(2:456-458). (1) “And their calling” is omitted in manuscript C. (2) “And His Messenger” is omitted in manuscript C. (3) “Al-Basri” is omitted in manuscript C. (4) Ibn al-Mubarak reported it in al-Zuhd, 2:841, report no. 1120; al-Tabari also reported it in his Tafsir, 21:469. Both transmit it with the following wording, with slight variation between them: “When he recited, ‘Who is better in speech than one who calls to Allah, does righteous deeds, and says, “Indeed, I am among the Muslims”?’ (Quran 41:33), he said: ‘This is Allah’s beloved; this is Allah’s close friend; this is Allah’s chosen one; this is Allah’s best one; this is the most beloved of the people of the earth to Allah. He responded to Allah’s call and called people to that to which he had responded in answer to Allah’s call; he did righteous deeds in responding, and said, “Indeed, I am among those who submit” to his Lord. This is Allah’s khalifah (vicegerent).’” Al-Zuhd, 2:841-842. (5) “The type” is omitted in manuscript C. (6) “And the highest of them in rank with Allah on the Day of Resurrection” is omitted in manuscript C. (7) Manuscript B reads, “and it is His exception, exalted is He,” in place of “and they are Allah’s exception, exalted is He”; manuscript C instead reads, “and it is the exception.”