117 ([return])
[ Lit., "religiousness or devoutness (diyaneh) was by nature in him," i.e. he was naturally inclined to respect religion and honour its professors. Burton, "He was by nature conscientious," which does not quite express the meaning of the text; conscientiousness being hardly an Oriental virtue.]
118 ([return])
[ Lit, "I may (or shall) ransom him with m' life till I (or so that I may) unite him therewith.">[
119 ([return])
[ Iftekeret fi rejul.]
120 ([return])
[ Terbiyeh. This word is not sufficiently rendered by "education," which modern use has practically restricted to scholastic teaching, though the good old English phrase "to bring up" is of course a literal translation of the Latin educare.]
121 ([return])
[ i.e. "I shall owe it to thee.">[