The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

God’s providence for 158–61, 217, and
God’s revelation 42–3, response to
God 4–6, 18–19, 111–12, solidarity in
defence of God’s cause 370,
submission to God and defence against
Hellfire 380–1, urged to spend in
God’s cause and uphold justice
359–61, worship of God 264, 265; and
hypocrites, divisions between on the
Day of Judgement 360; judgement 64,
138; justification 243–4; lack of action
criticized 372; mutual respect 338–9;
nature 73, known by God 277, 279,
280; and polytheists 295–9; praised
337; prosperity 224; qualities 227,
230–1; reactions to the Day of
Judgement contrasted with those of
disbelievers 419; record held in their
right hands at the Day of Judgement
387; religious practices in daily life
269; respect towards Muhammad 338;
rewards 35, 45, 155, 210, 212, 213,
251, 265, 269, 271, 272, 277, 279, 313,
326, 370–1, 401–2, 404, at the Day of
Judgement 352, contrasted with the
punishments of disbelievers 387, in
Paradise 185, 190, 286, 321, 322–3,
328, 341, compared to the disbelievers’
life in Hell 345–6, in war for their
faithfulness 335–6; salvation 83 n. b,
207, 221; success 215; supported by
God 304; sustenance by God 256;
testing and constancy 252; to be
attended to in preference to attempts to
convert disbelievers 409; triumph on
the Day of Judgement 418; true
believers 339; see also disbelievers
Benjamin (Joseph’s brother) 150 n. a
bequests 20, 78; payment 51
bi ’l-ghaybi 361 n. a
birth 302 n. a
bribes, forbidden 21
bride-gift 27, 50, 52, 53, 68, 369
broadcasting, use of the Quran ix–x
brothers: inheritances 66; property
shares 51
burning bush 239–40, 247; revelation to
Moses 196–7
Byzantines 257
Cain (Adam’s son) 70
calendar xi–xii, xxxvii
Index 449
camel: hamstrung by the people of
Thamud 351, 423; sign invoked by
Salih 236
camels, dedication and use 211–12
captives, treatment 115
charity, see almsgiving
chastity 389
children: fathers’ responsibilities for 379;
property shares 51; respect for adults’
privacy 225; weaning when parents
divorce 26–7; see also orphans;
parents; relatives
Children of Israel: as disbelievers 7–14,
23, 103–6, during the desert
wanderings 199–200, of the
Scriptures 143; exodus 134–5, 181,
322; God’s guidance 265; and
kingship 28–9; oppression in Egypt
245, 303; rebelliousness 175; religious
differences among 325; response to
God 4, 16; worship of calf 104; see also
Jews and Judaism; People of the Book
Christianity x
Christians 9; belief in Muhammad 255
n. a; claims disowned by Jesus on the
Day of Judgement 78–9; factions
among 29; as People of the Book
xviii, and Islamic relations with
xxiv–xxv, xxxvii; relations with
Muslims 34, 39–42, and pledges from
God 67, 68, 69–76; see also People of
the Book
chronology, lack of xvi, xix
combatants, and non-combatants 60
commerce, see trade
common kindnesses, neglect, the result of
denial of Judgement 439
consecration (ihram) 22 n. d
consultation (shura) 311, 314
contexts: effects on understanding
xxx–xxxi, importance for
interpretation of the Quran xxi–xxii,
xxiv
contrasts xx
the corrupt, identification 333
corruption spreaders condemned 245
covetousness 53–4
Crashing Blow 433
creation 203, 204, 209; benefits for man
166–7, 169, 170, 171; days 307; and
God, as the activity of God 223–4,
229–30, 253, 257, 258–9, 295, 296, 357,