An Index to the Qur'an

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Aaron, 4:163, 6:84, 7:122, 7:142, 7:150, 7:172, 10:75, 19:53, 20:30, 20:40, 20:90, 20:92, 21:48, 23:45, 25:35, 26:12, 26:48, 28:34, 37:114-120
  • House of, 2:248
• Ablution, 4:43, 5:6
  • circumstances requiring, 4:43
• Abraham, 2:124-129, 2:130-132, 2:135, 2:136, 2:140, 2:258, 2:260, 3:65, 3:67-68, 3:84, 3:95, 3:97, 4:54-55, 4:125, 4:163, 6:74-83, 6:161, 9:70, 9:114, 11:69-76, 12:6, 12:38, 14:35, 15:51-56, 16:120, 16:123, 19:41-49, 19:58, 21:51-73, 22:26, 22:43, 22:78, 26:69, 29:16, 29:25, 29:31, 33:7, 37:83-109, 38:45, 42:13, 43:26, 51:24-34, 53:37, 57:26, 60:4-5, 87:19
  • neither Jew nor Christian, 3:67
  • stood in first temple at Bakkah, 3:97, 26:123
• Abrogation, 2:106, 16:101
• Abu Lahab (Abd al-Uzza), 111:1-3
  • his wife, 111:4-5
• Acacia flowers, 56:26
• Ad, 7:65, 7:74, 9:70, 11:50-60, 22:42, 25:38, 26:123-140, 29:38, 38:12, 41:15-16, 46:21-26, 50:13, 51:41, 53:50, 54:18-21, 69:4, 69:6, 89:6
• Adam, 2:31-32, 3:33, 5:27, 7:19-25, 17:61, 17:70, 18:50, 19:58, 20:115-123, 40:31, 41:13, 41:15
  • angels to prostrate before, 2:34, 7:11
  • tree of knowledge, 2:35, 7:19, 20:120-121
  • banishment from Garden (no blame to Eve), 2:36, 7:24
• Adultery (see Marriage)
• Adversity
  • not burdened beyond capability to withstand, 2:286, 6:152, 7:42, 23:62
  • not burdened with another's burden, 6:164, 17:15, 35:18, 39:7, 53:38
  • patience during, 2:153, 2:155, 2:177, 2:250, 3:17, 3:125, 3:142, 3:146, 3:186, 3:200, 7:87, 7:126, 7:128, 7:137, 8:46, 8:65, 8:66, 10:109, 11:11, 11:49, 11:115, 12:18, 12:83, 12:90, 13:22, 16:96, 16:110, 16:126, 21:85, 22:35, 23:111, 28:54, 29:59, 30:60, 31:17, 31:31, 37:102, 38:44, 39:10, 40:55, 40:77, 41:35, 42:33, 46:35, 47:31, 70:5, 76:12, 90:17, 103:3
• Aging, 16:70, 22:5, 30:54, 36:68
  • behavior towards aging parents in your care, 17:23
• Ahmad, 61:6
• Al Rass, 25:38, 50:13
• Alcohol (see Intoxicants)
• Allah
  • a day for Him is
    • a thousand human years, 22:47, 32:5
    • fifty thousand years, 70:4
  • ability to do anything, 2:106, 2:117, 3:165, 3:189, 8:41, 9:116, 11:4, 16:40, 40:68, 41:39, 42:49, 57:2
  • best of all judges, 95:8
  • beyond definition, 43:82, 67:12
  • brings disbelievers schemes to nought, 8:30, 8:36
  • cause human beings to disappear and bring forth other beings, 4:133, 14:19, 35:16
  • causes laughter and crying, 53:43
  • caused a man to sleep for a century, 2:259
  • enemy of those who deny the truth, 2:98
  • extol his glory from morning until night, 33:42
  • false daughters of, 16:57, 17:40, 43:16, 52:39, 53:21-22
    • by name, 53:19-20
  • gives humans free will, 36:67
  • giving it all up for him, 4:66-68, 4:125
  • good and evil are from Him, 4:78
  • grants life and death, 44:8, 53:44, 57:2, 67:2
  • hard strivers rewarded better, 4:95-96, 5:54, 9:120, 49:15, 61:11
  • has no consort, 72:3
  • has no son, 43:81, 72:3, 112:3
  • has not forsaken you during your hard times, 93:3
  • is everywhere, 2:115, 2:142, 2:177, 4:126
