[76] Murtazá, “he whom with God is pleased,”(--_See Transcriber’s
Note_) is a name of Ali. Bú Turáb means literally “father of earth.”
[77] A miracle of the Prophet.
[78] The fortress of Khaibar, a village in the Hijáz, was captured by
the Moslems in A.D. 628. Ali performed great feats of valour on this
occasion.
[79] A river of Paradise.
[80] See note 33 on l. 213.
[81] The burning pyre on which Abraham was thrown lost its heat and was
transformed into a rose-garden.
[82] The “trust” which God offered to Man and which Man accepted, after
it had been refused by Heaven and Earth (Koran, ch. 33, v. 72), is the
divine vicegerency, _i.e._ the duty of displaying the divine attributes.
[83] A parody of the verse in the _Masnaví_ quoted above. See l. 603.