Indexes
Index of Names and Places
This Index lists names from the Detailed Contents and Translation (and from the footnotes in parentheses)
Index of Terms
This Index lists terms from the Detailed Contents and Translation (not footnotes).
Index of Qurʾan, Hadith, Poetry, and Proverbs
Qurʾan (direct quotes)
Surah number |
Surah name |
Verse number |
Verse text |
Verse translation |
Text number |
Page number |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 |
Baqarah |
20, 109, 148 |
|
Truly, God is powerful over all things. |
1.190.12 |
458–459 |
2 |
Baqarah |
34 |
|
prostrate before Adam, and they all prostrated except Iblīs. |
1.1.5 |
110–111 |
2 |
Baqarah |
117 |
|
Be!—and it is. |
1.184.2 |
424–425 |
2 |
Baqarah |
156 |
|
We belong to God, and to him we shall return. |
1.80.12, 1.127, 1.200, 3.89 |
212–213, 310–311, 478–479, 702–705 |
2 |
Baqarah |
197 |
|
The best provision is piety. |
3.119 |
714–715 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
7 |
|
Men rooted in knowledge |
1.88.2, 1.142.1 |
228–229, 328–329 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
18 |
|
those among you who impede, who say to their brothers, “Come help us,” while they themselves seldom enter the fray. |
2.28.4 |
568–569 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
68 |
|
Those who have the most claim on Abraham are the ones who followed him, and this Prophet, and those who profess belief. God is the believers’ master. |
2.28.2, 3.86 |
566–567, 702–703 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
85 |
|
whoever seeks a religion other than Islam |
1.159 |
364–365 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
97 |
|
Pilgrimage to the House is compulsory for all who are able to find a path. As for those who disbelieve, they should know that God has need of no one from all the worlds. |
1.1.8 |
114–115 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
102 |
|
be conscious of God as you should, and make sure you die submitting to him |
1.111.3 |
288–289 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
134, 148 |
|
God loves those who do good. |
3.188 |
736–737 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
165 |
|
Truly, God is powerful over all things. |
1.190.12 |
458–459 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
198 |
|
What God has prepared for people of virtue is the best! |
2.23 |
552–553 |
4 |
Nisāʾ |
17 |
|
God accepts the repentance of those who do wrong in ignorance then repent soon thereafter; they are the ones whose repentance God accepts; God is knowing and wise. |
3.124 |
718–719 |
4 |
Nisāʾ |
48, 116 |
|
God does not forgive being assigned partners |
1.174.8 |
400–401 |
4 |
Nisāʾ |
58 |
|
Believers, obey God, obey the Messenger, and the people in command among you. If you disagree over something, refer it to God and the Messenger. |
2.53.8 |
632–633 |
4 |
Nisāʾ |
59 |
|
If you disagree about something, refer it to God and his Messenger. |
1.123 |
302–303 |
4 |
Nisāʾ |
82 |
|
If it had come from someone other than God, they would have found it to have many inconsistencies. |
1.18 |
134–135 |
4 |
Nisāʾ |
103 |
|
prescribed for believers at fixed times |
1.197 |
476–477 |
4 |
Nisāʾ |
110 |
|
Whoever does wrong or oppresses his soul, but then seeks forgiveness from God, will find that God is forgiving and merciful. |
