The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

matta
 a 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
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 Qur
 an 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 Shu
 ayb 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
Index
456

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mischief-makers, condemned as
evildoers
339
misdeeds, minor misdeeds cancelled by
God
53
Mistah (relative of 
 A isha) 221 n. c
modesty
220, 222, 225
monasticism
361
monotheism
92, 93
moon: crescent moons, and the timing of
pilgrimages
21; rising and setting 353;
splitting in two at the Day of
Judgement
350; and sun, as evidence
of God’s creative power
282; worship
x; see also sun
Moses xvii, 
8–9, 11, 12, 64, 65, 175,
245–8, 348; blessing 288;
commissioning at the burning bush
239–40; divisions among his people
370; as encouragement to Muhammad
143, 407; God’s guidance 86; and the
Golden calf 
196–200; grace 193;
guiltlessness before God
271; and the
Jews’ refusal to enter the holy land
during the exodus wanderings
70;
meeting with unidenti
fied figure 183,
187–8; as messenger 101–5, 134;
mission to Pharaoh’s people
232–4,
322; and the plagues 318; as prophet
229, 254; receipt of the same message
as that given to Muhammad
312;
receives the Scriptures
205, 265, 310;
rejection
212; rejection by
disbelievers
217; rejection by Pharaoh
and his people
344; reminds the
Children of Israel of God’s
providence
158; sister 245–6; victory
301, 302–4
Moses, mother
245–6
mosques:
first mosque built at Yathrib
xii; mosque built by hypocrites
condemned
125–6; those qualified to
tend
117–18
mothers: property shares
51; see also
relatives
Mount Judi (resting place for Noah’s
Ark)
139
Mount of Mercy xii
Mount Sinai
9, 12, 65, 248; God swears
by
345