Note 405 — THE BOOK OF THE MESNEVĪ (continued 4)
James W. (James William) Redhouse translation
Qur’ān ix. 32; lxi. 8. The expression “polytheist,” generally used by translators to render the meaning of the Arabic “mushrik,” is not correct; to attribute one “partner” to God is as much “shirk” as to attribute many. See note in p. 36, Tale iii.