1 The star (112) "He does not speak out of his own fancy. This is an inspired revelation. He is taught by one who is powerful and mighty [Gabriel]. He stood on the uppermost horizon; then, drawing near, he came down within two bows' length or even closer, and revealed to his servant that which he revealed."

2 Hordes (p. 273) "Allah has now revealed the best of scriptures, a book uniform in style proclaiming promises and warnings."

3 That which is coming (109) "I swear by the shelters of the stars...that this is a glorious Koran, inscribed in a hidden book which none may touch except the purified; a revelation from the Lord of all creatures."

4 Ornaments of Gold (145) "We have revealed the Qur'an in the Arabic tongue that you may grasp its meaning. It is a transcript of Our eternal book, sublime, and full of wisdom."

5 The hordes (p. 271) "He created you from a single being, then from that being he created its mate."

6 The Ranks (165) "Of coarse clay We created them."

7 The Heights (240) has a version of the story of the forbidden fruit. Not only does Allah allow Satan to corrupt humans, he also sets up this temptation in the form of the forbidden tree. The outcome of the fable is a statement from Allah to Adam and Eve: "go hence, and may your descendants be enemies to each other. The earth will for a while provide your sustenance and dwelling-place. There you shall live and there you shall die, and thence you shall be raised to life.'

8 Hordes (276) "The trumpet shall be sounded and all who are in heaven and earth shall fall down fainting, except those that shall be spared by Allah. Then the trumpet will sound again and they shall rise and gaze around them."

9 The Ranks (165) "One blast will sound and they shall see the Resurrection."

10 Smoke (143) "the day the sky shall pour down blinding smoke."

11 That which is coming (108) "When the earth shakes and quivers and the mountains crumble away and scatter abroad into fine dust, you shall be divided into three multitudes: those on the right (blessed shall be those on the right!); those on the left (damned shall be those on the left!); and those to the fore (foremost shall be those!). Such are they that shall be brought near to their Lord in the gardens of delight: a whole multitude from the men of old, but only a few from the later generations."

12 The Heights (239) "On that day their deeds shall be weighed with justice. Those whose scales are heavy shall triumph, but those whose scales are light shall lose their souls, because they have denied Our revelations."

13 The disaster (29) "Then he whose scales are heavy shall dwell in bliss; but he whose scales are light, the Abyss shall be his home."

14 Counsel (152) "And who can tell? The Hour of Doom may be fast approaching."

15 The Star (114) "That which is coming is near at hand; none but Allah can disclose its hour."

16 The hordes (p. 271) "Had it been his will to take a son, he would have chosen whom he pleased out of his own creation. But Allah forbid! He is Allah, the One, the Almighty."

17 The hordes "No soul shall bear another's burden"

18 Ornaments (148) "Jesus was no more than a mortal whom We favoured and made an example to the Israelites. Had it been Our will We could have replaced you with angels to succeed you on the earth. He is a portent of the Hour of Doom. Have no doubt about its coming and follow Me....And when Jesus worked his miracles, he said 'I have come to give you wisdom and to make plain to you some of that concerning which they are at variance. Fear Allah and follow me. Allah is my Lord and your Lord: therefore serve Him."19 Ornaments "If the Lord of Mercy had a son, I would be the first to worship him.'

20 Women (371) "The Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, was no more than Allah's apostle and His Word which He cast to Mary; a spirit from Him. So believe in Allah and His apostles and do not say: 'Three'. Forbear, and it shall be better for you. Allah is but one God. Allah forbid that He should have a son!"

21 Ornaments (146) "Yet they assign to Him offspring from among His servants! Surely man is monstrously ungrateful. Would Allah choose daughters for himself and sons for you?"

22 The Ranks (169) "ask the unbelievers if it be true that Allah has daughters, while they themselves choose sons. Did We create the angels females? And were they present at their creation? Surely they lie when they declare 'Allah has begotten children.' Would he choose daughters instead of sons? What has come over you that you should judge so ill?"

23 The star (113) "Have you thought on Al-Lat and Al-Uzzah, and Manat the third other? [These three were pagan goddesses, ascribed as daughters of Allah] Is He to have daughters and you sons? This is indeed an unfair distinction! They are but names which you and your fathers have invented; Allah has vested no authority in them."