  • is the
    • First and the Last (alpha and omega), 57:3
    • Outward and Inward, 57:3
  • knows that beyond comprehension, 6:59, 6:73, 9:94, 9:105, 13:9, 32:6, 34:48, 35:38, 39:46, 49:18, 59:22, 62:8, 64:18, 72:26, 74:31, 87:7
  • loves those who behave equitably, 49:9
  • made no laws regarding that of which He didn't speak, 5:101, 6:140, 6:148, 7:32
  • mercy towards prisoners of war who have good in them, 8:70
  • nature of, 2:255
  • no human is a divinity, 3:64, 3:151
  • not a trinity, 4:171
  • refuge from evil with, 113:1-5, 114:1-6
  • remembering him standing, sitting, lying down, 3:191, 4:103, 10:12, 25:64
  • shapes you in the womb, 3:6
  • throne rests upon the water, 11:7
  • will create things of which you have no knowledge, 16:8
  • wills no wrong to His creation, 3:108, 4:40, 17:71, 21:47, 22:10, 26:209, 40:31, 41:46, 45:22, 50:29, 64:11
• Alliances, 8:72, 9:7
  • Christians and Jews, 5:51
  • forbidden with disbelieving kin, 9:23
  • forbidden with hypocrites, 4:88-89, 4:139, 4:144
• Angels, 2:30-34, 2:98, 2:285, 4:97, 8:50, 13:23, 21:108, 22:75, 25:22, 25:25, 32:11, 33:43, 33:56, 34:40, 35:1, 37:150, 38:71, 39:75, 41:14, 41:30, 42:5, 43:53, 43:60, 47:27, 53:26, 66:4, 66:6, 69:17, 70:4, 89:22, 97:4
  • created from fire, 7:12, 38:76
  • eight will bear Allah's throne aloft on Judgement Day, 69:17
  • false claim that they are female, 43:19, 53:27
  • "guardian", 82:10-12, 86:4
  • nineteen lord over hell, 74:30-31
  • not sent to satisfy whims, 15:7-8
  • sent to inspire, 16:2
• Anger
  • withhold, 3:134
• Ants, 27:18
• Apes, 5:60
  • despicable, 2:65, 7:166
• Apostacy, 3:72, 3:86-88, 3:90-91, 3:167, 4:137, 5:54, 9:74, 9:107, 16:106, 33:14
  • do not ask for speedy doom for apostates, 46:35
    • Allah alone will punish them, 73:11, 74:11
  • punishment in the hereafter, 2:217, 9:74
  • rejection by others, 3:87
  • repentence, 3:89, 5:34, 9:5, 9:11
    • on Judgement Day is too late, 40:85
  • under duress, 16:106
• Arguments/Attacks
  • respond in kind, 8:58, 16:126
    • being patient is far better, 16:126
• Ark (see Noah)
• Armor, 16:81
• Astronomy
  • celestial mechanics, 7:54, 22:65
    • moon, 10:5, 16:12, 21:33, 22:18, 25:61, 29:61, 41:37, 54:1, 71:16, 74:32, 84:18, 91:2
    • solar and lunar orbits, 6:96, 10:5, 13:2, 14:33, 21:33, 31:29, 35:13, 36:38-40, 39:5, 55:5
    • sun, 10:5, 16:12, 21:33, 22:18, 25:45, 25:61, 29:61, 41:37, 71:16, 78:13, 81:1, 91:1
  • celestial navigation, 6:97, 16:16
  • constellations, 15:16, 25:61, 85:1
  • motion of objects in the Universe, 35:41, 44:39, 45:22, 46:3, 64:3, 86:11
  • objects impacting Earth, 34:9
  • planets, 81:16
  • Sirius (Alpha Canis Major), 53:49
  • stars, 22:18, 37:88, 51:7, 79:1, 81:2, 86:3
    • neighborhood of Earth populated by, 37:6, 41:12, 67:5
    • proper motion of, 79:2-4
    • revolving, 81:15
  • sunrise, 37:5, 55:17, 70:40
  • sunset, 55:17, 70:40, 84:16
• Atoms (perhaps meant as "ants" originally?), 10:61, 34:3, 34:22, 99:7-8
• Azar, 6:74

