The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

86; as prophet 11, 29, 66; receipt of the
same message as that given to
Muhammad 312; renunciation of
claims to divinity 67; as a sign for all
people 207; as son of God xxxiii;
taken by God 65
Jews and Judaism x; belief in
Muhammad 255 n. a; criticized for
spiritual presumption 372; dietary
regulations 91, 174; distortion of the
Scriptures 55–6; granted tolerance
xii; as People of the Book xviii, and
Islamic relations with xxiv–xxv, xxxvii;
pledges from God and relations with
Muslims 67, 68, 69–76; refusal to enter
the holy land during the exodus
wanderings 70; relations with
Muslims 34, 39–41; see also Children
of Israel; People of the Book
jihad xxxi
jinn: belief in the Quran 327, 329;
classification 353, 354; condemnation
308; creation 163, not needed by God
344; not the revealers of the Quran
232, 237, 238; reactions to the Quran
393; as servants of Solomon 292;
subservience to God 289; used as
workers for Solomon 273; worshipped
by disbelievers 275
jizya 118 n. e
Job: blessing after affliction 292; God’s
guidance 86; prophetic status 206–7
John (son of Zachariah) 191, 207; God’s
guidance 86
joking, joking about God condemned 122
Jonah 128, 135, 288; God’s guidance 86;
prophetic status 207; shown God’s
mercy 385–6
Jonah’s people, repentance 135
Joseph xvii, 145–52; God’s guidance 86;
rejection by disbelievers 303
judgement, see Day of Judgement; Final
Judgement
judges, bribing forbidden 21; women as
judges xxv, xxvi
justice: administration 56, by
Muhammad for the People of the Book
72, 72–3; bearing witness impartially
68–9
Kaba 77, 345; building by Abraham and
Ishmael 15; building and pilgrimages
Index 455
to x; centrality to qibla and rites of
pilgrimage 18 n. c; guardians 112;
pilgrims’ disgraceful acts 96 n. a
kafur 401 n. b
Karbala (battle) xiii
kawthar 440 n. a
Khadija (Muhammad’s wife) x–xi,
xxxvii
khalifa (successor) 7 n. a
al-Khattab, Umar ibn, conversion to
Islam xxxvii
kingship, in Israel 28–9
kinship ties 50
knowing (zanna) 8 n. a
Korah, disbelief 303
Koran, see Quran
la yubdiwa-la yuid 275 n. a
al-Lat (Arabian pagan goddess) 347
learning/knowing xiv n. 4
legal texts xviii–xix
legislation, reinforcements 78 n. b
lesbian acts 52
life saving 71
Light, Verse 220, 223
livestock: creation for man’s benefit 166,
170, 284; dedication and use 211;
intended for man’s use 215;
polytheists’ regulations refuted 90–1;
see also animals
loans xxvi
Lot 141–2; blessing 288; condemns
homosexuality 253–4; God’s
guidance 86; as messenger 100;
rejection 236, 242; salvation and
prophetic status 164, 206; seeks refuge
in God 253
Lot, people 212; arrogance 290; disbelief
as example to those who disbelieve
currently 340, 344; as disbelievers
141–2; punishment 351
Lot, wife, disbelief 381
lote trees 273, 347
Luqman the Wise 261, 262
Luther, Martin xxxvii
Madina, see Medina
Magians 210, 210 n. c
Magog 189, 207
Malik (angel in charge of Hell) 319
Manat (pagan diety) 347
man: birth and resurrection 417;