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Index
Aaron, 61, 115
Abbas (uncle of Muhammad), xvi, xvii, 196–97
Abbasids, 60, 64, 78, 85, 86, 198, 206, 211, 212, 215
Abbott, Nabia, 69
Abd al-Malik, 60, 72, 83, 206, 210–11; caliphate of, xiv; coinage of, 58–59; Dome of the Rock inscription and, 50, 197, 209; Islam, introduction
of and, 58–59; Muhammad, example of and, 69, 70; Qur'an, collection of and, 197–99, 206
Abd al-Muttalib (grandfather of Muhammad), xvi, xvii, 99
Abd ar-Rahman, 42
Abd ar-Razzaq, 83
Abdullah (father of Muhammad), xvi, xvii
Abdullah bin Salam, 107–8, 109
Abdur Rahman bin Harith bin Hisham, 188
Abel, 148
Abou El Fadl, Khaled, 14–15
Abraham, xiv, 12, 21, 30, 31, 32, 34, 134, 165, 194, 207
Abu Bakr, 92, 111, 118; caliphate of, xiii, xvii; death of, 73; Khaybar, siege of and, 76; Muhammad and, 74; Qur'an, collection of and, 187, 188
Abu Dawud as-Sijistani, 78
Abu Fukayha Yasar, 146, 147
Abu Muslim, 85
Abu Nasr Yahya ibn Abi Kathir al-Yamami, 163
Abu Sufyan, 86
Abu Talib (uncle of Muhammad), xvi, 73
Abu Ubaida, 144, 172
Abu Zura, 89
Adam, 54, 136, 148, 168
adoption, 110, 111, 117
adultery, 65, 74, 135
Ahmad, 21–22
Aisha (wife of Muhammad), 65, 73–74, 82, 91, 94, 135; Muhammad bewitched and, 121–22; Qur'an, collection of and, 137–38; Zaynab,
Muhammad's marriage to and, 110, 111–12, 117
Alexander the Great, 157
Ali, Abdullah Yusuf, 154, 159, 165, 166
Ali ibn Abi Talib, xvi, xvii, 153; Battle of Siffin and, 189–92; caliphate of, xiv; chain of transmitters (isnad) and, 81; death of, 85; factionalism
and Hadith and, 76; Muhammad as Seal of the Prophets and, 116; Qur'an and, 65, 73–74, 199–200; Shiite Islam and, 117, 211
Allah: Arabic and, 145; Islam as political and, 213; Jesus and, 38; obedience to, 204; Qur'an and, xiii, 17, 18, 125, 150. See also God
Amina (mother of Muhammad), xvi, xvii
Amr bin Umm Maktum, 129, 136
Amr ibn al-As, 30, 190
Anas bin Malik, 103
Andrae, Tor, 166
Antichrist, 21
Antioch, 29
apostasy, 113
Apostles, 29, 30
Arabian conquest, 207; brutality of, xv, 25, 26–27, 35; Christianity and, 25–28; coins and inscriptions of, 42–43, 205; Islam and, 205;