The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

316; Names 107; nature as unseen 4 n.
d; omnipotence 214, 311–12, 376, 416,
418, stressed in relation to disbelievers
382–3; omniscience 136, 143, 144, 226,
263, 272, 310, 363, 367, 376, in
awarding blessing and punishment
348; Oneness 119, 227, 251, 274, 393,
394, 444, and creative activity 295, and
power 215, 218, without offspring
195, 319–20; only God to be given awe
365, 367; only God to be worshipped
295; pledges given to Jews and
Christians 67, 69–76; power 128, 239,
242–3, and creation 281, 282, 284,
contrasted with the powerlessness and
uselessness of the ‘partners’ 277–8,
279–80, extolled 261, and grace 227,
and grace in nature 232, and
knowledge 153–7, and providence
63–4, truths about 347, 348; and
predestination 249–50; pride in
creation, contrasted with disbelievers’
arrogance 324, 326; as protector of
the righteous 325; providence 223,
275; punishment of the People of the
Book who broke faith with
Muhammad 365–6; relations with
xix, believers and disbelievers 5–6,
7–14, 18–19, 29–31, 33, 43–8, 158–61;
relaxes devotional demands 395;
revelation 42; sole worship
demanded 441; sovereignty 36;
speech xx; submission to God as
central tenet of faith 34, 35–6;
supremacy 18; tests claims to truth
267; truth disputed 301, 303, 305;
uniqueness 166, 169; unity xvii,
xx–xxi, 203–4, 208, 213, 285, 289, 293,
307; unity disputed by disbelievers
290; wisdom and majesty 324, 326;
wish that mankind should live in
harmony 339; wonders, in the world
353–4
goddesses, disbelievers’ claims about
refuted 347–8
Gog 189, 207
gold ornaments 316, 317, 318
golden calf 8, 12, 65, 104, 200
Goliath (Philistine leader killed by
David) 29
grammar xix–xx
graves 434
Index 453
guidance: for both believers and
disbelievers 325; God to provide
424; groups responding to 4; plea
3, 4
guilty, trial 250 n. a
hadhf al-jawab 420 n. c
hadith 222 n. a
hafiz ix
Hagar 18 n. a
Hajj pilgrimage 420; infected by
polytheism x
hakim 39 n. a, 128 n. a
ham 78
Haman: arrogance 254; condemnation
245, 247; disbelief 303
harraka 200 n. b
Harut (angel) 12
Hasan (son of Ali) xiii
Hayyan, Abu xxxv
heads, shaving 22 n. c
Hell 35, 46, 52, 167, 175, 176, 194, 219,
230, 436; capacity 341; contrasted
with Paradise 353, 354; description
356–7, 397–8; disbelievers’ life
compared to the believers’ bliss in
Paradise 345–6; engulfs sinners 255;
entry of disbelievers into 299–300;
filling with jinn and men 144; life
293; nature 159, 160; as place of
punishment 319; as reward for
disbelievers 97, 122, 163, 189, 190,
199, 207, 265, 279, 324, 332, 334,
363, 382, 405, 408; and the Tree of
Zaqqum 179, 286, 322, 357;
unremitting nature of punishment in
Hell 304
Hereafter, see afterlife
al-Hijr, people of: disbelief 162, 164; see
also Thamud’s people
Hijra (Migration) xi–xii, xvii, xxxvii
Hira, Cave xi, 397
homosexuality 52; condemnation
242, 253–4, 351; Lot condemns
236
hoopoe, dialogue with Solomon xx,
240
Hour, the see Day of Judgement
household behaviour 220, 222, 225
houses, entering 21
Hud (prophet) 98–9, 159, 329; rejection
235–6; role as prophet invoked as an