[FN#220] i.e. saying, "I purpose to defer, etc."
[FN#221] i.e. with sand, earth or dust.
[FN#222] i.e. saying, "Peace be on us and [all] the righteous worshippers of God!"
[FN#223] i.e. saying, "I seek refuge with God from Satan the accursed."
[FN#224] i.e. saying, "I purpose, etc."
[FN#225] Lit. that the intent shall be by night.
[FN#226] At sundown.
[FN#227] Eaten a little before the break of day, the fast commencing as soon as there is light enough to distinguish a black thread from a white and lasting till sunset.
[FN#228] A saying of Mohammed.
[FN#229] i.e. retirement to a mosque for pious exercises, equivalent to the Roman Catholic retraite.