3.124 |
718–719 |
5 |
Māʾidah |
25 |
|
I have jurisdiction only over myself and my brother |
3.254 |
760–761 |
5 |
Māʾidah |
93 |
|
God loves those who do good. |
3.188 |
736–737 |
6 |
Anʿām |
38 |
|
We have omitted nothing from the Book. |
1.18 |
134–135 |
6 |
Anʿām |
56 |
|
I should stray from the path if so, no longer among the guided |
1.57 |
180–181 |
6 |
Anʿām |
95 |
|
how are you deluded |
1.80.13 1.84.2 1.105.2 |
212–213, 220–221, 270–271 |
7 |
Aʿrāf |
87 |
|
until God judges between us—and he is the best of judges |
2.55 |
648–649 |
7 |
Aʿrāf |
89 |
|
Lord, decide between us and our tribesmen with truth, for you are the best conqueror. |
2.15 |
546–547 |
7 |
Aʿrāf |
99 |
|
Only losers feel secure against God’s reckoning |
3.356 |
796–797 |
7 |
Aʿrāf |
138 |
|
Make for us a god like their gods! He said, you are an ignorant people! |
3.303 |
778–779 |
8 |
Anfāl |
6 |
|
as though driven to a death they could see in front of their eyes |
1.39 |
164–165 |
8 |
Anfāl |
28 |
|
Know that the riches you own and the children you beget are nothing but trials! |
3.84 |
700–701 |
8 |
Anfāl |
51 |
|
God will not punish them while you are among them, and he will not punish them if they repent. |
3.79 |
700–701 |
8 |
Anfāl |
51 |
|
God is not unjust to his servants. |
1.176.2 |
402–403 |
9 |
Tawbah |
109 |
|
the lip of a crumbling cliff |
1.102.2 |
262–263 |
10 |
Yūnus |
5 |
|
reckoning and calculation of years |
1.88.6 |
232–233 |
10 |
Yūnus |
30 |
|
There, each soul will be tried for what it did in past times, and all creatures will be returned to God, their true master—their falsehoods will no longer avail. |
1.223 |
516–517 |
10 |
Yūnus |
32 |
|
But what is there after truth save error? |
2.65 |
662–663 |
10 |
Yūnus |
34 |
|
how are you deluded? |
1.80.13 1.84.2 1.105.2 |
212–213, 220–221, 270–271 |
11 |
Hūd |
7 |
|
put you to the test, to see who among you performs the best of deeds. |
1.181.3 |
416–417 |
11 |
Hūd |
49 |
|
the best outcome is reserved for the pious. |
1.95 |
252–253 |
11 |
Hūd |
83 |
|
is never far from the wicked |
2.28.5 |
570–571 |
11 |
Hūd |
88 |
|
only to set things right as much as I can. My direction comes from God. In him I place my trust. |
2.28.4 |
570–571 |
11 |
Hūd |
89 |
|
Let not your enmity of me drive you to accuse me of lies. |
1.98.2 |
256–257 |
11 |
Hūd |
95 |
|
Away with … as the Thamūd were done away with! |
1.179 |
406–407 |
12 |
Yūsuf |
53 |
|
the sentient soul commands vice unless God shows it mercy. |
2.53.1 |
624–625 |
12 |
Yūsuf |
87 |
|
Only unbelievers despair of God’s grace. |
3.356 |
796–797 |
13 |
Raʿd |
15 |
|
all who are in the skies and the earth, obedient or unwilling |
1.183.4 |
422–423 |
13 |
Raʿd |
38 |
|
each term is written. |
1.105.2 1.181.1 |
270–271, 414–415 |
14 |
Ibrāhīm |
4 |
|
and he is mighty and wise. |
1.181.3 |
|
14 |
Ibrāhīm |
7 |
|
If you give thanks, you will be given more. |
3.124 |
718–719 |
14 |
Ibrāhīm |
30 |
|
Say: Take pleasure if you wish! Your last stop is hellfire. |
1.28 |
150–151 |
14 |
Ibrāhīm |
42 |
|
the day when eyes stare fixedly in terror |
1.193 |
468–469 |
15 |
Ḥijr |
37–38 |
|
You have been placed among those who have been granted respite until the day of destiny. |
1.1.5 |
110–111 |
15 |
Ḥijr |
39 |
|
