[FN#26] Delight of the age.
[FN#27] Affliction (or wrath) of the age.
[FN#28] For fuel.
[FN#29] "God will open on me another gate (or means) of making my
living." A common formula, meaning, "It is not enough."
[FN#30] Or state problems.
[FN#31] One of the four great Muslim sects or schools of
theology, taking its name from the Imam es Shafi (see post, p.
131, note). {see Vol. 2 FN#89}
[FN#32] Second of the Abbasside Khalifs, A.H. 136-158.
[FN#33] The second Khalif after Mohammed (A.H. 13-23) and the
most renowned for piety and just government of all the borders of
the office, except perhaps his descendant Omar ben Abdulaziz
(A.H. 99-102).
[FN#34] As a reward (in the next world) for good deeds.
[FN#35] The fourth Khalif.
[FN#36] The word rendered "good breeding" may also be translated
"polite accomplishments" or "mental discipline" and has a great
number of other meanings.
[FN#37] Sixth Khalif and founder of the Ommiade dynasty (A.H. 41
60).
[FN#38] One of the most notable men of the day, chief of the
great tribe of the Benou Temim. He was a contemporary of the
Prophet and was held in much esteem by Muawiyeh.
[FN#39] Surname of Ahnaf.
[FN#40] Governor of Bassora and other places under the first four
Khalifs.
[FN#41] Ziad teen Abou Sufyan, illegitimate brother of the Khalif
Muawiyeh, afterwards governor of Bassora Cufa and the Hejaz.
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