[FN#30] One of the tribes of the Arabs and that to which the renowned Maan ben Zaideh (see Vol. III. p. 317, {Vol. 3, FN#121}) belonged.
[FN#31] The Muslims accuse the Jews of having corrupted the
Pentateuch and others of their sacred books, even as the
Christians the Gospels (see Vol. II. page 149, note {Vol. 2,
FN#97}), by expunging or altering the passages foretelling the
coming of Mohammed.
[FN#32] See Vol. I. p. 135, note 2. {Vol. 1, FN#45}
[FN#33] i.e. as a martyr.
[FN#34] The force of this comparison will best appear from the actual figuration of the Arabic double-letter Lam-Alif (Anglice L.A.) which is made up of the two letters *<arabic character>, (initial form of Lam) and *<arabic character> (final of Alif,) and is written thus, *<arabic character>.
[FN#35] i.e. O thou, whose glance is as the light of the glowing embers.
[FN#36] Thus figured in Arabic *<arabic character>.
[FN#37] Thus *<arabic character>.
[FN#38] Thus *<arabic character>.
[FN#39] Koran xxvil. 12.