He said: My Lord, because you caused me to stray, I shall place temptations before them on earth and lead them all astray. |
1.190.2 |
440–441 |
16 |
Naḥl |
77 |
|
Truly, God is powerful over all things. |
1.190.12 |
458–459 |
16 |
Naḥl |
97 |
|
we shall grant him a good life. |
3.214 |
742–743 |
16 |
Naḥl |
125 |
|
wisdom and counsel |
1.92 |
246–247 |
16 |
Naḥl |
90 |
|
God commands justice and goodness |
3.216 |
742–743 |
16 |
Naḥl |
128 |
|
God is with those who are pious and do good. |
1.191 |
460–461 |
17 |
Isrāʾ |
9 |
|
the path that is straightest |
1.145.3 |
332–333 |
17 |
Isrāʾ |
61 |
|
prostrate before Adam, and they all prostrated except Iblīs |
1.1.5 |
110–111 |
18 |
Kahf |
7 |
|
who among them performs the best deeds |
1.142.1 |
328–329 |
18 |
Kahf |
45 |
|
like water that we sent down from the sky: the earth’s vegetation drew from it, then became dry straw, and was scattered by the winds. God has power over all things |
1.108.1 |
268–269 |
20 |
Ṭāhā |
16, 116 |
|
prostrate before Adam, and they all prostrated except Iblīs |
1.1.5 |
110–111 |
20 |
Ṭāhā |
61 |
|
those who lie will fail |
1.16 |
132–133 |
20 |
Ṭāhā |
132 |
|
command your family to pray, and adhere to it yourself |
1.197 |
476–477 |
21 |
Anbiyāʾ |
26–27 |
|
Rather, they are his honored servants, they speak when he has spoken, and act on his command. |
1.88.6 |
232–233 |
21 |
Anbiyāʾ |
101 |
|
those for whom blessings have been decreed |
1.50 |
172–173 |
21 |
Anbiyāʾ |
104 |
|
As I brought the first creation into being, so I shall bring it forth anew—this is my pledge, and I shall bring it to pass. |
1.108.3 |
282–283 |
22 |
Ḥajj |
11 |
|
having lost this world and the hereafter—that is the most catastrophic loss! |
3.327 |
784–785 |
22 |
Ḥajj |
25 |
|
its resident and the foreigner are equal |
2.67 |
664–665 |
22 |
Ḥajj |
64 |
|
He is rich and praised |
1.181.3 |
416–417 |
23 |
Muʾminūn |
12 |
|
an extraction of clay |
1.161.2 |
370–371 |
23 |
Muʾminūn |
30 |
|
Truly there are signs in that, truly we shall put you to the test. |
1.100.3 |
260–261 |
23 |
Muʾminūn |
55 |
|
Do they think we supply them with wealth and sons in order to increase their comforts? No indeed, they have no idea! |
1.190.4 |
444–445 |
24 |
Nūr |
22 |
|
Do you not wish that God should forgive you? |
2.23 |
552–553 |
24 |
Nūr |
37 |
|
men whom neither trade nor commerce divert from remembering God, from performing the prayer, or submitting the alms-levy |
1.197 1.219 |
476–477, 506–507 |
24 |
Nūr |
40 |
|
upon the deep ocean |
3.354.2 |
796–797 |
24 |
Nūr |
45 |
|
Truly, God is powerful over all things. |
1.190.12 |
458–459 |
26 |
Shuʿarāʾ |
97–98 |
|
By God, we were clearly misguided when we equated you with the Lord of the worlds! |
1.88.3 |
230–231 |
26 |
Shuʿarāʾ |
157 |
|
They slaughtered the mare, and in the morning, they had cause to regret. |
1.199 |
478–479 |
28 |
Qaṣaṣ |
5 |
|
We intend to bless those rendered weak on earth with abundant favors. We shall make them Imams. We shall make them inherit. |
3.193 |
738–739 |
28 |
Qaṣaṣ |
24 |
|
My Lord, I am in dire need of whatever you may bestow! |
1.158.3 |
362–363 |
28 |
Qaṣaṣ |
83 |
|
We shall reserve the hereafter for those who do not seek to exalt themselves on the earth or spread corruption. The good end is for the godfearing |
1.3.4 |
120–121 |
29 |
ʿAnkabūt |
1–2 |
|
Alif Lām Mīm. Do people think they can claim, “we believe,” without being tested? |
