Jonah. P. [87]. A. L. R.—Letters the import of which is as mysterious as K. and Y. S. before, and A. L. M. R. afterwards. Nöldeke believes them to be abbreviations of the names of the first reporters of the speeches.
P. [89]. I had dwelt a lifetime: i.e. I should not have waited till I was forty before I began preaching, if I was the designing impostor you take me for.
P. [90]. Ye are in ships—and they run with them.—The reader must have observed that sudden transitions from the second to the third person, and from the singular to the plural, are very common in the Korān. They may perhaps be regarded as convincing evidence of the fidelity of Mohammad’s reporters.
P. [97]. God hath taken Him a son: referring to the Christian doctrine.
P. [100]. Kibla: The point towards which prayer must be said. See p. [134].
P. [101]. Now!—The angel Gabriel is credited with this taunt.
Thunder. P. [104]. A. L. M. R.—Mystic letters as above; perhaps for AL-MogheyReh, as the first reporter of this particular speech.
P. [106]. Patrons, i.e. Idols.