The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

Aaron (Moses’ brother) 104; blessed
288; God’s guidance 86; grace 193; as
messenger 134, 229; mission to the
Egyptians 232; Moses requests his
support from God 247; as Moses’
spokesman 197; receives the
Scriptures 205; rejection by
disbelievers 217; and the worship of
the golden calf 200
Abdul Muttalib (Muhammad’s
grandfather) x, xxxvii
Abdullah (Muhammad’s father) x, xxxvii
Abel (Adam’s son) 70
Abraha (Christian ruler of Yemen),
threatens Mecca 437, 438
Abraham xvii, 122, 348; as an example
368–9; builds the Kaba x, 17 n. a,
18 n. c; ceases to pray on behalf of his
disbelieving father 126; condemns
idolatry 205–6, 234, 253, 317, and is
blessed with the birth of Isaac 287;
devotion to God 14–15, 16, 292;
dialogue with God xx; as
encouragement to believers to be
mindful of God 359, 361; example
166, 209; faith 41; forbidden to plead
for Lot’s people 141; grace 193;
guests, and the destruction of Lot’s
people 343–4; monotheism 85–6;
prayers for the prosperity of Mecca
158, 160–1; questioning of the
prophecy of Isaac’s birth 163–4;
receives the same message as that given
to Muhammad 312; rite of pilgrimage
209, 211; standing before God 39
Abraham, people 212; chosen by God 37
Abraham, wife, and the prophecy of
Isaac’s birth 141, 343–4
Abu Bakr: father of Aisha 120, 221 n. c,
flees from Mecca and hides in a cave
xxx; Rightly Guided Caliph xiii;
preservation of the Quran xvi, xxxvii
Abu Hanifa, women permitted to be
judges xxv
Abu Lahab (uncle and opponent of
Muhammad), condemnation 443
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Abu Talib (Muhammad’s uncle) x, xi,
xxxvii
Ad (Hud’s people) 159, 212; arrogance
290; condemnation 254;
wronged themselves 122; destruction
229, 327, 329, 348; disbelief 99,
139–40, as example to those who
disbelieved 340, 344; disbelief 159;
punishment 303, 308, 351;
punishment denied 387; rejection of
Hud 235–6; corruption condemned
420
Adam: angels submit to 94–5; chosen
by God 37; creation and favoured
over the angels 4, 7; disobedience 95,
201; without a father as was
Jesus 34, 38–9
adhab 5 n. c
adna al-jilbab 271 n. b
adoption 266
adultery 220–1, 221–2; forbidden 177;
marriage rather than adultery 53;
punishments for 71 n. b
advocacy, forbidden in the event of the
betrayal of trust 61
afterlife 67, 82, 87, 285–7; contrast with
temporal life 256
Ahmad (name of Muhammad) 370
Aisha (Muhammad’s wife), accused of
adultery falsely 220, 221
alaq 428 n. a
Alexander the Great, identification with
Dhu ’l-Qarnayn 188 n. a
Ali, Abdullah Ysuf, translation of the
Quran xxviii, xxxviii
Ali (Rightly Guided Caliph) xiii
al-alamin 3 n. e
allies, disbelieving relatives not to be
allies [against Muslims] 118
almsgiving xix, 30–2, 120, 177, 259, 422,
424, 425; charitable spending
(yunfiquna) 5 n. b; commanded before
it is too late 374–5; commendation
61; before conversations between
believers and Muhammad 363;
continuation 221; during pilgrimages