Note 227 — THE BOOK OF THE MESNEVĪ (continued 2)

This section is stated to be a gloss upon the following apostolic tradition: “Verily, Sa’d is really jealous; but I am more jealous than he, and God than I. Out of His jealousy hath He made all excesses sinful; whether of outer or of the inner man.” This Sa’d, son of ‘Ubāda, was a disciple of Muhammed, and the most munificent man in Madīna. He embraced the faith before the Hijra. See An-Nawāwī, p. 274, l. 5.