6. VI DEVOTION
In Praise of Ali (1) ; MM.LXXXV
Line 16: Nasibi; an enemy of Ali; NK uses him for the type of an anti-Shi ite.
Line 29: Hunayn; one of the famous battles of the Prophet of Islam against the unbelievers.
Line 45: the unbelievers of Mecca; i.e., those Arabs who did not accept the Prophet and forced him to emigrate to Medina.
Line 48: the best woman in the world; Fatimah.
Line56: Badr, Uhud and Khaybar; three battles waged by the Prophet against the ubelievers.
In Praise of Ali (2) ; MM.LXXXII
Line 7: the religion of Allah; i.e. of God; i.e. Islam.
Line 23: allusion is made in the book; several verses in the Qur an are interpreted by Shi ites to refer to Ali pre-eminence among the companions.
Line 28: slept in the Prophet s bed; when the Prophet s life was threatened, Ali slept in his bed to deceive the assassin while the Prophet made his migration from Mecca to Median.
Line 29: the Migration (from Mecca to Medina); see note to In Praise of Ali (1) , Line 45. The Islamic calendar begins with the year of the Migration (hijrah).
In Praise of the Prophet ; MM.LVIII
(Note: Further information can be found in works cited in the Bibliography.)
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