Note 457 — Chapter XXXI · DOMESTIC EVENTS DURING THE CALIPHATE OF OTHMAN. HIS GROWING UNPOPULARITY.
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Quoting from the Corân (Sura ix. 36), where these words are applied to Christian priests and monks; but Abu Dzarr gives them here a more general application. See Life of Mahomet, p. 470; and Sprenger’s Leben des Mohammeds, vol. ii. p. cvi.