[316] Qur’ān xciii. 10.
[317] Qur’ān cxii. 3.
[318] The world.
[319] The belief is that Jesus was not crucified, but was caught up to the fourth heaven, that of the sun, where he will live until he comes again in glory.
[320] The belief is that Adam plucked an ear of corn, the forbidden fruit, in paradise.
[321] Abbās, Muhammed’s uncle, ancestor of the Abbāsī Caliphs.
[322] Qur’ān li. 9.
[323] Von Hammer, in his History of the Ottoman Empire, so entirely misunderstood this beautiful Arabian proverb, “Es sabru miftāhu ’l faraj,” as to read “farj” (pudendum), for “faraj” (success); and cloaked his blunder by the remark: “Too pungent for literal translation.”
[324] Qur’ān iii. 153.
[325] ‘Ali’s title is “The victorious Lion of God.”