The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

angels as daughters of God 195,
rejoicing at the defeat of the Byzantines
by the Persians 257 n. a
Palmer, E. H., translation of the Quran
xxvii, xxxviii
Paradise 51–2, 167–8; admission to
Paradise includes absolution from bad
deeds 334; believers’ bliss compared to
the disbelievers’ life in Hell 345–6;
contrast between the two levels of
Paradise 354–5; description 356, and
seen as the reward of believers 332;
entry into 13, 300; entry into Paradise
preceded by persecution 24; life 283,
286, 292–3; nature in the light
of Arabic structures and idioms
xxxi–xxxii; as the objective of believers
360–1; resting place for believers 97; as
reward of believers 6, 35, 44, 49, 56,
122, 124, 125, 126, 129, 143, 155, 156,
160, 163, 185, 190, 199, 210, 213, 215,
228, 251, 255, 258, 261, 265, 279, 319,
322–3, 328, 341, 343, 379, 385, 401–2,
408, 413, 416; as reward for truthful
Christians 76, 79; as the reward of the
godly 62; as the reward of those who
repent 194
paragraphs, use in translation xxxiv
parents: property shares 51; relations
with as the mark of believers and
disbelievers 328; respect for except in
the case of disbelief 262; respect for
176; respect for and obedience to 252;
see also children; fathers; mothers;
relatives
peace xviii
pearls 353; treatment 345 n. f
the pen xiv n. 4
People of the Book xviii; and God’s
grace 359, 361; lack of faithfulness to
treaty leads God to drive them from
their homes 365–6; misdeeds 64–5,
66, 430; rebels to be fought 118–19;
relations with xxiv–xxv; rewards for
faith 49; tensions with Muslims 50,
55–6; see also Children of Israel;
Christians; Jews and Judaism
‘Perfecting the blessing’ 68 n. b
persecution 17–18; contrasted with
God’s punishment 252
Persians, attacks on the Byzantines 257
personal responsibility 176, 398; in
Index 459
choosing good or evil 424; in conduct
325; on the Day of Judgement 322;
and final rewards 348; in matters of
belief 14, 15, 16, 311, 314, 345; for sin
252–3
Pharaoh: arrogance 254, 290;
condemnation 245, 247–8;
destruction 301, 302–4; disbelief 134,
143, 197–9; dreams, interpreted by
Joseph 148; drowning 181;
punishment 318, 387, 395; rejects
God’s word brought by Moses 232–4;
rejects Moses 101–2, 217, 240; as
reminder to disbelievers 407; tyranny
condemned 420
Pharaoh, people: condemnation 416;
disbelief as example to those who
disbelieve currently 340, 343;
punishment 351
Pharaoh, wife, belief 381
Pharaoh’s people: destruction 229; as
disbelievers 101–3, 114, 134, 143;
punishment 318; reject Moses 217,
240, 247–8; rejection of God’s word
233–4; summoned to repent by a
believer 303–4; testing through the
mission of Moses 322; treatment
of the Children of Israel and death in
the Red Sea 8; see also Pharaoh;
Pharaoh, people
Pickthall, Muhammad Marmaduke,
translation of the Quran xxvii–xxviii,
xxxviii
pilgrimages: hunting for food 67;
hunting forbidden but fishing allowed
77; minor pilgrimages (umra) 18, 18
n. b; ordinances governing 21–3; rite,
as enacted by Abraham 209, 211
pledges 172, 177; observance 155, as
marks of belief 19; as received from
God 67, 69–76; taken from the Jews by
God 74–5
plenty, as a test 394
poets 232, 238
polygamy 50
polytheism x, xvii; advocation by parents
condemned 252; among Hud’s people
140; condemnation 176, 204, 254, 256,
258, 259, 318, 320, at the Final
Judgement 129, 130–1; condemned by
Luqman 261; denial 257–8, 274;
denunciation 227, 228, 229, 230, 245,