24 Women (367) "The pagans pray to females; they pray to a rebellious Satan. But Allah has laid His curse on Satan, for he had said 'I shall entice a number of Your servants and lead them astray. I shall arouse in them vain desires and order them to slit the ears of cattle."

25 Hordes (277) "You shall see the angels circling round the throne, giving glory to their lord."

26 Counsel (150) "…the angels give glory to their Lord and beg forgiveness for those on earth."

27 The star (113) "Numerous are the angels in the heavens; yet their intercession shall avail nothing until Allah gives leave to whom He accepts and chooses."

28 Pilgrimage (390) "Whenever in their anguish, they try to escape from Hell, the angels will drag them back, saying: "Taste the torment of Hell-fire!'"

29 The Winds (116) "By the angels who deal out blessings to all men…"

30 The Heights "We created you and gave you form. Then We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate yourselves before Adam'. They all prostrated themselves except Satan, who refused. ‘Why did you not prostrate yourself?' Allah asked. ‘I am nobler than Adam,' he replied. ‘You created me of fire and him of clay.'

"He said ‘Begone from Paradise! This is no place for your contemptuous pride. Away with you! Henceforth you shall be humble.' Satan replied ‘Reprieve me till the Day of Resurrection.' ‘You are reprieved' said He. ‘Because you have led me into sin, I will waylay your servants as they walk on Your straight path and spring upon them from the front and from the rear, from their right and from their left. Then you shall find the greater part of them unfaithful.' ‘Begone!' said Allah ‘A despicable outcast you shall henceforth be. With those that follow you I shall fill the pit of Hell.'

31 "Never have we sent a single prophet or apostle before you with whose wishes Satan did not tamper. But Allah abrogates the interjections of Satan and confirms His own revelations. Allah is wise and all-knowing. He makes Satan's interjections a temptation for those whose hearts are diseased or hardened…"

32 Ornaments of gold (147) "He that does not heed the warning of the Merciful shall have a devil for his companion (devils may turn men away from the right path, though they may think themselves rightly guided). And when he comes before Us, he shall say: ‘Would that we were as far apart as the east is from the west.' Truly, Satan is an evil companion."

33 Ornaments (149) "Malek, they will call out ‘Let your Lord make an end of us!' But he will answer: ‘Here you shall remain!'

34 The Ranks (166) "Is this not a better welcome than the Zaqqum-tree? We have made this tree a scourge for the wrongdoers. It grows in the nethermost part of Hell, bearing fruit like devils' heads: on it they shall feed, and with it they shall cram their bellies, together with draughts of scalding water. Then to Hell they shall return."

35 Cataclysm, (16) "there are guardians watching over you, noble recorders who know of all your actions."

36 Thunder (140) "Each has his guardian angels before him and behind him, who watch him by Allah's command."

37 Pilgrimage (393) "Are you not aware that Allah has knowledge of what heaven and earth contain? All is recorded in His Book."

38 Ornaments (149) "Do they think We cannot hear their secret talk and private converse? Yes! Our angels, who are at their side, record it all."

39 Ya Sin (170) "We record the deeds of men and the marks they leave behind: We note all things in a glorious book."

40 Kneeling (129) "You shall see each nation on their knees. Each nation shall be summoned to its book and a voice will say to them ‘You shall this day be rewarded for your deeds. This book of Ours speaks with truth against you. We have recorded all your actions."

41 The Winds (118) "I created mankind and the jinn in order that they might worship Me. I demand no livelihood of them, nor do I ask that they should feed me."

42 The Merciful (20) "They shall dwell with bashful virgins whom neither man nor jinnee will have touched before them…Dark-eyed virgins sheltered in their tents, whom neither man nor jinnee will have touched before them."

43 Counsel (154) "It is not vouchsafed to any mortal that Allah should speak to him except by revelation, or from behind a veil, or through a messenger sent and authorised by Him to make known His will."

44 Counsel (154) "Thus We have inspired you with a spirit of Our will when you knew nothing of faith or scripture, and made it a light whereby We guide those of Our servants whom We please."

