[42] Quran XLIII. 31. “And they say: why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance in the two towns.” (Mecca and Taif).
[43] Quran XVIII. 28.
[44] Ibn Abbas.
[45] Trimizi: Abu Huraira’s report.
[46] Comp. Matt VI. 24 “No man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon”.
[47] Matt V. 3.
[48] Quran XVIII. 32-46.
[49] Ihya 115; IV. 7.
[50] Quran III. 102.
[51] Tibrani and Abu Daud.