P. [108]. Join what God hath bidden to be joined: i.e. believe in the whole series of prophets, and join good works to faith.
P. [111]. Mother of the Book.—The Preserved Book mentioned before in The Fact (see [note to p. 26]).
The Medina Speeches.
The Period of Harangue.
Deception. P. [117]. Obey God and obey the Apostle.—This is a sure indication of the Medina origin of at least this verse, for the self-importance of the phrase would have been inappropriate in Mohammad’s weak and insignificant position at Mekka. (The speech is, however, by some ascribed to the Mekka division.) Further on the words Believe in God and His Apostle (in Iron, p. 118), and They who swear fealty to thee do but swear fealty to God (in Victory, p. [125]), indicate the same spirit of self-exaltation which began with the prophet’s prosperity at Medina.
Iron. P. [119]. Manifest signs: the revelations contained in the Korān.
P. [122]. It is written in the Book: i.e. Every event is set down in the Preserved Book before the event itself is created.
God is rich: i.e. He has no need of your grudging alms.