$abfl:z, ed. Abd al-Wahhab Abd al-Latif, ٣d ed., ٥ vols. (Cairo: Dar al-Fikr, ١٩٧٨) vol. ٤, pp. ٢٦٣-٦٤.
٩. Muslim, $a/:zf/:z, vol. ٢, p. ٢٠٣.
١٠. Quoted in Tirmidhi, Sunan, vol. ٤, p. ٢٦٣.
١ I. Qun;ubi, Jami , vol. I, p. ٤٣.
١٢. Kulayni, Al-Kafi, tradition no. I ٢, cited in vol. ١١, pp. ٦٤-٦٥.
١٣. Ibid., tradition no. ١٣, p. ٦٦.
١٤. Taban, Tafslr, vol. ١, pp. ٤٨-٥٠.
١٥. Qun;ubi, Tafslr, vol. ١, p. ٤٢.
١٦. Jazairi, Tibyan, p. ٣٩.
١٧. "The vigil of the night is [a time] when an impression is more keen and speech more
certain."-Trans.
١٨. The three words could be used interchangeably to mean "certain," "accurate," "cor-
rect."-Trans.
١٩. Both words (zaqiyyatan and $ayl:zatan), mean "a shout."-Trans.
٢٠. Tabar!,Tafslr, vol. ٢٥, p. ٧٨.
٢١. "And Your prophet, whom You sent." Al-Barrasubstituted "messenger" for "prophet."-
Trans.
٢٢. Jazairi, Tibyan, p. ٥٨.
٢٣. Ibid., p. ٦١.
٢٤. Tabari, Tafslr, vol. ١, p. ٦٨.
٢٥. Ibid., p. ٦٩.
٢٦. Ibid., p. ٦٩.
٢٧. Jazairi, Tibyan, p. ٦٤.
٢٨. Ibid., p. ٦٥.
٢٩. Bukhari, Sa/:zl/:١, p. ٤٧٥.
٣٠. I cited this tradition above.
٣١. Suyati, al-ltqan, vol. ٢, sec. ٣٧, p. ١٠٢.
٣٢. The Mu٤ar is the conglomeration of tribes to which the Quraysh, the Prophets tribe, belonged.-Trans.
٣٣. Nunshizuha (to adjust or arrange it) occurs in Q. ٢:٢٥٩. Nunshiruha means "to spread it out." The letters za and ra are similar in appearance, distinguished only by a dot over the Arabic za. Dotting was introduced into Arabic script at a later date.-Trans.
٣٤. Jazairi, Tibyan, p. ٥٩.
٣٥. Zurqani, Manahil al- lrfan, p. ١٥٤.
٣٦. This word occurs in Q. ٢٣:٨ and Q. ٧٠:٣٢ and is spelled, in both cases, consonantly, i.e., am.n.tihim. Hence, while there could be no doubt that the second vowel is a full vowel, the third could be read as a full vowel (amanatihim; hence the plural) or as an accented vowel (singular: amanatihim).-Trans.
٣٧. Mustafa Sadiq al-Rafil, ljaz al-Quran wa al-Balagha al-Nabawiyya (Beirut: Dar al-Kitab al-Arabi, ١٩٧٣) pp. ٦٧-٦٨.
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