(1) W reads: *ru’yat al-Haqq* (seeing the True One). (2) N, M, and R read: “a form.” (3) “Each servant”: thus in W; all other manuscripts read: “the servant sees Him.” (4) Imām Ahmad narrated in his *Musnad* (al-Ma‘ārif ed.), 4/201, no. 2580, and 4/221, no. 2634, from Ibn Abbās—may Allah be pleased with them both—that the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said: “I saw my Lord, Blessed and Most High.” Ahmad Shākir authenticated both hadiths and stated: “It also appears in *Majma al-Zawā’id*, 1/78, where it says: ‘Ahmad narrated it, and its transmitters are those of the Sahīh.’” In *Kitāb al-Sunna*, Abū Bakr Amr ibn Abī Āsim devoted a chapter entitled “Reports Concerning the Prophet’s Vision of His Lord, Most High” (pp. 188–193), in which he cited several hadiths, including the hadith of Ibn Abbās (no. 433). Al-Albānī authenticated it and stated that it was narrated by Ahmad, al-Ājurrī (p. 494), al-Bayhaqī in *al-Asmā wa-l-Sifāt* (p. 444), and al-Diyā in *al-Mukhtāra*. See also al-Albānī’s discussion of the remaining hadiths. Commenting on the hadith of Ibn Abbās in *Sahīh al-Jāmi al-Saghīr*, 3/168, he wrote: “That is, in a dream, as indicated by the other narrations.” (5) A biography of Abū Ya‘lā appeared earlier at 1/142. His book *Ibtāl al-Ta’wīl* was listed by Brockelmann in the supplement to *GAL*, 3/503, without any indication that a copy was extant. A manuscript has, however, recently surfaced, and it is the subject of a doctoral dissertation consisting of a study and critical edition, submitted to the Department of Creed in the College of Fundamentals of Religion at Imām Muhammad ibn Sa‘ūd Islamic University.