Note 363 — Chapter XXIII · FAMINE AND PLAGUE. A.H. XVIII. A.D. 639.
Reading edition
Before, having the double meaning of ‘he is before you,’ that is, in your presence; or (as they took it) ‘in advance of you,’ and farther on the road.
Reading edition
Before, having the double meaning of ‘he is before you,’ that is, in your presence; or (as they took it) ‘in advance of you,’ and farther on the road.