45 Pilgrimage (394) "He chooses His messengers from the angels and from men."

46 The Heights (244) "Long ago, We sent forth Noah to his people… ‘Do you think it strange that a warning should come to you from your Lord through a mortal like yourselves, and that He should exhort you to guard ourselves against evil so that Allah may show you mercy?'

47 Kneeling (128) "We gave the Scriptures to the Israelites and bestowed on them wisdom and prophethood. We provided them with good things and exalted them above the nations. We gave them plain commandments; yet it was not till knowledge had been vouchsafed them that they disagreed among themselves from evil motives."

48 Thunder (143) "We have sent forth other apostles before you and given them wives and children."

"Yet none of them could work miracles except by the will of Allah."

49 Thunder (143) "They say ‘You are no true apostle.'"

"Allah is our all-sufficient witness, and those too who know the Scriptures."

"I have no proof, except the truth of my message."

"Other apostles were mocked before you."

50 The Mountain (115) "Do they say ‘He is a poet: we are waiting for some misfortune to befall him'? Say: ‘Wait if you will; I too am waiting.'…Do they say: ‘He has invented it himself'? Indeed they have no faith. Let them produce a scripture like it, if what they say be true."

51 The Winds (118) "Thus whenever an apostle came to those that flourished before them (the Meccans) they cried: ‘Sorceror!' or ‘Madman!' Have they handed down this cry from one generation to the next?"

52 Smoke (144) "But how will their new faith help them, when an undoubted prophet had come to them and they denied him, saying ‘A madman taught by others.'"

53 Ornaments of Gold (145) "Many a prophet did We sent forth to the ancients: but they scoffed at each prophet that arose amongst them. We utterly destroyed them, though they were mightier than these (Meccans)".

54 The Ranks (166) "Are we then to renounce our gods for sake of a mad poet?"

55 Ya Sin (170) "They said ‘We have been sent to you by ‘Allah'. But the people replied: ‘You are mortals like ourselves. The Merciful has revealed nothing. You are surely lying."

56 Sovereignty (72) "He created life and death that He might put you to the proof and find out which of you would acquit himself best."

57 Sovereignty "You sometimes see the earth dry and barren; but no sooner do we send down rain upon it than it begins to stir and swell, putting forth every kind of radiant bloom. That is because Allah is Truth: He gives life to the dead and has power over all things."

58 Sovereignty "He gives life to the dead. Those who are in the grave, Allah will raise to life."

59 The Heights (244) "He sends forth the winds as harbingers of His mercy, and when they have gathered up a heavy cloud, He drives it on to some dead land and lets the rain fall upon it, bringing forth all manner of fruit. Thus He will raise the dead to life."

60 Thunder (139) "Allah is the Creator of all things. He sends down water from the sky…"

61 Ornaments of Gold (146) "It is he…who sends down water from the sky in due measure and thereby quickens the dead land (even thus you shall be raised to life)."

62 The Heights (244) "Good soil yields fruit by Allah's will. But poor and scant are the fruits which spring from barren soil."

Ships

63 The Heights "He has given you ships which sail the sea at his bidding."

64 Kneeling (128) "It is Allah who has subdued to you the ocean, so that ships may sail upon it at his bidding; so that you may seek his bounty and render thanks to Him."

65 Kneeling "He has subjected to you what the heavens and the earth contain; all is from Him."

66 Counsel (153) "And among his signs are the ships which sail like banners upon the ocean. If He will, He calms the wind so that they lie motionless upon its bosom (surely there are signs in this for steadfast men who render thanks); or causes them to founder as a punishment for their misdeeds."

67 Thunder (139) "It is He who makes the lightning flash upon you. He gathers up the heavy clouds. He hurls his thunderbolts at whom he pleases."

68 Kneeling (129) "It is Allah who gives you life and later causes you to die."

Roads

69 Ornaments of gold (146) "It is He who has made the earth a resting-place for you and traced out routes upon it that you may find your way."

The social order

70 Ornaments of gold (147) "It is We who deal out to them their livelihoods in this world, exalting some in rank above others, so that the one may take the other into his service."

Into what religion will you be born?

