[32] The grandfather of Rustam, and, like him, a celebrated hero.
[33] Faridun was the seventh king of Persia, his reign commencing about 750 B.C. He was the boast of the Persians and a model of every virtue.
[34] A celebrated temple in Guzerat demolished by Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni in A.D. 1024.
[35] I.e. engage in good works while you still have time.
[36] Muhammad commanded that sand should be used for ablution before prayer when water was unobtainable, as is more often than not the case in the desert.
[37] Name of a village on the road to Mecca.
[38] The angel who examines the dead in their graves.
[39] I.e. your native land.
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