The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

 is xiii
ships
354; given by God for man’s
bene
fit 324; as signs of God’s
providence
313
shirk (polytheism) xvii
short measure, cheating by giving short
measure condemned
413–14
Shu
 ayb, as messenger 100–1; rejection
236–7, 254; role as prophet invoked as
an encouragement to Muhammad
142–3
shura (consultation)
311, 314
Sijjin
413
silm
23 n. c
sin, committing
61
Sirius (star worshipped by the Arabs)
347, 348
sisters: inheritances
66; property shares
51
skies: collapse, as evidence of judgement
346; creation, as evidence of God’s
power
340
slaves
258; denied provisions by the
disbelievers
170; marriage with 50
n. e,
53; respect for their owners’
privacy
225; treatment 223
Sleepers of the Cave
183–5
smoke, as reference to the Day of
Judgement
321
Solomon
12; blessing 291–2; cited as
encouragement to Muhammad
272,
273; dialogue xx; God’s guidance 86;
prophetic status
206; and the Queen of
Sheba
239, 240–1
sons, property shares
51
souls: corruption
423; creation 50;
peace
421; purification 423; testing 33
spider
252, 254
spiritual and temporal rewards
249,
312–13, 313–14
successor (khalifa)
7 n. a
suicide
22 n. b
sujud
428 n. d
Index
462

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Summoner, activity at the Day of
Judgement
350
sun: and moon, as evidence of
God’s creative power
282; pagan
worship x; rising and setting
353; see
also moon
Sunnis xiii
suras ix, xvi–xvii; alphabetical
introductions
4 n. a; contents xix;
introductions xxxv; introductory
formula
116; Meccan and Medinan
suras xvii–xix; Meccan suras
80, 94,
128, 136, 145, 158, 162, 166, 183, 191,
196, 203, 215, 227, 232, 239, 245, 252,
257, 261, 264, 272, 277, 281, 285, 290,
295, 301, 307, 311, 316, 321, 324, 327,
340, 343, 345, 347, 350, 356, 382, 384,
387, 389, 391, 393, 395, 399, 403, 405,
407, 409, 411, 412, 413, 415, 416, 417,
418, 419, 420, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426,
427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434,
435, 436, 438, 439, 440, 441, 443, 445,
446; Medinan suras 4, 34, 50, 67, 110,
116, 153, 209, 220, 266, 331, 334, 338,
353, 359, 362, 365, 368, 370, 372, 374,
376, 378, 380, 395, 401, 442;
punctuation xxxiv–xxxv; revelation,
and the response of disbelievers
127;
see also al-Fatiha
Suyuti ix
‘sword verse’ xxiii–xxiv
Syria x
ta ha
196 n. a
tabarak
227 n. a, 382 n. b
Tabari
74 n. a
Tabuk, expedition to xxxvii
taghut
56 n. b
Ta
 if, as one of the two cities 317 n. b
Talut (Saul) (King)
28–9
tamattu
 22 n. d
taqwa  xxxi
Tasnim, water
413
taxation
118
temporal life, contrast with afterlife
256
temporal and spiritual rewards
249,
312–13, 313–14
testimonies, in court, and women’s status
xxv–xxvi
Thamud, people
122, 159, 212;
arrogance
290; arrogance and
corruption of soul
423; condemnation
254, 416; destruction 229, 348;
dialogue xx; as disbelievers
99–100,
140–1, 159, 179, 340, 343; punishment
303, 308, 351; punishment denied 387;
rejection of Salih
236, 241–2; tyranny
condemned
420; see also Salih