who worships God upon a narrow marge (/:zarf) so that if good befalls him, he is content there‌ with, but if a trial befalls him, he falls away utterly.") Alternatively, the word means a letter of the alphabet, or a whole word, and thus could sometimes signify a dia!ect.-Trans.
٨. Ibn al-Jazari, Al-Nashr, vol. I, pp. ٩-١٠.
٩. Ibid., p. ١٣.
١٠. Suyuti, Al-ltqan, vol. I, pp. ٢١٠-١٥ sec. ٢٢-٢٧. a. Jazairi, Tibyan, p. ١٠٢.
١٢. Ibid., p. ١٠٥.
١٣. Ibid., p. ١٠٦.
١٤. Ibid., p. ١٠٦.
١٥. MuJ:!ammad SaId al-!ryan, in RafiI, Jjaz al-Quran, p. ٥٢, n. I.
١٦. Ibid., p. ٥٣, n. ٢.
١٧. Zurqani, Manahil a/- Irftin, p. ٤٢٨.
١٨. Jazairi, Tibyan, p. ١٠٥.
١٩. Suyil!I,Al-ltqan, sees. ٢٢-٢٧, vol. I, p. ٢١٥.
٢٠. Jazairi, Tibyan, p. ١٠٣.
٢١. The author cites al-Shafi as quoted by Jazairi, Tibyan, p. ٨٢.
٢٢. Jazairi, Tibyan, p. ٨٢.
٢٣. Ibid., p. ٦١.
٢٤. Quf!ubi, Jami, vol. I, p. ٤٦.
٢٥. Ibn al-Jazarr, Al-Nashr, vol. I, pp. ٣٣-٣٧.
٢٦. Ibn al-Jazan, Al-Nashr, vol. I, pp. ٣٣-٣٧.
٢٧. Suyutr, al-Itqan, sees. ٢٢-٢٧, vol. I, p. ٢٢٣.
٢٨. The established reading is yathurna: "until they are clean from menses" (i.e., when the menstruation period is over).-Trans.
٢٩. The system of diacritical points and vocalization marks that are essential to the legi- bility of Arabic script was not developed till much later in the century.-Trans.
٣٠. Jazairr, Tibyan p. ٨٦.
٣١. Zurqanr, Manahil al-lrftin, p. ٤٠٢.
٣٢. See note ٤.-Trans.
٣٣. Kulaynr, al-Kafi, vol. a, pp. ٧I, ٧٤.
٣٤. Chap. I, verse ٣ of the Quran. The correct reading is maliki yawmi al-dln (owner of the day of judgment).-Trans.
٣٥. Chap. ٣٥, verse ٢٨. The correct reading is innama yakhsha Allaha min ibadihi al‌
ulamau (the learned among His bondsmen fear God alone).-Trans.
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