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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
IT is a pleasure to acknowledge the debt that lowe to the friends whom
I have consulted in the many and various difficulties which beset a translator
of such a long text as the Sira on which there is no commentary
worthy of the name. My thanks are especially due to myoid friend Professor
A. A. Affifi of Alexandria, Professor A. Kh. Kioani of Damascus
Dr. Abdullah al-Tayib of Khartoum, Dr. M. A. Azzam of Cairo, and
Professor A. K. S. Lambton of London. Particularly I would thank Dr.
W. Arafat for his self-sacrificing labour in reading the whole of my translation
in manuscript, and for bringing its shortcomings to my notice. If,
with reference to this book of mine, I am ever able to solace myself with
the words kafa'i-mar'a faljlan an tu'adda ma'tiyibiih, it will be in great
measure due to his ready help and eagle eye.
Last, but not least, I gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the School
of Oriental and Mrican Studies in meeting the'cost of production. Without
this help it would have been impossible to publish the book. I hope that
in the years to come it will stand as a modest tribute to the School's great
interest in Oriental studies and also help to further co-operation and
friendliness between my country and the Islamic world.
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