1.154.4 |
354–355 |
29 |
ʿAnkabūt |
20 |
|
Truly, God is powerful over all things. |
1.190.12 |
458–459 |
31 |
Luqmān |
34 |
|
God has knowledge of the coming hour, he sends down rain, and knows what is in wombs. No man knows what he will earn tomorrow, and no man knows the land in which he will die, but God is all-knowing, all-aware. |
1.126 |
308–309 |
33 |
Aḥzāb |
6 |
|
Those who are from the same womb have more claim upon each other according to God’s Book. |
2.28.2 |
566–567 |
33 |
Aḥzāb |
72 |
|
the human, for he was a tyrant, an ignoramus. |
1.197 |
476–477 |
34 |
Sabaʾ |
13 |
|
few among my servants are truly grateful |
1.189 |
436–437 |
34 |
Sabaʾ |
35 |
|
We have more wealth and more children; we shall never have to endure suffering. |
1.190.7 |
450–451 |
35 |
Fāṭir |
1 |
|
with sets of wings |
1.88.6 |
232–233 |
35 |
Fāṭir |
1 |
|
Truly, God is powerful over all things. |
1.190.12 |
458–459 |
35 |
Fāṭir |
3 |
|
How are you deluded? |
1.80.13 1.84.2 1.105.2 |
212–213, 220–221, 270–271 |
35 |
Fāṭir |
8 |
|
Do not grieve over their actions, for God knows all that they do! |
1.160 |
368–369 |
35 |
Fāṭir |
14 |
|
No one informs you as well as one who is fully aware |
1.151.2 |
346–347 |
38 |
Ṣād |
3 |
|
and it is too late to escape! |
1.189 2.41 |
438–439, 606–607 |
38 |
Ṣād |
27 |
|
and the earth in vain. That is the claim of those who do not believe—woe and hellfire to unbelievers! |
3.70 |
394–395 |
38 |
Ṣād |
71–74 |
|
I shall create a human out of clay; when I have fashioned him in good proportion and breathed into him my spirit, bow before him in prostration. The angels prostrated, every one of them, except Iblīs |
1.190.1 |
440–441 |
38 |
Ṣād |
80–81 |
|
You have been placed among those who have been granted respite until the day of destiny |
1.1.5 |
110–111 |
38 |
Ṣād |
88 |
|
You shall surely learn the truth of its report, but only after a while. |
1.68 |
192–193 |
39 |
Zumar |
21 |
|
flow out in streams |
1.164.2 |
380–381 |
39 |
Zumar |
73 |
|
Those who were conscious of their Lord will be led in groups into paradise |
1.188 |
434–435 |
40 |
Ghāfir |
60 |
|
Pray to me and I will answer. |
3.124 |
718–719 |
40 |
Ghāfir |
62 |
|
How are you deluded? |
1.80.13 1.84.2 1.105.2 |
212–213, 220–221, 270–271 |
40 |
Ghāfir |
78 |
|
There shall the falsifiers lose everything. |
2.3 |
534–535 |
41 |
Fuṣṣilat |
15 |
|
who said: is anyone mightier than we are? |
1.108.3 |
280–281 |
41 |
Fuṣṣilat |
30 |
|
As for those who proclaim that Our Lord is God, and then remain upright, angels come to them, saying, do not fear and do not grieve, but rejoice, for paradise, as promised, is yours! |
1.174.4 |
396–397 |
44 |
Dukhān |
29 |
|
Then, neither the sky nor the earth weeps over them, and they are not granted a reprieve. |
1.189 |
438–439 |
47 |
Muḥammad |
7 |
|
If you help God, he will help you and give you a firm foothold. |
1.181.3 |
416–417 |
47 |
Muḥammad |
35 |
|
You shall overcome. God is with you, and he will not let your deeds go to waste |
1.63 |
188–189 |
48 |
Fatḥ |
7 |
|
the legions of the skies and the earth |
1.181.3 |
416–417 |
48 |
Fatḥ |
26 |
|
and they were worthy of it and deserving |
1.188 |
434–435 |
50 |
Qāf |
21 |
|
Each soul is accompanied by its driver and its witness |
1.82.2 |
214–217 |
57 |
Ḥadīd |