  B

• Baal, 37:125
• Badr, 8:42
• Bakkah
  • first temple, 3:96
• Beasts, 6:38, 22:18, 25:49, 36:71, 42:11, 43:12, 45:4
• Bedouin, 9:90-99, 9:101-106, 33:20, 48:11, 48:16, 49:14
• Bees, 16:68
• Behavior
  • argue in a kindly manner with those given earlier revelation, 16:125, 29:46
  • avoid becoming involved in matters you know nothing of, 17:36
  • avoid grave sins and shameful deeds, 53:32
  • avoid guesswork about one another, 49:12
  • be just in your opinions, 6:152
  • community should be moderate, 2:143, 25:67
  • conceit discouraged, 4:36, 57:23
  • don't chide those who seek your help, 93:10
  • don't consider yourself pure, 53:32
  • don't deride others, 49:11, 104:1
  • don't mention evil things openly, 4:148
  • don't speak ill of each other, 49:12, 104:1
  • don't spy on each other, 49:12
  • each group given a law and way of life, 2:148, 5:48, 10:47, 10:74, 13:38, 16:36, 16:63, 16:84
    • and a prophet, 10:47, 16:36
    • and a way of worship, 22:67
    • Allah could have made them one community, 5:48, 11:118, 16:93, 42:8
      • one community under Allah, 21:92
  • forgive Jews who distort the Qur'an, 5:13
  • forgive non-believers, 31:15, 45:14
  • forgive readily, 42:37
  • maligning believers is sinful, 33:58
  • men (toward women), 24:30
  • peacemakers rewarded, 42:40
  • rulers make decisions after consultations, 42:38
  • speak justly toward those in want, if you can do nothing else, 17:28
  • towards aging parents in your care, 17:23
  • towards other Muslims, 33:6
  • towards others, 17:26-29, 17:35, 17:53, 60:8
  • towards parents, 46:15
  • towards slaves, 4:36, 24:33
  • treat non-belligerent non-believers with equity, 60:8
  • wives of the Prophet, 33:28-34
  • women (toward men), 24:31
• Belief
  • in all revelations, 2:136, 2:285
  • nature of, 49:14-15
• Believers, 2:2-5, 2:285, 8:2-4, 8:24
• Bible, 5:64, 5:65, 5:68
  • distortion of, 3:78, 5:14-15
• Biology
  • living things made of water ?, 11:7, 21:30, 24:45, 25:54
• Birds, 6:38, 16:79, 21:41, 27:16, 27:17, 27:20, 34:10, 38:19, 67:19
• Borders (jurisdictional boundaries), 8:72
• Botany, 13:4, 39:21
  • two sexes to every plant, 13:3
• Booty, 48:15, 59:6-7
  • enjoy that which is lawful and good, 8:69
  • must not benefit those already rich, 59:7
  • one fifth goes for charity, 8:41
• Builders, 38:37
• Burden (see Adversity)
• Burial
  • indirect reference to?, 5:31
• Business
  • be fair in dealings, 6:152, 17:35
• Byzantines, 30:2-4

