40 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv. ba. ix.

For the "Sunna," aptly called "the Blackstone of Islam," see Hamilton's Hedaya, pp. xv e/ seq. Cp. D 3, lxvi (end).

X Cp. AB, Lxviii.

The quotation is from the 4th chapter of the Kuran (see Sale, p. 53). XI Cp. AB, LXix. XII Cp. AB, Lxx. XIII Cp. AB, Lxxiii, and C 5 (a), v.

The Arabic is jVxia.5 ^>« aJasI^ ^^j^^^ 0-*> J-*- The tradition is given by el Bokhari in the chapter Kitdb Tafsir el Kurdfi as a commentary on the Kuranic phrase ^CoU-jt l^aiaiJj as follows :

"It is related on the authority of Abu Hu ray ra... concerning the Prophet ... that God created the world, and when he had completed it

the womb arose and seized him by the loins and said ' Stop ! This is the time for me to beseech Thee that I be not cut off,' And God said 'Art thou indeed willing that I honour him that honours thee, and cut off him

that cuts thee off?' The womb said 'Yea, O Lord.' Then God said 'Let it be so.'" (See el Zebaydi, vol. 11, p. 117.)

"El 'arsh" is the word for the imperial throne of God (see Sale's Koran, p. 28 of the text). A tradition quoted by Sell (p. 30) probably gives

the key to the meaning, viz. i^J^ <«-Ul i^j.t jj-ji-e^-oJ' «— '>^5, i.e. "The hearts of the faithful are the throne of God Almighty."

XIV Cp. AB, Lxxiv. XV Cp. AB, xxvi and D 5 (c), xviii. MS. No. 2 gives the final words of

the paragraph asjl». L»-A^ <suli, MS. No. i as jl». U ^Xc AJli.

XVI Cp. AB, CIV, cv. xviii Cp. AB, ex. XIX For both quotations, down to the end of para, xx, see Kuran,

ch. 49 (Sale, p. 382). After the words "that is" sc. "the faithful are

brethren." XXII Cp. AB, CXI ; A 9, I ; C 3, I ; C 5 (a), in.

The quotation is a continuation of that in paras, xix and XX. xxiii Cp. AB, cxx; A 3, in; AS, i; C 3, i; C 5 (a), in.

A continuation of the last quotation. The words "and tribes" are omitted by mistake.

XXIV et seq. Cp. AB, cxxi et seq.

These paragraphs, up to and including xxxi, are by way of parenthesis. The explanation concerning the correct designation of the various divisions and subdivisions of mankind into nations, tribes, etc., is prefaced in AB

by the words "According to el Khazin" (for whom see note on AB, cix). The subject is treated by Wiistenfeld in the introduction to his Register

{q.v. pp. ix-xi). He shews that the traditional nomenclature is to be traced to Muhammad Abu el Hasan ibn Muhammad Abu Ga'afir, a sherif

known as " 'Obaydulla," the author of the Tahdhib el Insdb wa Nihdyat el A'kdh. "'Obaydulla" gives ten relative divisions, of each of which he gives the exact distinctive connotation, and adds definitions, quotations,

and illustrative examples. His divisions are as follows: