The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

460
polytheism (cont.):
249, 250, 251; forbidden 177,
178; Muhammad’s opposition
to xi; rejection 239, 242–3, 284,
312, 327, 329; worthless nature
133
polytheists: beliefs refuted 92, 93;
condemnation for denying God’s
bounty 166–72; contrasted with
believers 295–9; false beliefs refuted
80–9; not to tend mosques 117–18;
prayers on behalf of hostile relatives
condemned 126; relations with in
the event of persecution xxiii–xxiv;
uncleanness 118; see also
disbelievers
prayer direction (qibla) 14 n. a, 16–17, 18
n. c, 19
prayers 254–5; avoidance of impurity 55;
cleansing before prayer 68; conduct
during war 60–1; when in danger 27;
formal prayer (salah) 5 n. a; as
marks of belief 19; rewards in the
Hereafter 23
praying for show, the result of denial of
Judgement 439
predestination 203, 249–50, 252, 253,
264, 297; God decides between
believers and disbelievers 259,
260
pride 177
privacy, respect for 225
privation, as a test 394 n. a
pronouns, use xxxii–xxxiii
property 50; disposal 50–1, 51–2, 53, 54;
management for orphans 92;
protection xxvi; restoration 56; right
use of personal property 21
prophets xvii–xviii; God’s affirmation,
after removing Satan’s insinuations
from their messages 212–13; Children
of Israel’s treatment of 11–12;
continuity 311, 312; disbelievers in the
prophets condemned 252, 253–4, 255,
256; as encouragement to believers to
be mindful of God 359, 361; examples
used as support and encouragement for
Muhammad 290, 291–2; followers and
their reactions 232–7; grace 191, 193–
4; as messengers 203, 205–7; as muslim
xxiv; perseverance in spite of rejection
162–5; rejection 281–2; rejection by
Index
disbelievers 216–17, 219, 228–9, and
their consequent destruction 239,
239–40, 241–2; rejection by the people
of Ad 327, 329; rejection as liars 277,
278; revelations to 65; role 56; role an
encouragement to Muhammad 136,
138–44; sending by God 29; stories
287–8; wealth discounted as a measure
of a prophet’s truth 316, 317–18; see
also messengers
providence, God’s control 275, 361
punctuation xxxiv–xxxv
punishments: for adultery 71 n. b; eternal
nature in the afterlife 200; for
persecution of Muslims by the People
of the Book 71; for theft 71; in this life
and the Hereafter 387
Qarun: arrogance 254; condemnation
245, 250–1
qasr 403 n. c
qibla (prayer direction) 14 n. a, 16–17, 18
n. c, 19
Queen of Sheba 240–1; dialogue xx
Quran ix–x, xxxvii–xxxviii; acceptance
248–9; authenticity 128; belittling
232; as both joyful news and warning
239; canonization xvi n. 8;
compilation xv–xvi; consistency as
evidence of its origin 58; disbelievers
mock 217; disbelievers’ rejections
denounced 227, 230; divine origins
xiv n. 3, 131, 162, 232, 237, not
poetry made by man 281, 284; ease of
understanding 350, 351; effects upon
believers 297; extent 190; final
revelation xiii; first revelation on the
Night of Glory 429; as a gift revealed
from God 279; gives knowledge about
the Hour of Judgement 319; as God’s
word 399; as guidance 175, 176–82,
187, 201; interpretation xxi–xxvi;
Koran xxvi; mercy 321; opponents
warned of punishment 165; as reading
353 n. a; recitation 180; rejection by
disbelievers 415; responses to
determine fate at the Day of
Judgement 137; revelation xi, xiv–xv,
170, 181–2, 183, 196, 200, 201, 203,
205, 210, 213, 255, 347, 357, 379;
revelation questioned by disbelievers
229; role 145; structure xvi–xvii;