Abbreviations
| Ac. |
Acts |
| ALA |
Arabic Literature of Africa |
| as |
ʿalayhi salām |
| Dt. |
Deuteronomy |
| Ex. |
Exodus |
| fb |
from bottom of page |
| Gen. |
Genesis |
| MS/MSS |
Manuscript(s) |
| saws |
ṣalla Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam |
Journal abbreviations have been arranged at the beginning of the bibliography.
Dates in the text translation are given in both the Islamic and Western systems (A.H./A.D.).