The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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Muhammad (cont.):
their reward 23; as Prophet 44–5;
prophetic character xvii, 203, 205, 208,
affirmation 285, and lack of miraculous
powers 175; rebuked for attention to
disbelieving nobles and inattention to a
blind enquirer 409; reminded that he
cannot convert everyone and should
remain steadfast 245, 248, 249;
revelation of the Quran xiv–xv;
revelations, and their truths 94, 107–9;
role 153, 156, as the messenger of God
to the People of the Book 70, in
warning and giving good news 136,
137, 143–4; sending by God 17;
sending as God’s grace 372; tempting
by disbelievers 180; testimony to the
Meccan Arabs 394; truth affirmed by
God 387, 388; vision of pilgrimage to
Mecca 334, 336; witness 166, 172; as
witness against the polytheists 172;
wives, believers’ conduct towards 266,
instructions to 268–9
Mujahid 397 n. c
munafiqun (hypocrites) xviii
muqwin 357 n. a
murder 71; of believers by believers
59–60; fair retribution for 20;
forbidden 53, 177
Muslims 214; exhorted to obey God in all
things lest their good deeds come to
nothing 331, 333; instructions for
172–4; as the just 16; migrate to
Abyssinia seeking refuge from
persecution xi, xxxvii; not to ally
themselves with their Meccan enemies
368, 369; relations with Jews and
Christians 15–16, 34, 39–42, 67, 68,
69–76; spiritual growth as grace from
God 372; tensions with the People of
the Book 50, 55–6
mutual neglect, among those being
judged on the Day of Judgement 376
Muzdalifa, plain 22 n. f
al-Nadr ibn al-Harith, condemnation for
attempting to mislead others 261 n. a
nahr xxxii
nar 239 n. a
nasakha 212 n. a
nashaza 54 n. a
naziat 407 n. a
Index
needy, neglect, the result of denial of
Judgement 439
night, and day, as evidence of God’s
creative power 282
Night of Glory 429
Night Journey and Ascension to Heaven
xi, xxxvii, 175, 179, 347
night-comer 417
Nimrod 416 n. b
Noah xvii, 175; chosen by God 37;
contemporaries condemned 122;
dialogue with God xx; as
encouragement to believers to be
mindful of God 359, 361; God’s
guidance 86; preaching and prayer for
the destruction of disbelievers before
the Flood 391–2; as prophet 98–9, 133,
159, 216; receipt of the same message as
that given to Muhammad 312;
rejection 235; role as prophet invoked
as an encouragement to Muhammad
138–9; salvation 287, 350; salvation and
rejection by his own people 253
Noah, people 212; arrogance 290;
destruction 229, 348; disbelief as
example to those who disbelieve
currently 340, 344; as disbelievers
159, 216; punishment 301, 303;
rejection of Noah and their
punishment 350
Noah, wife, disbelief 381
Noah’s Ark 138–9, 216, 253, 282–3, 387
nobles, salvation 83 n. b
non-combatants, and combatants 60
oathbreaking: atonement for 76;
criticisms 370; forbidden 172; God
prevents Job from oathbreaking 292
oathtaking 25; release from 380
obedience: given to God alone 365, 367;
to Muhammad 56–7, 58, 61, 220, 224
oppressed, defence, permits the taking up
of arms xxii
oppression, punishments for 314
orphans: care 425; cruelty to, the result of
denial of Judgement 439; orphan girls,
treatment 62; property 177, and its
disposal 50–1, management 25, 92;
see also children
pagans: intermarriage with forbidden 25;
Meccan pagans, dispute about the