Ibid., p. 26

Ibid.

Ibid., p. 25

Ibid., p. 23

Ibid., p. 17

Ibid., p. 15

Ibn al-Qalbi, Kitab al-asnam, p. 19

See the commentary by William Montgomery Watt on the famous »satanic verses« in which the prophet acknowledged the female deities, verses that were later abrogated: William Montgomery Watt, Muhammad at Mecca (London: Oxford University Press, 1935), p. 104

Ibn al-Qalbi, Kitab al-asnam, pp. 13, 16

Ibid., p. 176