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82 See al-Baiẓāwī, Ḥusain, al-Jalālān, and others. ↑
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83 Pirke Rabbi Elieser, xliii.; Midrash Jalkut, ccxxxviii. ↑
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85 Canon Churton pointed out to Dr. J. M. Arnold that the statement of twelve streams flowing from the rock occurs in the Liturgy of St. Thomas (vide Howard’s Christ. of St. Thomas, p. 224). ↑
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100Sūrah ii. 247: “Dost thou not look at a crowd of the children of Israel after Moses’ time, when they said to a prophet of theirs, Raise up for us a king, and we will fight in God’s way.” ↑
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105 Dr. J. M. Arnold gives a translation of the story from the Targum. (See Islam and Christianity, p. 146.) ↑
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107 Sanhedrin, xx.; also Mid. Rab. on Numbers, Parash. xi. ↑
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114Naṣūh, is a word which occurs in the eighth verse of the Sūratu ʾt-Taḥrīm (lxvi.) in the Qurʾān; it is translated “true repentance” by Sale and Rodwell, but it is supposed to be a person’s name by several commentators. ↑
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115Ḥayātu ʾl-Qulūb, leaf 420: “The Ansars were ordained to oppose the claims of the family of Muḥammad, and this was the reason why the other wretches took the office of Khalifah by force. After thus treating one Khalifah of God, they then mutilated and changed the other Khalifah, which is the book of God.” ↑

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A Dictionary of Islam Being a cyclopedia of the doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs, together with the technical and theological terms, of the Muhammadan religion., Project Gutenberg eBook #61526

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