A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád'/Appendix B/17
[Sidenote: The story not accredited by the Koran.]
17. Sir W. Muir himself admits that the earliest biographers do not relate the story, but gives a false excuse for his not following their example. He writes:—
- "The biographers pass over the scene in decent silence, and I should gladly have followed their example, if the Coran itself had not accredited the facts, and stamped them with unavoidable notoriety."[1]
The allegation is absurdly false, as everybody can satisfy himself by referring to the Koran, which does not contain the fictitious and spurious story.
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- ↑ The Life of Mahomet, Vol. IV, page 160.