209 - 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad informed me, saying: My father narrated to me, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from 'Ali ibn Zayd ibn Jud'an: They were discussing which line of poetry was the most excellent, and a man said: The statement of Abu Talib:

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And He derived for him [a name] from His own, in order to exalt him. So the Possessor of the Throne is Mahmud (the Praised), and this is Muhammad (the Praised One).