The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

456
man: birth and resurrection (cont.):
creation 163, 166, 171, 215, 305, and
ability to communicate 353, created for
toil and trial 422; denial of the Day of
Resurrection 399–400; disputes
creation by God 284; homosexual acts
52; ingratitude condemned 409, 412;
obsession with wealth condemned 434,
436; self-satisfaction 428; testing 183,
298, 401–2; see also mankind
mankind: creation 264, not needed by
God 344; divisions at the Day of
Judgement 356–8; God’s knowledge
about as shown by the receptors at the
Day of Judgement 340–1; need of
God 278; powerlessness on the Day of
Resurrection 341; unity and harmony
among 339; see also men
marriage xviii, 220, 222–3; blessing by
God 258; commendation of 53;
forbidden degrees 52–3; intermarriage
between Muslims and women of the
People of the Book 68; intermarriage
with pagans forbidden 25;
intermarriage with those of other
faiths xxv; Muhammad’s conduct
dictated by God 270; remarriage and
divorce 25–8, 266 n. a; treatment of
believing and disbelieving women and
their marriage dowries 369; see also
divorce
martyrdom 282 n. a
martyrs: testimony 44 n. b
Marut (angel) 12
Marwa 18
Mary (mother of Jesus) 34, 37–8, 65,
66, 75, 191–2, 207, 217; belief 381;
denial of Christian claims for her
divinity 79
mattaa 288 n. b
mawla 266 n. b
Mecca x; attacked by the army of
Abraha 437, 438; believers barred from
when on pilgrimage 209, 211;
establishment by God 249; God warns
87; as guarantee of God’s oath 422,
427; as one of the two cities 317 n. b;
pilgrimages 41, ordinances governing
21–3; as point of departure in the
Night Journey 175; prayers towards
14 n. a, 17; prosperity prayed for by
Abraham 158, 160–1; sacred character
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does not deny believers the right of
self-defence xxiii; as sanctuary 256;
surrender 359 n. b; surrender to
Muhammad 442; warnings to 311
Meccan disbelievers 170 n. d; arguments
answered 345, 346; assertions denied
191; claims that the angels are God’s
daughters 183 n. a; condemned along
with the arrogant 245; denial of the
Resurrection 407; opposition to
Muhammad’s teachings xi;
punishment 272, 351–2; see also
disbelievers
Meccans 321; attacks on Muhammad
and his followers allow engagement
in self-defence xxii–xxiii; conversion
to Islam xii; iniquitous behaviour
of those who attempted to expel
Muhammad 331; religious beliefs
prior to conversion to Islam xvii;
Resurrection denied 322; tardiness
in believing in the Quran 327
mediation 58
Medina x, xi–xii; besieged by
disbelievers at the Battle of the
Trench 266; Muhammad’s death
xiii
Medinans, commended for believing acts
127
menstruation, sexual intercourse
forbidden during 25
messengers: as commissioned by God
306; mocked 80, 82; persistence in
testifying to disbelievers 308;
rejection 173; rejection by
disbelievers 168; role 159, 176; see also
prophets
Michael (archangel) 12
Midianites 122, 212; condemnation for
the rejection of Shuayb 254; as
disbelievers 100–1, 142–3
migrants 60
Migration (Hijra) xi–xii, xvii, xxxvii
mihrab 273 n. a
milk-mothers 52
milk-sisters 52
min 42 n. a
min anfusikum 50 n. a
Mina 22 n. f, 23 n. b
minbar 373 n. a
mindfulness (w-q-y) 4 n. c
miracles 178–9