21

Cf. n. 277 to Ch. i, above.

22

Cf. 1:211, above.

23

This is the reading of C (maddah). D has "form."

23a

The phrasing of the Arabic text calls to mind the famous saying, which is also cited as a hadith, that "information (received from others) is not like seeing (things) with one's own eyes."

24

Cf. 3:81, below.

25

Leg. wa-ra'suhu.

26

Qur'an 96.5 (5).