71 Ornaments of gold (147) "Had it been Allah's will, He could have made them all of one religion. But Allah brings whom He will into his mercy, the wrongdoers have none to befriend or help them."

Will your children be girls or boys?

72 Counsel (154) "He gives daughters to whom He will and sons to whom He pleases. To some He gives both sons and daughters, and to others he gives none at all. Mighty is Allah and all-knowing."

73 Pilgrimage (391) "We have subjected them to your service, so that you may give thanks…He has subjected them to your service, so that you may give glory to him for guiding you."

74 Ornaments of Gold (146) "It is He who has created all living things in pairs and made for you the ships and beasts on which you ride, so that, as you mount upon their back, you may recall the goodness of your Lord and say ‘Glory to Him who has subjected these to us. But for Him we could not be their masters."

75 Counsel (151) "Creator of the heavens and the earth, He has given you…cattle, male and female."

76 Ya Sin (173) "Do they not see how among the things our hands have made, We have created for them the beasts of which they are masters? We have subjected these to them, that they may ride on some and eat the flesh of others; they drink their milk and put them to other uses."

Yes

77 The Winds (116) "None but the perverse turn away from the true faith. Cursed are the liars who dwell in darkness and are heedless of the life to come."

78 The hordes (p. 271) "He does not guide the untruthful disbeliever."

79 The hordes (p. 271) "Such is Allah's guidance: he bestows it on whom He will. But he whom Allah misleads shall have none to guide him."

80 Kneeling (128) "He that does what is right does it to his own advantage; and he that commits evil does so at his own peril."

No

81 The Cessation (p.17) he says "This is an admonition to all men: to those among you that have the will to be upright. Yet you cannot will except by the will of Allah, Lord of the Creation."

82 Man (p. 19) "This is indeed an admonition. Let him that will, take the right path to his Lord. Yet you cannot will except by the will of Allah. Allah is wise and all-knowing."

83 Counsel (154) "He whom Allah leads astray shall be lost indeed."

84 Women (364) "Would you guide those whom Allah has caused to err? He whom Allah has led astray cannot be guided."

85 Kneeling (128) "Who, besides Allah, can guide the man who makes his lust his god, the man whom Allah deliberately misleads, setting a seal upon his ears and heart and drawing a veil over his eyes? Will you not take heed?"

86 Thunder (142) "Allah leaves in error whom He will, and guides those who repent and have faith."

87 Thunder (141) "they shall enter the Gardens of Eden, together with the righteous among their fathers, their wives, and their descendants."

88 The Merciful, (p. 20) "They shall dwell with bashful virgins whom neither man nor jinnee will have touched before them…Dark-eyed virgins sheltered in their tents, whom neither man nor jinnee will have touched before them."

89 Counsel (151) "He has given you wives from among yourselves to multiply you."

90 The Ranks (166) "As for the true servants of Allah, a generous provision shall be made for them: they shall feast on fruit and be honoured in the gardens of delight. Reclining face to face upon soft couches, they shall be served with a goblet filled at a gushing fountain. Their drink shall neither dull their senses nor befuddle them. And by their side shall sit bashful, dark-eyed virgins, as chaste as the sheltered eggs of ostriches."

91 Women (360-1) "As for those that have faith and do good works, We shall admit them to gardens watered by running streams, where, wedded to chaste virgins, they shall abide forever. We shall admit them to a cool shade."

92 That which is coming (108) "They shall recline on jewelled couches face to face, and there shall wait on them immortal youths with bowls and ewers and a cup of purest wine (that will neither pain their heads nor take away their reason); with fruits of their own choice and flesh of fowls that they relish. And theirs shall be the dark-eyed houris, chaste as hidden pearls: a guerdon for their deeds… We created the houris and made them virgins, loving companions of those on the right hand: a multitude from the men of old and a multitude from the later generations."

93 Ornaments (149) "Enter Paradise, you and your spouses, in all delight. You shall be served with golden dishes and golden cups. Abiding there forever…"

94 Divorce (373) "If you are in doubt concerning those of your wives who have ceased menstruating, know that their waiting period is three months. And let the same be the waiting period of those who have not yet menstruated."

