(1) In the other manuscripts: “Abu al-Fath Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Baqi.” (2) In the original manuscript it reads “al-Barqi,” while in manuscripts H and R it appears as “al-Barami” without any personal name; both are erroneous. The correct reading is the one we have adopted from manuscript M. The same appears in his biographical entry; see Tadhkirat al-Huffaz, vol. 2, p. 596. (3) This wording is found only in the original manuscript and in no other copy of the work. (4) The word “qal” (he said) appears in the original; the emendation is drawn from the other manuscripts. (5) “wa Muslim” does not appear in the original. The ḥadīth is agreed upon. See: – al-Bukhārī, Book of the Beginning of Creation (Kitāb Badʼ al-Khalq), chapter “wa huwa alladhī yabdaʼu al-khalq” (“He Is the One Who Begins Creation”), no. 3194, vol. 6, p. 287; – al-Bukhārī, Book of Monotheism (Kitāb al-Tawḥīd), chapter “wa kāna ‘arshuhu ‘alá al-māʼ” (“His Throne Was on the Water”), no. 7422, vol. 13, p. 404; – al-Bukhārī, chapter “wa yuhadhirukum Allahu nafsahu” (“And Allah Warns You against Himself”), no. 7404, vol. 13, p. 383; – al-Bukhārī, chapter “walaqad sabaqat kalimatunā liʿibādina al-mursalīn” (“And Indeed Our Word Preceded for Our Messengers”), no. 7453, vol. 13, p. 440; – al-Bukhārī, chapter “bal huwa qurʼānun majīdun fī lawhin maḥfūẓ” (“Rather It Is a Glorious Qur’an in a Well-Guarded Tablet”), no. 7554, vol. 13, p. 522; – Muslim, Book of Repentance (Kitāb al-Tawbah), chapter on the Vastness of Allah’s Mercy Preceding His Anger, no. 2751, vol. 4, p. 2107; – Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, al-Musnad, vol. 2, pp. 358, 381; – Ibn Abī ‘Āṣim, al-Sunnah, no. 608, vol. 1, p. 270.