FOOTNOTES

1 Its title is 'The Divine Origin of the Holy Qur'an.'

2 R.T.S., London, 1910.

3 S. P.O.K., London, 1904.

4 American Mission Press, Cairo, A.D. 1900. This book refutes the arguments of 'As-Saifu'l-Hamidyyu's-Saqil'.

5 Suratu'n-Ni'sa' (iv) 51, 116.

6 'The Divine Origin of the Holy Qur'an,' p.7.

7 Suratu Ali 'Imran (iii) 78; Si'ratu'l-Baqara (ii) l30.

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9 See Suratu'1-Mai'ida (v) 48-52; Su' ritu Ali 'Imran (iii) 75; Suratu'1-Baqara (ii) 85; Suratu'n-Nisa' (iv) 50.

10 'This is given in the Kashfu'z-Zunún' , Constantinople edition of A.H. 1310, vol. ii, pp. 340-l.

11 1 Cp. also Deut. xix. 21.

12 'The Divine Origin of the Holy Qur'an', pp. 23-4.

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15 In proof of this, the Maulavi might have adduced, but does not Baidawi's quotation in his note on Suratu Yunas (x) 94:

16 p. 59.

17 Siratu'r-Rasul, vol. i., pp. 76-7.

18 pp. 64-5.

19 p.52.

20 Suratu'l-Baqara, (ii) 138-40.

21 'Sahih', vol. iv, p. 99; Edition of AH. 1268 to 1270, Bombay.

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23 pp. 69-72.

24 p. 78.

25 p. 108.

26 pp. 276-80 of the English Edition.

27 Some hold, however, that S'iratu'l-Baqara (ii) 19-37, were composed at Mecca.

28 Baidawi notes that Hamza and Al-Kasa'i here read for the usual .

29 'Abbasi, therefore, did not share the Maulavi's certainty that here was not a single Jew in Mecca.

30 p. 142.
The Rt. Hon. Syed Amir 'Ali says, 'The Houris are creatures of Zoroastrian origin: so is Paradise, whilst hell in the severity of its punishment is Talmudic.' He also speaks of the 'eclectic faith of Muhammad'. 'Spirit of Islam', pp. 894, 887. (E.B.)