11 |
|
Who will offer God a beautiful loan of deeds, that he may multiply it for him, and give him a generous recompense? |
1.181.3 |
416–417 |
57 |
Ḥadīd |
21 |
|
That is God’s bounty, which he bestows on whom he wills—great is God’s bounty! |
1.181.3 |
416–417 |
57 |
Ḥadīd |
23 |
|
Do not weep over what you have lost, and do not exult over what you have gained. |
3.409 |
812–813 |
58 |
Mujādalah |
19 |
|
These are Satan’s faction. Hark! Satan’s faction are losers. |
1.192 |
466–467 |
61 |
Ṣaff |
3 |
|
God deems it a great outrage when you say what you do not do. |
2.53.21 |
644–645 |
62 |
Jumʿah |
4 |
|
That is God’s bounty, which he bestows on whom he wills—great is God’s bounty! |
1.181.3 |
416–417 |
63 |
Munāfiqūn |
7 |
|
the treasures of the skies and the earth |
1.181.3 |
416–417 |
65 |
Ṭalāq |
2 |
|
God shows the God-conscious a way out |
1.181.3 |
414–415 |
65 |
Ṭalāq |
3 |
|
God has appointed for each thing a measure |
1.181.1 |
|
66 |
Taḥrīm |
8 |
|
You are powerful over all things |
1.88, 1.222 |
242–243, 514–515 |
71 |
Nūḥ |
10–12 |
|
Ask your Lord for forgiveness, for he is ever forgiving—he will make the sky pour rain and provide you with wealth and children. |
1.141.1 |
326–327 |
74 |
Muddaththir |
38 |
|
Every soul is mortgaged to what it has earned |
3.327 |
784–785 |
74 |
Muddaththir |
42–43 |
|
What led you into the Fire? and they answered, We were not among those who prayed |
1.197 |
476–477 |
77 |
Mursalāt |
21–22 |
|
a safe abode for a known term |
1.161.2 |
370–371 |
79 |
Nāziʿāt |
26 |
|
There is a lesson here for all who venerate God. |
1.209 |
490–491 |
81 |
Takwīr |
26 |
|
So where do you go? |
1.84.2 |
220–221 |
82 |
Infiṭār |
6 |
|
O human, what has deceived you into neglecting your Generous Lord? |
1.220 |
408–409 |
102 |
Takāthur |
1–2 |
|
You are obsessed with gathering more and more until you visit your graves |
1.218 |
500–501 |
Qurʾan (references and modified quotes)
Surah Number |
Surah Name |
Verse Number |
Text Number |
Page Number |
---|---|---|---|---|
2 |
Baqarah |
24 |
1.181.3 |
417 |
2 |
Baqarah |
35 |
1.88.9 |
239 |
2 |
Baqarah |
88 |
2.64 |
661 |
2 |
Baqarah |
125 |
1.190.5 |
449 |
2 |
Baqarah |
143 |
1.125 |
307 |
2 |
Baqarah |
156 |
1.27 |
147 |
2 |
Baqarah |
163 |
2.31.9 |
581 |
2 |
Baqarah |
189 |
1.152.2 |
349 |
2 |
Baqarah |
224 |
2.69 |
667 |
2 |
Baqarah |
231 |
3.212 |
743 |
2 |
Baqarah |
237 |
3.435 |
821 |
2 |
Baqarah |
255 |
1.158.1 |
361 |
2 |
Baqarah |
264 |
2.53.21 |
645 |
2 |
Baqarah |
265 |
1.131.1 |
315 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
19 |
1.196.2 |
473 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
26 |
1.88.11 |
243 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
103 |
2.31.3 |
575 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
134 |
2.69 |
667 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
139 |
1.164.3 |
381 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
169 |
1.84.2 |
221 |
3 |
Āl ʿImrān |
173 |
1.181.3 |
419 |
4 |
Nisāʾ |
60 |
3.406 |
813 |
4 |
Nisāʾ |
69 |
1.181.3 |
417 |
4 |
Nisāʾ |
97 |
1.187 |
433 |
4 |
Nisāʾ |
88 |
2.45.4, 2.58 |
615, 653 |
4 |
Nisāʾ |
110 |
3.406 |
719 |
4 |
Nisāʾ |
164 |
1.180.3 |
409 |
5 |
Māʾidah |
3 |
1.83.3, 1.196.2 |
217, 473 |
5 |
Māʾidah |
19 |
1.149.1 |
341 |
5 |
Māʾidah |
27–31 |
1.190.2 |
443 |
6 |
Anʿām |