  C

• Cain and Abel, 5:27-31
• Calendar
  • lunar, 2:189, 10:5
    • correctness of, 9:37
      • disbelievers tamper with annual intercalation, 9:37
• Canaan, 5:12
• Cattle, 16:5-7, 16:66, 22:28, 23:21, 39:6, 47:12
• Captives, 8:67, 8:70
• Charity, 2:43, 2:110, 2:177, 2:262-264, 2:271-274, 2:277, 3:92, 3:134, 4:39, 5:12, 5:55, 9:5, 9:18, 9:60, 9:71, 9:121, 21:73, 22:41, 22:78, 24:37, 27:3, 30:38-39, 31:4, 36:47, 41:7, 47:36-38, 51:19, 52:40, 57:7, 57:10-12, 63:10, 64:16-17, 73:20, 76:8, 92:18, 98:5, 107:7
  • during consultation with the Prophet, 58:12-13
  • during the Hajj, 22:36
  • niggardliness, 3:180, 4:37, 25:67, 47:37, 57:24, 92:8
  • not payment for favors received, 92:19
  • precedence of spending, 2:215, 2:219
  • sharing food, 24:61, 89:18, 107:3
  • spending to earn praise forbidden, 4:38
  • those displeased with distribution of, 9:58, 9:76
  • towards slaves, 16:71
• Chastity, 23:5, 24:33, 70:29
• Children, 16:72, 17:64, 18:46, 19:77, 26:133, 34:35, 34:37, 40:67, 46:15, 57:20, 58:17, 63:9, 64:14, 64:15, 65:7, 68:14, 71:12, 71:22, 74:13, 80:36
  • adopted ones should be named after their fathers, 33:5
  • baby daughters wrongly thought an evil sign, 16:58-59, 43:18, 53:21-22
  • breast feed for two years, 2:233, 31:34
  • do not kill for fear of poverty, 6:151, 17:31
  • female offspring buried alive will ask for what crime she'd been slain, 81:8-9
  • gift of female offspring, 42:49
  • gift of male offspring, 42:49
  • helpless, 4:127
  • ignorant at time of birth, 16:78
  • in Heaven, 40:8, 52:24, 56:17
  • of Adam, 36:60
  • of Israel, 2:40, 2:47, 2:72, 3:180, 5:12, 5:70, 5:78, 7:105, 10:90, 17:2, 17:4, 17:101, 17:104, 20:47, 20:80, 20:94, 26:17, 26:22, 26:59, 26:197, 27:76, 32:23, 40:53, 43:59, 44:30, 45:16, 46:10, 61:6, 61:14
    • commandment concerning killing by, 5:32
  • pre-Islamic customs of slaying children, 6:137, 6:140
  • wet nurses, 2:233
• Christians, 5:14, 5:19, 5:64-65, 5:69, 22:17
  • and Jews (see Jews)
  • asked not to deify Jesus, 4:171
  • come closest to feeling affection to Muslims, 5:82
  • most have forgotten what they've been told to bear in mind, 5:14
  • now comes to you a messenger, 5:15, 5:19
  • righteous will be rewarded, 2:62, 5:65, 5:69
  • say "Jesus is Allah's son", 9:30
• Churches, 22:40
• Clothing, 7:26, 16:81
  • of fire, 22:19
  • "the veil" or women's clothing in non-household situations, 24:31
  • women's outer garments prevent harassment by hypocrites, 33:59-60
• Commandments
  • general religious, 2:42-45, 2:83, 2:110, 2:177, 3:113-114, 3:134, 5:12, 5:55, 6:151-153, 7:33, 7:156, 8:3, 9:18, 9:20, 9:86, 9:112, 10:87, 10:93, 13:22, 14:31, 16:90, 16:110, 22:41, 22:78, 24:57, 25:68, 26:181-184, 26:227, 31:3-4, 31:14-19, 35:29, 42:36-43, 58:13, 73:20, 90:13-17, 98:5
  • kindness towards others, 4:36
  • leave company of those in the act of mocking Allah's law, 4:140, 6:68
• Communications (attempting to divine the future is forbidden)
  • overhearing the Host on high, 15:18, 37:8, 72:9
• Conservation, 6:141, 7:31
• Contract Law
  • contract must be in writing, 2:282
  • during journey a person's "word" is acceptable, 2:283
  • when things go wrong don't punish scribe or witness, 2:282
  • witnesses told to be truthful, 2:283, 5:8, 25:72
  • witnessing (two men, or one man and two women), 2:282
• Corruption, 5:32, 8:73, 30:41
• Cosmology
  • age of the Universe, 76:1
  • expanding Universe, 51:47
  • The Big Bang, 21:30
• Covenants, 5:1
  • breaking of (see also Oaths), 8:58
  • with disbelievers, 8:56, 8:72, 9:4, 9:7
    • breaking of, 8:58, 9:12
• Creation of everything
  • in due measure and proportion, 54:49
  • in opposite duality, 36:36, 43:12, 51:49
• Creatures, 6:38, 42:47, 42:49
• Crystal, 76:15-16
• Customs
  • used but not given as reliable traditions or Qur'anic injunctions, 2:170, 5:3, 5:104, 6:138

