of the manuscripts; it appears only in the al-Risāla edition, not in the earlier editions.

• (3/ 34): “[No,] rather, I shall give them time.” He attributed this to (K), although it is not found there.
• (3/ 137): “And when [the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, confirmed the people of Khaybar] in possession of the land.” He commented on the bracketed words: “In Q: (And when he confirmed them in possession of the land); the reading we have adopted is from Kh, K.” So he claimed. In fact, the reading in (Q) is also found in all the other manuscripts and in the Indian edition. He merely followed the al-Risāla edition in adopting this wording.
• (3/ 214): “They invoke them [and love them as they love Him] and fear them.” He attributed this to the al-Zāhiriyya manuscript (H), although it is found neither there nor in any other manuscript. Rather, it is one of al-Fiqī’s additions!
• (3/ 228): “He stabbed him with the spear [from] behind.” He attributed this to (H), although it is not found there.
• (3/ 238): “There they were, heading west [and there were tracks of livestock and sheep], and they …” He attributed this to the Rabat manuscript (Kh), although it is not found there.
• (3/ 257): “This is [the one who] killed him.” He attributed this to (H), although it is not found there. The same applies to the following four passages:
• (3/ 468): “Consolation with the herald [of victory], and Allah sent down …”
• (3/ 525): “Did I not tell you that [no] one was to go out …”
• (3/ 207): “But by pardoning [them], He warded off from them …”
• (3/ 234): “Until [the period] after the Battle of the Trench …”

There are countless such examples, which undermine confidence in the manuscript variants reported by the editor.