1417

Bulaq: "satirical." Cf. Bombaci, p. 468.

1418

"On the same . . . or" is added in the margin of C, and in D.

1419

This is one of the purposes of rhetoric as defined in Aristotelian tradition. Cf. 1:78, above, and p. 370, below.

1420

Qur'an 39.23 (24).

1421

Qur'an 6.97 (97), 98 (98), 126 (126). In the context, the verse means: "We have explained the signs."

1422

Cf. Qur'an 15.87 (87). Cf. J. Horovitz, Koranische Untersuchungen (Berlin & Leipzig, 1926), pp. 26 f.

1423

"Of poetry" is added in C and D.

1424

The erotic part at the beginning of a poem. Cf. I. Lichtenstadter, "Das Nasib der altarabischen Qaside," Islamica, V (1931), 17 ff., and in El, s.v.

1425

Bulaq corrects to "meters."

1426

Cf., for instance, pp. 333 and 354, above.

1427

Cf. p. 368, above.

1428

Cf. p. 340 (n. 1317), above.

1429

Cf. n. 1208 to this chapter, above.

1430

Yasa`ani, as clearly indicated in B and C.