  D

• Danger
  • be prepared for, 4:71
• Date palms, 36:34, 50:10, 55:11, 55:68, 59:5, 80:29
• Dates, 50:10
• David, 4:163, 5:78, 6:84, 17:55, 21:78, 21:79, 27:15-16, 34:10, 34:13, 38:17, 38:21-26, 38:30
  • and Bath Sheba, 38:23
  • and Goliath, 2:251
  • given the Psalms, 4:163
• Death, 3:185, 3:193, 4:78, 21:35, 33:19, 33:23, 44:56, 47:27, 56:60, 56:84-87, 63:10, 75:29
  • and flight from battle, 33:16
  • in Allah's cause, 3:195, 22:58, 47:4
  • those communities who have no revelation will not be destroyed, 6:131, 9:115, 10:47, 11:117, 15:4, 16:119, 17:15, 28:59
  • those slain in Allah's cause are alive, 2:154, 3:169
  • while fleeing evil towards Allah, 4:100
• Deities
  • none besides Allah, 25:68
• Disbelievers (see also Hypocrites)
  • ask Muhammad to invoke Allah's wrath upon them as proof, 6:57-58, 8:32, 10:49-52
  • bear their company in kindness, 31:15
  • bear what they say in patience, 20:130, 50:39
  • covenants with, 8:56, 8:72, 9:4, 9:7
    • breaking of, 8:58, 9:12
  • Allah brings their scheming to nought, 8:30, 8:36
  • leave company of those in the act of mocking Allah's law, 4:140, 6:68
  • protect them if they ask you to, 9:6
  • punishment
    • during war, 8:12, 8:50, 8:59
    • in the hereafter, 8:37
  • should not visit or take care of mosques, 9:17
  • speak kindly to them, 17:53
  • striving hard against, 9:73, 25:52, 66:9
  • treat non-belligerents with equity, 60:8
  • will only ally with other disbelievers, 8:72
• Disciples (of Jesus), 3:52, 61:14
• Divers, 38:37
• Diversity
  • of humans, 30:22, 35:27-28
  • of life, 35:27-28
• Divorce, 4:130, 65:1
  • after waiting period, dissolve or reconcile, 2:231, 65:2
    • two witnesses, 65:2
  • alimony, 2:233, 2:241
    • extends to ex-husband's heir, 2:233
  • can be revoked twice, 2:229
  • dowry status, 2:229, 2:236-237
  • find wet-nurse if necessary, 65:6
  • Man
    • divorce one woman for another - don't take back what you gave first, 4:20
    • don't harass wife, 65:6
    • don't hold wives against their will, 4:19
    • four months to change his mind, 2:226
    • support wife fully
      • during her pregnancy, 65:6
      • during her waiting period, 65:6
      • if she's nursing your child, 65:6
  • mother shouldn't suffer because of her fatherless child, 2:233
  • pre-Islamic, 58:2
    • contrition to reconcile
      • fast for 2 consecutive months, 58:4
      • feed 60 needy people, 58:4
      • free a slave, 58:3
  • reconciliation attempt, 4:35
  • sinless if marriage unconsummated, 2:236
    • bride entitled to half of the dowry, 2:237
  • Woman
    • after third divorce (this one from another husband) can return to original husband, 2:229
    • entitled to maintenance, 2:241, 65:1
    • equal right to divorce, 2:228
    • fear ill treatment by husband, 4:128
    • may keep what her husband gave her, 2:229
    • not to be expelled from their homes, 65:1
    • three menstruation wait to disprove pregnancy, 2:228
    • three month wait for those free of menstruation, 65:4
      • unless marriage unconsummated, 33:49
• Dogs, 7:176
• Donkeys, 16:8, 31:19
• Drugs (see Intoxicants)