57 |
1.94.3 |
251 |
6 |
Anʿām |
160 |
3.296 |
775 |
7 |
Aʿrāf |
17 |
2.44 |
609 |
7 |
Aʿrāf |
26 |
1.27 |
147 |
7 |
Aʿrāf |
46–49 |
1.150.2 |
347 |
7 |
Aʿrāf |
130 |
1.141.2 |
327 |
7 |
Aʿrāf |
155 |
1.141.2 |
327 |
7 |
Aʿrāf |
157 |
1.151.2 |
347 |
8 |
Anfāl |
12 |
1.190.2 |
443 |
9 |
Tawbah |
10–12 |
3.141 |
727 |
9 |
Tawbah |
40 |
3.354.1 |
795 |
9 |
Tawbah |
52 |
1.23 |
133 |
9 |
Tawbah |
59 |
2.53.24 |
647 |
9 |
Tawbah |
60 |
2.26.2 |
559 |
11 |
Hūd |
70 |
1.4 |
125 |
12 |
Yūsuf |
53 |
1.84.1, 1.174.1 |
219, 395 |
13 |
Raʿd |
12 |
1.183.4 |
423 |
14 |
Ibrāhīm |
7 |
1.155, 3.406 |
355, 813 |
14 |
Ibrāhīm |
37 |
1.190.5 |
449 |
15 |
Ḥijr |
17–18 |
1.88.6 |
233 |
15 |
Ḥijr |
88 |
1.190.4 |
445 |
15 |
Ḥijr |
94 |
1.228 |
521 |
16 |
Naḥl |
51 |
2.31.9 |
581 |
16 |
Naḥl |
89 |
1.83.3 |
217 |
17 |
Isrāʾ |
12 |
1.88.5 |
233 |
17 |
Isrāʾ |
24 |
2.46 |
617 |
17 |
Isrāʾ |
34 |
2.74 |
673 |
17 |
Isrāʾ |
64 |
1.190.2 |
441 |
18 |
Kahf |
45 |
1.17 |
135 |
19 |
Maryam |
50 |
1.23 |
141 |
20 |
Ṭāhā |
39 |
1.196.2 |
473 |
20 |
Ṭāhā |
67 |
1.4 |
125 |
21 |
Anbiyāʾ |
102 |
1.181.3 |
415 |
22 |
Ḥajj |
18 |
1.131.1 |
315 |
22 |
Ḥajj |
36 |
2.53.14 |
639 |
23 |
Muʾminūn |
77 |
3.350 |
793 |
23 |
Muʾminūn |
99–100 |
1.181.3 |
417 |
23 |
Muʾminūn |
115 |
1.61.1, 1.83.3, 3.351 |
185, 217, 793 |
24 |
Nūr |
24 |
1.197 |
477 |
25 |
Furqān |
27 |
3.170 |
731 |
25 |
Furqān |
38 |
1.180.4 |
411 |
26 |
Shuʿarāʾ |
84 |
1.23 |
141 |
28 |
Qaṣaṣ |
4 |
1.190.4 |
445 |
29 |
ʿAnkabūt |
41 |
1.17 |
133 |
30 |
Rūm |
12 |
3.350 |
793 |
32 |
Sajdah |
12 |
2.41 |
607 |
33 |
Aḥzāb |
45 |
1.102.1 |
263 |
33 |
Aḥzāb |
58 |
1.72 |
199 |
33 |
Aḥzāb |
67 |
1.190.3 |
445 |
34 |
Sabaʾ |
15–16 |
1.164.2 |
381 |
34 |
Sabaʾ |
52 |
1.218.1 |
503 |
35 |
Fāṭir |
10 |
1.180.2 |
409 |
35 |
Fāṭir |
28 |
3.133 |
721 |
35 |
Fāṭir |
35 |
1.181.3 |
407 |
36 |
Yāsīn |
12 |
1.23 |
139 |
36 |
Yāsīn |
80 |
1.131.1 |
315 |
37 |
Ṣāffāt |
6 |
1.88.6 |
233 |
42 |
Shūrā |
20 |
1.23 |
141 |
42 |
Shūrā |
23 |
1.148.3 |
339 |
42 |
Shūrā |
28 |
1.112 |
289 |
43 |
Zukhruf |
13 |
1.46 |
171 |
44 |
Dukhān |
10 |
1.88.5 |
233 |
45 |
Jāthiyah |
9 |
3.212 |
743 |
48 |
Fatḥ |
6 |
2.58 |
653 |
49 |
Ḥujurāt |
12 |
1.72 |
199 |
49 |
Ḥujurāt |
17 |
1.154.4 |
355 |
50 |
Qāf |
12 |
1.180.4 |
411 |
50 |
Qāf |
23 |
1.181.3 |
417 |
55 |
Raḥmān |
41 |
1.158.1 |
361 |
56 |
Wāqiʿah |
28 |
1.102.1 |
263 |
56 |
Wāqiʿah |
93–94 |
1.80.12 |
213 |
62 |
Jumʿah |
6–7 |
2.69 |
667 |
62 |
Jumʿah |
8 |
1.147 |
337 |
64 |
Taghābun |
15 |
3.277 |
773 |
66 |
Taḥrīm |
8 |
1.69, 1.88.11 |
195, 243 |
67 |
Mulk |
22 |
2.45.4 |
615 |
68 |
Qalam |
42 |
1.149.3 |
343 |
73 |
Muzzammil |
11 |
2.28.2 |
567 |
75 |
Qiyāmah |
36 |
1.61.1, 1.83.3, 3.351 |
185, 217, 793 |
78 |
Nabaʾ |
18 |
1.193 |
469 |
81 |
Takwīr |
4 |
1.193 |
469 |
81 |
Takwīr |
8 |
1.190.10 |
453 |
82 |
Infiṭār |
4 |
1.223 |
517 |
82 |
Infiṭār |
10–11 |
1.181.3 |
415 |
83 |
Muṭaffifūn |
14 |
2.10, 2.58 |
541, 653 |
85 |
Burūj |
1 |
1.87 |
225 |
93 |
Ḍuḥā |
11 |
2.28.2, 2.69 |
565, 667 |
111 |
Masad |
4 |
2.28.2 |
567 |
112 |
Ikhlāṣ |
1 |
2.31.9 |
581 |
112 |
Ikhlāṣ |
3 |
1.180.2, 1.184.2 |
409 |
Hadith (direct quotes)
Text |
Translation |
Text number |
Page number |
---|---|---|---|
|
When one of us dies, he is not dead. When his body disintegrates in the ground, it has not disintegrated. |
1.84.2 |
220–221 |
