The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

 an 393–4, refusal to believe
revelation of the Qur
 an through
Muhammad
237; pagan Arabs, divorce
practices disallowed
362 n. a
Arafat
22, 22 n. f
Arberry, Arthur J., translation of the
Qur
 an xxviii, xxxviii
Ark [of the Covenant]
28
arrogant, condemnation
245
 arsh 136 n. b
Asad, Muhammad (Leopold Weiss),
translation of the Qur
 an xxviii–xxix,
xxxviii
asbab al-nuzul  xxii, xxii n. 
16
Ascension to Heaven, and Night Journey
xi, xxxvii, 
175, 179, 347
ashfaqtum
363 n. a
 Ashura, Day xiii
‘associate’ xvii
ata
166 n. a
awe, given to God alone
365, 367
awliya  xxxi
ayas  xvii; contents and construction xxii;
introductory
3 n. c
ayat (signs) of God xvii
Azar (father of Abraham)
85
Badr (battle) xii, xxxvii, 
34, 35, 43, 257
n. a; distribution of battle gains
110,
112–13, 115; pagans 366 n. a
bahira
78
bahr
190 n. a
Banu Nadir (Jewish clan)
365, 366–7
Banu Qaynuqa (Jewish clan)
366 n. a
Al-Baqara (sura)
4–33
battle, conduct
111, 113, 114
battle gains, distribution
110, 112–13,
115
bayan
353 n. b
Baydawi xxxv
beliefs; corruption
39; impossibility of
forcing belief
128, 131–2, 135;
Muhammad to recognize that he
cannot compel belief but deliver
God’s message only
311, 314;
refutation of false beliefs of the
polytheists
believers
225, 261, 262; acceptance of the
Qur
 an 239, 248–9, 430; afterlife 176;
angels pray on their behalf
301–2;
blessings
416, 430; description 389;
and disbelievers
305, alliances with
disbelievers sometimes permitted
36;
encouraged by angels
309;
exhortations to worship of God
214;
fate
94, 96, 97–8, 122, on the Day of
Resurrection
405; forgiveness to
relatives who oppose their faith
376,
377; and God 43–8, as God’s allies
364, God’s guidance of 195, 325,
Index
448

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God’s providence for
158–61, 217, and
God’s revelation
42–3, response to
God
4–6, 18–19, 111–12, solidarity in
defence of God’s cause
370,
submission to God and defence against
Hell
fire 380–1, urged to spend in
God’s cause and uphold justice
359–61, worship of God 264, 265; and
hypocrites, divisions between on the
Day of Judgement
360; judgement 64,
138; justification 243–4; lack of action
criticized
372; mutual respect 338–9;
nature
73, known by God 277, 279,
280; and polytheists 295–9; praised
337; prosperity 224; qualities 227,
230–1; reactions to the Day of
Judgement contrasted with those of
disbelievers
419; record held in their
right hands at the Day of Judgement
387; religious practices in daily life
269; respect towards Muhammad 338;
rewards
35, 45, 155, 210, 212, 213,
251, 265, 269, 271, 272, 277, 279, 313,
326, 370–1, 401–2, 404, at the Day of
Judgement
352, contrasted with the
punishments of disbelievers
387, in
Paradise
185, 190, 286, 321, 322–3,
328, 341, compared to the disbelievers’
life in Hell
345–6, in war for their
faithfulness
335–6; salvation 83 n. b,
207, 221; success 215; supported by
God
304; sustenance by God 256;
testing and constancy
252; to be
attended to in preference to attempts to
convert disbelievers
409; triumph on
the Day of Judgement
418; true
believers
339; see also disbelievers
Benjamin (Joseph’s brother)
150 n. a
bequests
20, 78; payment 51