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- Quran, 93:&-11.
- Prophetic trndition (hadith) reported by al-Bukhari.
- Quran, 41 :39.
- Quran,3:190.
- Quran, 2:1 64.
- Ib n Hisham, AJ-Sirah afH'labml!1Jah, 1:301.
- Ibid.
- Ibid.,302.
- Hadith reported by I\I uslim. In Islamic tradition, jinns arc spirits who can be
incarnated o r not and who can be virtuous or evil. Like human beings, they
are free to believe o r not_ - The Lotus o f the Utmost Boundary is mentioned in the Quran and refers fO
the limit beyond which it is impossible to go while being in the presence of
God.
1 9. AI-Mustafa is one of dIe P rophet Muhammad's names. - Quran, 94:1-4.
- Quran, 94 :5-6.
- Hadith reported by al-Bukhari. Sec also Ibn Hisham, AJ-Simh an-Nabau'i1Jnh,
1:303.
Chapter 3: Persolla/it;· and Spiritual Quu t
- See Ibn Hisham, AsSirah an-J,\fabau.!1Jah (Beirut: Dar al-Jil, n.d.), 1 :319.
- Ibid., 321.
- The Quraysh were a powerful l\lecean tribe, desccndants of Qusayy, who
were prosperous merchants largely controlling trade in the rebrion. - Hadith reported by Ibn l shaq and Ibn Hisham and confirmed as authentic
by,rarious sources, including al-H amidi, and pard), b y Imam Ahmad. - Hadith reported by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
- Ibn Hisham reports an episode with a monk who, having seen Muhammad
sitting under a tree, told i\1arsarah that this young man "could only be a
Prophet." See tbn Hisham, As-Sirab an.Nabau'i1'Yah, 2 :6. - See Ibn l-lisham, AsSiruh an-NabauilJah, 2:6--8. See also Ibn Sayyid an-Nas,
UyHn al·A/bar (Medina: D ar at -T urath, 1996), 8{)....81. - l.Iuhammad was subsequendy often ailled Abu al-Qasim (father of Qasim) ,
and some prophetic traditio ns refer to the Prophet by this name. - He was to bear that name until Revelation commanded that all adoptive chil-
dren kee p their family names when known (Qutan, 33:4-5) in order to draw
a dear distinction bet\lleen blood kinship and the StatuS o f the adopted child. - Ibn Hisham. AsSirah u"-NubaN"iIYah, 2:66--67.