(1) (Ayn) reads: “If something of the sort did occur.” (2) (B) and (A) read: “as one sandal matches the other.” Ibn al-Athīr stated in *al-Nihāya fī Gharīb al-Hadīth*, entry “q-dh-dh”: “The *qadhadh* are the feathers of an arrow; the singular is *qadhdha*. Hence the hadith: ‘You will surely follow the ways of those before you, as one arrow-feather matches another,’ meaning that each feather is measured to the exact dimensions of its counterpart and cut accordingly.” (3) (B) and (A) read: “a dilapidated lizard hole.” (4) The hadith, with some variation in wording, is narrated from Abū Saīd al-Khudrī—may Allah be pleased with him—in al-Bukhārī, 4/169 (*Book of the Prophets*, chapter “What Has Been Related about the Children of Israel”). A report with the same meaning from Abū Saīd al-Khudrī appears in al-Bukhārī, 9 (*Book of Holding Fast*, chapter “The Prophet’s Statement—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—‘You Will Surely Follow the Ways of Those before You’”); Muslim (*Book of Knowledge*, chapter “Following the Practices of the Jews and Christians”); *Sunan Ibn Mājah*, 2/1422 (*Book of Tribulations*, chapter “The Division of the Nations”); and *al-Musnad* (al-Halabī ed.), 3/84, 89, 94. A report with the same meaning from Abū Hurayra appears in *al-Musnad* (al-Halabī ed.), 2/327, 450, 511, 527. The wording in al-Bukhārī is: “You will surely follow the ways of those before you, span by span and cubit by cubit, such that even if they entered a lizard’s hole, you would follow them into it.” We asked, “O Messenger of Allah, the Jews and Christians?” He replied, “Who else?” (5) (B) and (A) read: “existence,” which is a textual corruption. (6) “And the community” is absent from (Ayn), (N), and (M). (7) See (K), 1/84 (M), and the present work, 2/400. (8) (B), (A), (N), and (M) read: “some of the Throne is in excess of Him.” I previously preferred (2/500) the reading in (K): “and that some of the Throne remains in excess.”