(1) The base text and manuscript B read “tazdana,” with a dotted zay; al-Suyuti likewise gives this reading in Sharh Shawahid al-Mughni, 2/561. However, most sources that cite the verse give it as “tardana,” with an unpointed ra. Ibn Jinni also gives it with ra in al-Khasa'is, citing its first hemistich as evidence; indeed, it can support the point for which he cites it only with the unpointed ra. In his chapter on using the cause in place of the effect and the effect in place of the cause, he says after citing the verse: “He meant, ‘Do not blame me’; he contented himself with the intention to blame, since it follows from and is caused by blame.” Al-Khasa'is, 3/173-174. Ibn Hisham likewise cites it in Mughni al-Labib, 1/137. (2) The first hemistich of the verse is omitted in manuscript C. (3) This is the reading found in most sources that cite it, although the grammatical rule requires “lasna.” The verse occurs in accordance with the rule in Tafsir al-Tabari, 19/320, and in Ibn Hisham’s Mughni al-Labib, 1/237. Abd al-Qadir ibn Umar al-Baghdadi, in Sharh Abyat Mughni al-Labib, states: “The nun in ‘lasna’ is the pronoun referring to the reproaching women. In the book al-Tafassuh fi al-Lugha, by Abu al-Husayn al-Nahwi, and in some copies of al-Jawhari’s al-Sihah, it is transmitted as ‘laysa,’ without a pronoun; but the former reading is the sound one.” 4/284. (4) I have not found an attribution for this verse. Al-Baghdadi, who died in 1093 AH, said: “The verse is well known because scholars have frequently cited it in their works, but I have not found its author.” Sharh Abyat Mughni al-Labib, 4/284. He also stated: “Abu Hayyan cited it in his Tadhkira from Imam al-Marzuki as evidence that the fa'il form may denote a plural.” Ibid., 4/283. It is also cited by Ibn Jinni in al-Khasa'is, 3/174, and by al-Jawhari in al-Sihah, 2/731, under the root zahara, among others. (5) The phrase “that is, I have no commanders” is omitted in manuscript C.