[FN#270] Koran li. 57.
[FN#271] Koran ii. 28.
[FN#272] Koran xvi. 100. The Muslims fable the devil to have tempted Abraham to disobey God's commandment to sacrifice Ishmael (Isaac) and to have been driven off by the Patriarch with stones. Hence he is called "The Stoned."
[FN#273] Abdallah ibn Abbas, first cousin of Mohammed and the most learned theologian among the Companions.
[FN#274] Koran xcvi. 1 and 2.
[FN#275] Koran xxvii. 30.
[FN#276] Koran ix.
[FN#277] i.e. the day of the sacrifice at Mina, which completes the ceremonies of the pilgrimage.
[FN#278] The better opinion seems to be that this omission (unique in the Koran) arose from the ninth chapter having originally formed part of the eighth, from which it was separated after Mohammed's death.
[FN#279] Koran xvii. 110.