[FN#71] Koran iii. 185. [FN#72] One of the Companions of the Prophet. [FN#73] One of the contemporaries of Mohammed and a noted Traditionist (or repeater of the sayings of the Prophet) at Cufa in the seventh century. [FN#74] A noted Traditionist and expounder Of the Koran in the first century of the Muslim era. He was a black and a native of Cufa. [FN#75] Son of the martyr Hussein and grandson of the Khalif Ali. [FN#76] A very eminent doctor of the law and Traditionist of the eighth century. He was a native of Cufa and was regarded as one of the great exemplars of the true believers. [FN#77] i.e. those who love and obey the precepts of the Koran. [FN#78] i.e. Barefoot. A native of Merv and a famous ascetic of the eighth and ninth centuries. [FN#79] Necessitating a fresh ablution, before the prayer can be ended. [FN#80] Another noted ascetic of the time. [FN#81] About a penny. [FN#82] A well-known legist and devotee of the eighth and ninth centuries at Baghdad, Sounder of one of the four great orthodox Muslim schools. [FN#83] A famous theologian and devotee of the eighth century at Bassora. [FN#84] A noted preacher and Traditionist of Khorassan in the ninth, century. [FN#85] Koran .xvi. 6. [FN#86] A Traditionist of Medina. who flourished in the eighth century. [FN#87] This paragraph is part extract from and part paraphrase of the Koran xxviii 22-27. [FN#88] A well-known pietist of the eighth century. [FN#89] Abou Hatim el Asemm (the Deaf), a famous Balkhi theologian of the ninth century. [FN#90] One of two of the most famous theologians of the second century of the Hegira and the founders of two of the four great Mohammedan schools. [FN#91] One of two of the most famous theologians of the second century of the Hegira and the founders of two of the four great Mohammedan schools. [FN#92] Ismail ibn Yehya el Muzeni, a famous Egyptian doctor of the law pupil of Es Shafi and Imam of the Shafiyite school in the ninth century. [FN#93] Koran lxxvii. 35, 36. [FN#94] Mohammed. [FN#95] Islam. [FN#96] "In Hell shall they (the unbelievers) burn, and ill shall be (their) stead."--Koran, xiv. 34. [FN#97] Mohammed pretended that his coming had been foretold in the Gospels and that the Christians had falsified the passage (John xvi. 7) promising the advent of the Comforter (<Greek> ) by substituting the latter word for <Greek> , glorious, renowned, praised, i.e. Mohammed. [FN#98] The second chapter of the Koran, beginning, "This is the Book, etc." [FN#99] It appears by what follows that Afridoun, supposing the victory to be gained, returned to Constantinople immediately after sending this message and left the command of the army to King Herdoub. [FN#100] At Mecca. [FN#101] i.e. There is no god but God. [FN#102] Koran, x. 25. [FN#103] Cassia fistularis, a kind of carob. [FN#104] "say not of those who are slain in the way (service) of God that they are dead; nay, they are living." Koran, ii 149.