461. The first part of this verse is also
remotely similar to Mt. 23:4.
[154] See the references for n. 121, above.