The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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war and warfare: (cont.):
kinship ties 332; persistence in war
commanded by God in God’s cause
333; rewards given to believers for
faithfulness in the conduct of war
335–6; sacred duty of fighting in God’s
way and condemnation of those who
hold back 119–20, 123–4, 126, 127;
self-defence in the sacred months 119
warfare 50
warhorses, God’s oath concerning 432
warnings, to be given by Muhammad,
even where they are ignored 418
wasila 78
water, fresh and salt water established by
God 353
Ways of Ascent 389
wealth: display forbidden 54; hoarding
forbidden 119
wealthy: arrogance reprimanded 384;
condemnation for preferring their
possessions to fighting in God’s cause
123–4; obduracy and punishment 321
weights: fair weights 142; use of correct
weights commanded 237
Weiss, Leopold (Muhammad Asad),
translation of the Quran xxviii–xxix
widows, remarriage 27
winds 403; scattering winds, as proof of
the Resurrection 343
witchcraft, invocation against 445
wives: conduct towards 266; fair
treatment of 62–3; property shares 51
women: beautiful women as precious as
ostrich eggs 286 n. c; believing and
disbelieving women 380, 381; in
childbirth 154; clothing 271; divorced
women, and provision for 28;
inheritance of women as property
forbidden 52; lewd acts between 52;
marriage 50; regulations concerning
50; relatives’ prevention of
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reconcilation with divorced husbands
forbidden 26 n. b; status xxv–xxvi;
status as witnesses 32; treatment
62–3, of believing and disbelieving
women and their marriage dowries
369, during divorce 378–9, when
convicted of adultery 53, within
marriage 52, 54; with whom marriage
is forbidden 52–3
words: classical meanings xxxiii;
meanings determined by contexts
xxx–xxxi
world, end 353, 354
worldly existence, transitory nature
360
worship: kneeling posture used for 324,
325; postures in worship 428
writing, significance for the Quran xv
n. 6
writing ability 384 n. a
wrongdoers, protected only by each other
325
wujuh 55 n. d
wujuh al-Quran xxx–xxxi
Yamama (battle) xvi
yankihu 220 n. c
Yathrib, see Medina
Year of Grief xi
Yemen x
yunfiquna (charitable spending) 5 n. b
Zachariah 191; God’s guidance 86;
prophetic status 207
zakah 118 n. e
zanna (act of knowing) 8 n. a
Zaqqum, Tree of 179, 286, 322, 357
Zayd (Muhammad’s adopted son) 269
Zaynab (Muhammad’s cousin) 269 n. a
zina 220 n. a
Zoroastrians 210, 210 n. c
zurq 200 n. c