|
God can love a servant and yet hate his deeds or love his deeds and yet hate his being. |
1.152.2 |
348–349 |
|
My community will be thrown into turmoil when I die. … people will be tested with regard to wealth—thinking their support of Islam a favor to their Lord, they will feel entitled to his mercy and believe themselves secure against his punishment. By raising false suspicions and wayward passions, they will legalize the things he has forbidden—they will drink wine, calling it date juice, take bribes, calling it gift-giving, and practice usury, calling it trade. |
1.154.4 |
354–355 |
|
Remove it from my sight—it reminds me of the world and its ornaments! |
1.158.4 |
362–363 |
|
On the day of resurrection, the unjust leader will be brought for judgment, and he will not have a single person to help him or speak on his behalf. He will be thrown into the Pit of Gehenna and spin there like a millstone, then he will be tethered in its lowest point. |
1.162.2 |
372–373 |
|
Paradise is veiled by torments, while the Fire is surrounded by delights. |
1.174.1 |
394–395 |
|
A person’s belief is right only when his heart is right, and his heart is right only when his tongue is righteous. |
1.174.5 |
398–399 |
|
Son of Adam, do good and avoid evil, and you will race ahead like a thoroughbred. |
1.174.7 |
398–399 |
|
This is Satan, who now despairs of being worshipped. You see what I see and hear what I hear, ʿAlī, though you are not a prophet, but my vizier, and on the path of virtue. |
1.190.12 |
458–459 |
|
Whoever deliberately misattributes something to me will take possession of a seat in hellfire. |
1.208 |
486–487 |
|
I do not fear harm for my community from either believer or unbeliever. As for the believer, God holds him back because of his belief. As for the unbeliever, God thwarts him because of his unbelief. I fear harm for you from every man whose heart harbors hypocrisy while his tongue spouts knowledge, who says what you know to be good, but does what you know is evil. |
2.27.5 |
562–563 |
|
To reconcile with kin is even better than to pray and to fast. |
2.47.1 |
616–617 |
|
A nation in which the weak are not given justice against the strong except by anxiously stammering will never be made holy. |
2.53.14 |
640–641 |
|
Pray the prayer of the weakest among them—show compassion to all believers. |
2.53.16 |
640–641 |
|
Dye your white hair and don’t emulate the Jews. |
3.13 |
682–683 |
|
No believer will hate you, and no hypocrite will love you. |
3.38 |
690–691 |
|
Do not obey humans if it means you will disobey God. |
3.149 |
726–727 |
|
Now the furnace burns. |
3.253 |
748–759 |
Hadith (references)
Text |
Translation |
Text number |
Page number |
---|---|---|---|
|
The Imamate is vested in Quraysh. |
142.1 |
329 |
|
I am the city of knowledge and ʿAlī is its gateway. |
1.152.2 |
349 |
|
You will battle the pledge-breakers, the wrongdoers, and the faith-leavers after me. |
1.190.11 |
457 |
|
Do not obey humans if it means you will disobey God. |
2.33 |
598 |
Poetry (direct quotes)
Text |
Translation |
Poet |
Text number |
Page number |
---|---|---|---|---|
|
These are my ancestors, Jarīr, bring on yours! Who will be your boast in our gatherings? |
Farazdaq |
0.4 |
100–101 |
|
O how different my days today, always in the saddle, and the days spent in the company of Jābir’s brother, Ḥayyān! |
