The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

mischief-makers, condemned as
evildoers 339
misdeeds, minor misdeeds cancelled by
God 53
Mistah (relative of Aisha) 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 unidentified 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
mubin 353 n. b
Mufradat 76 n. a
muhajirun xii
Index 457
Muhammad ix, x–xiii, xxxvii; accused of
being mad 272, 275, 384; allowed
self-defence against Meccan attacks
xxii–xxiii; assured of abundance from
God, in place of the loss of his last son
440; believers’ respect for 270–1;
comforted in face of accusations of his
being a liar 277, 278; commanded to be
faithful to God 237–8; commanded to
persist in his proclamations 346;
commanded to preach God’s word
344; commanded to read 428;
commended to the support of his
followers as a sign of their loyalty to
God 334–5; defence before the
disbelievers 275; disbelievers’
rejections denounced 227, 229;
disobedience towards forbidden 269;
divine commission to reveal the
Quran 281; divine source of his
message 347; encouragement by God
425, 426; encouragement 128, 135,
152, 162–5, 196, 202, 327, 330, by the
examples of earlier prophets 290,
291–2, perseverance and patience 191,
194, 384, 385–6, 401, 402, and ignore
the taunts of disbelievers 301, 304,
305–6, remain close to God 309,
through references to David and
Solomon 272, 273; as encouragement
to believers to be mindful of God 359;
exhortation to constancy 254–5;
exhorted not to be saddened by
disbelief 261, 262; exhorted to remain
steadfast in the face of disbelief 243–4;
exhorted to follow God’s clear religious
path 325; exhorted to obey God 269;
exhorted to pay no attention to
disbelievers 264; exhorted to
persevere 257, 258–9; flees from
Mecca and hides in a cave xxx;
followers, indignant at the treaty made
at Hudaybiyya 334, 336; home life
380; instructed on recitation of the
Quran 399; instructed to speak to
believers and disbelievers 274; insults
condemned 121; lacking in miraculous
powers 181; madness denied by God
411; marriages 270; as ‘Messenger’ xv;
as model for believers 268; name
mentioned 331; obedience towards
56–7, 58, 61, 220, 224; opponents and