[36] For the sense which Iqbal attaches to the word “love,” see the
Introduction, section 3. THE EDUCATION OF THE EGO.
[37] A prophet or saint.
[38] See note 26 on l. 95. Tabríz is an allusion to Shams-i Tabríz, the
spiritual director of Jalálu’ddín Rúmí.
[39] Najd, the Highlands of Arabia, is celebrated in love-romance. I
need only mention Lailá and Majnún.
[40] Her father, Hátim of Tai, is proverbial in the East for his
hospitality.
[41] The story of the pulpit that wept when Mohammed descended from it
occurs, I think, in the _Masnaví_.
[42] When, according to Mohammedan belief, the sun will rise in the
west.
[43] A quotation from the _Masnaví_. The Prophet was buried at Medina.
[44] Báyazíd of Bistám died in A.D. 875. He refused to eat a
water-melon, saying he had no assurance that the Prophet had ever
tasted that fruit.
[45] Mohammed used to retire to a cave on Mount Hirá, near Mecca, for
the purpose of solitary meditation and other ascetic observances.
[46] Lát and Uzzá were goddesses worshipped by the heathen Arabs.
[47] Fárán, name of a mountain in the neighbourhood of Mecca.
[48] Koran, ch. 2, v. 28. In these words, which were addressed to the
angels, God foretold the creation of Adam.