Aʿshā |
1.3.2 |
118–119 |
|
By the life of your virtuous father, I swear My pot has nothing but smudges of fat. |
anonymous |
1.25 |
142–143 |
|
When you call out Their men rush to you Like the hot summer cloud |
Abū Jundub al-Hudhalī al-Mashʾūm |
1.25 |
144–145 |
|
I gave you my considered opinion At the place of the winding sands But you heeded not my counsel Till forenoon the next day. |
Durayd ibn al-Ṣimmah |
1.35 |
160–161 |
|
Emaciated camels fodderless in the night when they kneel down to rest, or ridden hard into the desert wastes. |
Dhū al-Rummah |
1.112 |
290–291 |
|
When morning comes, the night-traveler will be praised. |
Jumayḥ ibn al-Sharīd al-Taghlibī |
1.158.4 |
364–365 |
|
forget about the looting that caused screams in the neighborhood |
Imruʾ al-Qays |
1.160 |
368–369 |
|
that is a disease whose shame is external to you |
Abū Dhuʾayb al-Hudhalī |
2.28.3 |
568–569 |
|
Sometimes, the only benefit a well-wisher derives is suspicion |
anonymous |
2.28.4 |
570–571 |
|
Wait just a littleḤamal will soon join the fray! |
Ḥamal ibn Badr |
2.28.5 |
570–571 |
|
If you asked, “How do you fare?” I would answer: I am patient and I am strong in the face of fate’s attacks. I do not allow myself to show distress, Lest my enemy gloat, and my friend grieve. |
ʿAbbās ibn Mirdās al-Sulamī |
2.36 |
600–601 |
|
How sick you are! You sleep with a full belly Surrounded by hearts yearning for a mouthful of dry hide. |
Ḥātim al-Ṭāʾī |
2.45.3 |
612–613 |
|
They advance into the burning winds of high summer As they enter the lowlands it blows dust, and pebbles, and rocks in their faces. |
Bishr ibn Abī Khāzim al-Asadī |
2.64 |
660–661 |
|
If you became their ruler through consultation, How is this valid when the counsellors were absent? If you argued against your opponent through kinship, Then another, closer than you to the Prophet, is worthier! |
ʿAlī |
3.174 |
732–733 |
|
The dubious well, That the thunder clouds pass by, Is not the surging Euphrates, Which tosses ship and captain. |
Aʿshā |
3.250 |
756–757 |
|
When I saw a successful man who was victorious |
anonymous |
3.252 |
758–759 |
Proverbs (direct quotes)
Text |
Translation |
Text number |
Page number |
---|---|---|---|
|
after the small calamity and the large one |
1.5 |
125 |
|
O if only Qaṣīr’s command had been obeyed! |
1.35 |
161 |
|
they will disperse like the hands of Sabā |
1.94.1 |
249 |
|
a person who extracts a thorn with a thorn |
1.118 |
297 |
|
he carries a spiny-tailed lizard |
1.145 |
335 |
|
The scout does not lie to his people. |
1.153.1 |
349 |
|
more hidden than the mating of a crow |
1.163.2 |
377 |
|
Cauterizing is the last resort! |
1.166 |
385 |
|
Their spear became hard, their rock uncrushable. |
1.190.10 |
455 |
|
like the man who carried dates to sell in Hajar |
2.28.1 |
563 |
|
An arrow has whirred that does not belong to the quiver! |
2.28.1 |
565 |
|
one whose arrows pursued an animal that veered to one side |
2.28.2 |
565 |
|
Beware of an action you must justify! |
2.33 |
597 |
|
Like no and no |
2.36 |
599 |
|
Turned the face of his shield |
2.41 |
605 |
|
The two sons of ʿinān have made their run. |
3.186 |
737 |
فهرس المفاهيم الدينيّة والأخلاقيّة Index of Religious and Ethical Concepts
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