  E

• Earth, 51:20, 51:48, 91:6
  • changed into another earth, 14:48
  • creation of, 3:190, 79:30
    • in six "days", 7:54, 10:3, 11:7, 25:59, 50:38, 57:4
    • in two "days", 41:9
      • the rest in the other four, 41:10
  • inclination of rotational axis to orbital plane, 22:61, 57:6
  • rotation of, 3:190, 7:54, 10:6, 13:3, 14:33, 25:62, 39:5, 41:37, 45:5
• Earthquake, 7:78, 7:91, 7:155, 7:171, 16:26, 17:37, 17:68, 29:37, 34:9, 67:16, 69:5, 99:1
• Elephant, 105:1
• Elijah, 6:85, 37:123-130
• Elisha, 6:86, 38:48
• Embryology, 22:5, 23:14, 35:11, 40:67, 75:37-39
• Evolution (?), 71:14, 71:18
• Ezra, 9:30

  F

• Family, 8:75
• Fasting, 2:183-184
  • during the Hajj, 2:196
  • during Ramadhan, 2:185
  • exemptions, 2:184-185
  • hours of, 2:187
• Fig, 95:1
• Fighting, 9:14, 9:123, 22:39, 47:4, 48:16
  • aggression
    • forbidden, 2:190, 4:90, 60:8
    • sin of, 5:2
  • be brave, 4:104
  • between two groups of believers, 49:9
  • do not aquire slaves except through war, 8:67
  • do not beg for peace, 47:35
  • exemptions, 9:122, 48:17
    • asking for it for wrong reasons, 9:43, 9:45, 9:49, 9:86, 9:93
    • for helpless, 4:98, 9:91
    • for ill, 4:102, 9:91
  • if foes cease, then you must cease, 2:193, 4:90, 8:37, 8:61
  • forbidden during the four sacred months, 9:36
    • unless attacked, 2:194, 2:217
  • free slaves after fighting ends, 47:4
  • go forth humbly, 8:47
  • in Allah's cause, 4:74, 4:77, 4:84, 9:38-39, 9:41
  • killing only during hostilities in progress, 2:191, 4:89, 4:91, 5:33, 8:39, 8:57, 9:5, 9:12
  • not for material gain, 4:94
  • prepare well, 8:60
  • repentence of recent belligerents, 5:34, 9:5, 9:11
  • when ordained, 2:190-193, 2:216-217, 4:91, 22:39, 60:8
• Fire, 56:71, 100:2
• Food (see also Health rules), 3:93, 35:12, 40:79, 80:24
  • blessing of, 6:118, 6:138
  • forbidden, 2:173, 5:3, 6:121, 6:145, 16:115
  • lawful, 2:168, 5:4, 6:118, 6:146
• Forgetting, 17:86, 18:24, 87:6-7
• Fornication (see Marriage)
• Friends, 8:72
  • avoid active disbelievers, 3:118-120, 5:57, 15:94, 58:14, 60:1, 60:13
  • leave company of those in the act of mocking Allah's law, 4:140, 6:68
  • forbidden are those who fight against you because of your religion, 60:9
• Future
  • learning of it through divination forbidden, 5:3, 5:90, 15:18, 37:8, 72:9

  G

• Gabriel, 2:97, 66:4
• Games of Chance
  • forbidden, 2:219, 5:20, 5:91
• Geographic locations and History
  • As Safa and Al Marwah, 2:158
  • first temple at Bakkah, 3:96
• Ginger, 76:12
• Goddesses of the pagan Arabs, 53:19
  • names of, 53:19-20
  • nature of, 53:19-28
• Gods of pre-Islamic Arabs by name, 71:23
• Gog and Magog, 21:96
• Gold,