95 Women (358) "Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other; and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to their beds and beat them. Then, if they obey you, take no further action against them. Allah is high, supreme."

96 The Ranks (165) "We shall say: ‘Call the sinners, their wives, and the idols which they worshipped…'"

97 Hordes (272) "I will never disobey my Lord, for I fear the torment of a fateful day."

98 Hordes (272) "Fear me, then My servants."

99 The star (113) "He will requite the evil-doers according to their deeds, and bestow a good reward on those who do good works."

100 Hordes, p. 274, "Allah will do away with their foulest deeds and reward them according to their noblest actions."

101 The star (113) "To those who avoid the grossest sins and indecencies and commit only small offences, Allah will show abundant mercy."

102 Thunder (141) "Those who keep faith with Allah and do not break their pledge; who join together what He has bidden to be united; [?] who fear their Lord and dread the terrors of Judgement-day; who for the sake of Allah endure with fortitude, attend to their prayers, and give alms in private and in public; and who ward off evil with good. These shall have a blissful end."

103 Counsel (153) "To endure with fortitude and to forgive is a duty incumbent on all."

104 Night (24) "For him that gives in charity and guards himself against evil and believes in goodness, We shall smooth the path of salvation…" "The good man who purifies himself by almsgiving shall keep away from it [the blazing fire]"

105 Counsel (152) "I ask you only to love your kindred. He that does a good deed shall be repaid many times over."

106 Counsel (153) "enduring is the reward of Allah to those who believe and put their trust in him; who avoid gross sins and indecencies and, when angered, are willing to forgive; who obey their Lord, attend to their prayers and conduct their affairs by mutual consent; who bestow in alms a part of that which We have given them and, when oppressed seek to redress their wrongs."

107 The Winds (117) "The righteous shall dwell amidst gardens and fountains, and shall receive what their Lord will give them. For they have done good works, sleeping but little in the night-time, praying at dawn for Allah's pardon, and sharing their goods with the beggars and the destitute."

108 The Star (114) "It is He who bestows and enriches."

109 Women (358-9) "Show kindness to your parents and your kindred, to the orphans and to the needy, to your near and distant neighbours, to your fellow-travellers, to the wayfarers, and to the slaves whom you own. Allah does not love arrogant and boastful men, who are themselves niggardly and enjoin others to be niggardly also; who conceal the riches which Allah of His bounty has bestowed upon them…and who spend their wealth for the sake of ostentation."

110 Daylight (24) "do not wrong the orphan, nor chide away the beggar."

111 Alms (28) "Have you thought of him that denies the Last Judgement? It is he who turns away the orphan and does not urge others to feed the poor. Woe to those who pray but are heedless in their prayer; who make a show of piety and give no alms to the destitute."

112 The city (31) "Would that you knew what the height is! It is the freeing of a bondsman; the feeding, in the day of famine, of an orphaned relation or a needy man in distress; to have faith and to enjoin fortitude and mercy."

113 Ya Sin (172) "And when it is said to them: ‘Give alms of that which Allah has given you,' the unbelievers say to the faithful: ‘Are we to feed those whom Allah can feed if He chooses? Surely you in undoubted error.'"

114 The Heights (241) "Children of Adam. Dress well when you attend your mosques. Eat and drink, but avoid excess. He does not love the intemperate."

115 Women (359) "Believers, do not approach your prayers…when you are polluted – unless you are travelling the road – until you have washed yourselves; or, if you have relieved yourselves or had intercourse with women while travelling and can find no water, take some clean sand and rub your faces and your hands with it."

116 Women (371) "Those of them that have deep learning and those that truly believe in what has been revealed to you and to other prophets before you; who attend to their prayers and pay the alms-tax and have faith in Allah in the last Day – these shall be richly rewarded."

117 The proof (29) "serve Allah and worship none but him, attend to their prayers and pay the alms-tax. That, surely, is the true faith."

118 Hordes (p. 275) "Do they not know that Allah gives abundantly to whom he will and sparingly to whom he pleases? Surely there are signs in this for true believers?"

