The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

stylistic features xix–xxi; themes
xvii–xix; translations, conventions
used xxix–xxxvi, in English
xxvi–xxix; truth 94, 264, 307, 309,
324, 411, affirmed by God 387, 388,
disbelievers’ rejection and their
destruction 327–8, 329, and nobility
290, 294; see also ayas; suras
Quraysh (tribe), trading journeys 438
r-b-b 3 n. d
al-Raghib 76 n. a
rahim 3 n. b
rahman 3 n. a
rain, illustrative of the concept of
resurrection 419 n. b
raina 13, 55
Ramadan: obligations xix; observances
20–1
al-Raqim 183
al-Rass, people: destruction 229;
disbelief as example to those who
disbelieve currently 340
al-Razi, Fakhr al-Din xxxv, xxxvi
reading xiv, xiv n. 4, xv
rebellious, allowed to stray 370
reconciliation, commendation 61
refugees, Muslim refugees, to be
rewarded by God 366
refugees from persecution, rewards 168,
173
relatives: prayers on behalf of hostile
relatives condemned 126; treatment
172; see also children; fathers; mothers;
parents
religion, unity 311, 312
religious divisions 311, 312
religious tolerance 29; at Yathrib xii
remarriage, see divorce; marriage
repentance 52, 125, 295, 297, 299;
disbelievers’ repentance, when faced by
Hell 382; and entry to Paradise 194;
essential that it take place before the
Day of Judgement 302, 306, 321, 421;
in the face of God’s punishment in this
life 384–5; futility at the arrival of the
Hour 332; God’s transformation of
those who repent 230–1; and its
rewards 249; urged on by the decline
of the day 435
Resurrection xvii, xviii, 30, 168, 277, 302
n. a, 340, 433; affirmation 376;
Index 461
assurance 178; coming 417; creation
as evidence of God’s ability to resurrect
the dead 340, 341–2; denied by the
Meccans 322; disbelievers’ denial
questioned 264, 389, 390; disbelievers
reject 216, 243; inevitability 215,
218–19, 307, 407; mistaken beliefs
about 393; proof seen in the creative
power of God 209; reality 281, 283,
427; truth, disbelievers’ rejection and
their destruction 327–8, 329–30;
winds as illustration 343; see also Day
of Resurrection
retaliation xix
retribution 177
revelation 311, 314–15
rhetorical questions xxxii
righteous, commendation and entry into
Paradise 167–8
Rightly Guided Caliphs xiii
rivers, in Paradise xxxii
Rodwell, J. M., translation of the Quran
xxvii, xxxviii
Ross, Alexander, translation of the
Quran xxvii, xxxvii
Sabbath, obligatory nature 174
Sabians 9 n. a, 74, 210
Sacred Months 77; observance 119
sacrifices, offering for, during
pilgrimages 22
Safa 18
safe conduct xxiv
Safwan (companion of A’isha), falsely
suspected of adultery 220
saiba 78
said 55 n. b
sajada 154 n. b
salah (formal prayer) 5 n. a
salam 356 n. a
Sale, George, translation of the Quran
xxxviii
Salih: dialogue xx; as messenger 99–100,
159; rejection 236, 241–2, 351; role as
prophet invoked as an encouragement
to Muhammad 140–1; see also
Thamud, people
Salsabil (spring in Paradise) 401
samad 444 n. a
al-Samiri (induced some of the Children
of Israel to worship golden calf) 199,
200