Nevertheless, I should like to offer my apologies for errors and mistakes I would appreciate it if readers drew my attention to them. An older Muslim friend, however, once encouraged me by reminding me that perfection belongs only to God (al-kamal li'llah). In spite of all the help given and patience shown me, this publication is bound to be full of shortcomings. But while offering them these general thanks I am thinking of them all individually. Moreover, some of them would not appreciate being singled out by name. For the help I received during these visits I am greatly indebted to so many Indonesian informants that it is impossible to mention them all. Puasa Nabi Daud adalah puasa sunah yang paling afdhal atau paling utama. Ada empat keutamaan yang diperoleh jika seseorang mengerjakan puasa Nabi Daud Puasa Sunah Paling Utama. It was during these sojourns in particular, from May to October 1966 and from February to July 1969, that the material for this study was collected, supplemented and checked. 6.9383848688381 puasa 6.93877404961749 diturunkan 6.93916338191752 divisi. After having lived and worked in Indonesia from 1946 to the end of 1959, I was twice more enabled to yisit I ndonesia thanks to grants from the Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research (WOTRO). This interest has come to be centred in particular on the question of how religions, especially Islam, were involved in this struggle, and what role they would fulfil in the new Indonesia. With deep interest I have followed the Indonesian people's fight for freedom and independence from 1945 onwards.

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