119 Women (360) "Allah will not forgive those who serve other gods besides Him; but He will forgive whom He will for other sins. He that serves other gods besides Him is guilty of a heinous sin."

120 The Heights (246) Mohammed tells the story of Lot at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. "Remember the words of Lot, who said to his people, ‘Will you persist in these indecent acts which no other nation has committed before you? You lust after men instead of women. Truly you are a degenerate people.'

121 The table (384) "Believers, wine and games of chance, idols and divining arrows, are abominations devised by Satan. Avoid them, so that you may prosper. Satan seeks to stir up enmity and hatred among you by means of wine and gambling, and to keep you from remembrance of Allah and from your prayers. Will you not abstain from them?"

122 Women (370) "Because of their iniquity, We forbade the Jews good things which were formerly allowed them…because they practise usury – although they were forbidden it – and cheat others of their possessions."

123 The slanderer (28) "Woe to all back-biting slanderers who amass riches and sedulously hoard them, thinking that their treasures will render them immortal!"

124 The Heights (243) "Your Lord is Allah, who in six days created the heavens and the earth and then ascended His throne."

125 "It was He who created the sun, the moon and the stars"

126 Sovereignty (72) "He created seven heavens, one above the other. His work is faultless. Turn up your eyes: can you detect a single flaw?"

127 "We have adorned the lowest heaven with lamps, missiles for pelting devils".

128 The Ranks (165) "We have decked the lower heaven with constellations. They guard it against rebellious devils, so that they may not hear the words of those on high. Meteors are hurled at them from every side; then, driven away, they are consigned to an eternal scourge. Eavesdroppers are pursued by fiery comets."

129 Pilgrimage 393 "He holds the sky from falling down; this it shall not do except by his own will."

130 Thunder (139) "It was Allah who raised the heavens without visible pillars."

131 Smoke (143) "He is Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them."

132 Counsel (150 "The heavens above might almost break asunder as the angels give glory to their Lord."

133 Counsel "It was He who spread out the earth and placed upon it rivers and immovable mountains."

134 Smoke "He gave all plants their male and female parts."

135 Smoke (143) "We sent [the Qur'an] down as a blessing from your Lord."

136 Women (367) "He that does evil shall be requited with evil."

137 Pilgrimage (391) "Allah will ward off evil from true believers."

138 Thunder (141) "those who for the sake of Allah endure with fortitude, attend to their prayers, and give alms in private and in public; and who ward off evil with good. These shall have a blissful end."

The Star (114) "Allah created the sexes, the male and the female, from a drop of ejected semen…"

Pilgrimage "We bring you forth as infants, that you may grow up and reach your prime. Some die young, and some live on to abject old age when all that they once knew they know no more."

Ya Sin (173) "We reverse the growth of those to whom We give long life."

Women (365) "The believers who stay at home – apart from those that suffer from a grave impediment – are not equal to those who fight for the cause of Allah with their goods and their persons."

That which is coming (109) "We created you: will you not believe then in Our powers?…It was We that ordained death among you. Nothing can hinder Us from replacing you by others like yourselves of transforming you into beings you know nothing of."

The Ranks (165) "When they are shown a sign they mock at it and say: ‘ This is plain magic. What! When we are dead and turned to dust and bones, shall we be raised to life, we and our forefathers?'"

Counsel (154) "When We bestow a blessing on man, he rejoices in it; but when through his own fault evil befalls him, he is ungrateful."

Hordes (p. 275) "You that have sinned against your souls, do not despair of Allah's mercy, for he forgives all sins. He is the forgiving one, the merciful. Turn in repentance to your lord and surrender yourselves to him before his scourge overtakes you…"

Women (359) "Believers, do not approach your prayers when you are drunk, but wait till you can grasp the meaning of your words."

"They turn their backs in scorn and lead others astray from Allah's path. Such men shall incur disgrace in this life AND taste the torment of Hell on the Day of Resurrection."

"Moses himself was charged with imposture. I bore long with the unbelievers and in the end My scourge overtook them. And how terrible was My vengeance! How many sinful nations We have destroyed! Their cities lie in ruin; desolate are their lofty palaces, and abandoned their wells….I bore long with many nations; then in their sinfulness My vengeance smote them."