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General Knowledge from the Quran

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE QUR'AN?

STORIES OF THE PROPHETS IN THE QUR'AN

• A MESSENGER HAS BEEN SENT TO EVERY COMMUNITY
• EVERY COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SENT A MESSENGER
• SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF ITS PEOPLE
• THE PURPOSE OF SENDING PROPHETS
• OBEDIENCE TO PROPHETS AND ITS REWARD ......
• OBEDIENCE TO THE PROPHET IS OBEDIENCE TO ALLAH
• THE PROPHETS DID NOT ASK PEOPLE FOR ANY RECOMPENSE
• VERSES ADVISING THE PROPHETS TO BE STEADFAST
• IN THE FACE OF THE DIFFICULTIES THEY ENCOUNTER
• DISOBEDIENCE TO THE PROPHETS AND ITS PENALTY

PROPHETS ALLAH CITED IN THE QUR'AN

THE STORY OF THE PROPHET ADAM (AS)

• Creation of Prophet Adam (as)
• Allah taught the Prophet Adam (as) the Names of Things
• The Obedience of Angels to Allah
• The Disobedience of Iblis (Diabolis)
• The Insistence of Satan on Disobedience
• Satan's Oath
• The Influence of Satan
• Satan is Driven Out
• The Testing of the Prophet Adam (as)
• Following Satan and Its Reward

THE STORY OF THE PROPHET NUH (AS)

• Prophet Nuh (as) was Sent to His People as a Messenger
• The Prophet Nuh (as) Calls His People to Religion
• The Attitude of Unbelievers towards the Prophet Nuh (as)
• The Prophet Nuh's (as) Perseverance in Communicating Religion
• The Prophet Nuh's (as) Attitude Towards His People
• The Destruction of the People of Nuh: Building the Ark
• The Embarkation of Believers in the Ark
• The Flood
• The Prophet Nuh's (as) Talk with His Son
• The Advice of Allah to the Prophet Nuh (as)
• The End of The Flood
• The Rescue of the Believers who were in the Ark

THE STORY OF THE PROPHET HUD (AS)

• The Prophet Hud (as) Calls 'Ad to Allah
• His People's Reply to the Prophet Hud (as)
• The Insistence of 'Ad in Denying
• The Prophet Hud (as) Prays to Allah for the Destruction of His People
• The Destruction of 'Ad

• The Prophet Salih (as) was sent to Thamud as a Messenger
• The Call to Religion
• Thamud's Opposition to the Prophet Salih (as)
• The People of the Prophet Salih (as) Are Tested With the She-Camel
• His People Kill the Camel
• His People Cause Corruption and Disorder
• The Destruction of Thamud

THE STORY OF THE PROPHET IBRAHIM (AS)

• The Moral Excellence of the Prophet Ibrahim (as) and His Chosen Nature in the sight of Allah
• The Prophet Ibrahim's (as) Certain Faith in Allah
• The Prophet Ibrahim (as) Calls His Father and His People to Religion
• He Warns His People
• The Prophet Ibrahim's (as) Prayer
• The Prophet Ibrahim (as) Breaks the Idols in Pieces
• The Prophet Ibrahim (as) and Nimrod
• His People Try to Burn the Prophet Ibrahim (as)
• The Prophet Ibrahim (as) and the Prophet Isma'il (as)
• The Prophet Ibrahim (as) and the Prophet Isma'il's (as) Arrival at Mecca

THE STORY OF THE PROPHET LUT (AS)

• The Prophet Lut (as) Was Sent to His People
• The Prophet Lut (as) Calls His People to Religion
• The Corruption of the People of Lut
• The Reply of His People to the Prophet Lut (as)
• Angels Come to the Prophet Ibrahim (as) and Give Him the Good News of the Prophet Ishaq (as)
• Angels' Heralding the Destruction of the People of Lut
• Messengers' Going to the Prophet Lut (as)
• The Disobedience of the People of Lut
• The Prophet Lut's (as) Departure from His People
• The Destruction of the People of Lut

THE STORY OF THE PROPHET ISMA'IL (AS)

• The Prophet Ibrahim (as) and the Prophet Isma'il's (as) Building the Ka'ba and Their Prayer
• Verses in which the Prophet Isma'il (as) is Cited

THE STORY OF THE PROPHET YUSUF (AS)

• The Jealousy of the Prophet Yusuf's (as) Brothers Towards Him
• The Lie that the Prophet Yusuf's (as) Brothers Tell to Their Father
• The Prophet Yusuf (as) Found by Travellers
• The Prophet Yusuf (as) and the Governor's Wife
• The Prophet Yusuf (as) and the City Women
• The Prophet Yusuf's (as) Chastity
• The Imprisonment of the Prophet Yusuf (as)
• The Prophet Yusuf's (as) Interpretation of the Dream
• The Prophet Yusuf's (as) Release from the Prison
• The Sincerity of the Prophet Yusuf (as)
• The Prophet Yusuf's (as) Authority Over the Treasures of Egypt
• The Prophet Yusuf (as) Sends for His Brother
• The Prophet Ya'qub's (as) Unwillingness to Send the Prophet Yusuf's (as) Brother
• The Prophet Yusuf (as) Holds His Brother
• The Prophet Ya'qub's (as) Love for the Prophet Yusuf (as)
• The Prophet Yusuf's (as) Miracle
• The Prophet Ya'qub's (as) Asking for Forgiveness
• The Prophet Ya'qub's (as) and His Sons' Entry into Egypt

THE STORY OF THE PROPHET SHU'AYB (AS)

• The Prophet Shu'ayb (as) Was Sent to Madyan As a Messenger
• The Prophet Shu'ayb (as) Called His People to Religion
• The Prophet Shu'ayb's (as) Efforts to Correct Corrupt Practices in Trading
• The People of Madyan Ridicule the Prophet Shu'ayb (as)
• The Prophet Shu'ayb's (as) Persistence in Communicating the Message of Religion
• The People of Madyan Threaten the Prophet Shu'ayb (as)
• The Destruction of Madyan
• The Prophet Shu'ayb (as) is Also Sent to the Thicket as a Messenger
• The Prophet Shu'ayb's (as) Efforts to Correct Morally Degenerate People
• The Reply of the People of the Thicket
• The Destruction of the Thicket

THE STORY OF THE PROPHET MUSA (AS) AND THE PROPHET HARUN (AS)

• The Tribe of Israel in Egypt
• The Birth of the Prophet Musa (as) and Allah's Promise
• The Prophet Musa (as) is Involved in an Incident in the City
• The Prophet Musa's (as) Departure from Egypt
• The Prophet Musa's (as) Prayer to Allah for Help
• The Days of the Prophet Musa (as) in Madyan
• The Prophet Musa's (as) Departure from Madyan
• The Prophet Musa (as) is Endowed with Prophethood
• The Prophet Musa's (as) Miracles
• The Prophet Musa (as) is Appointed to Communicate the Message of Religion to Pharaoh
• The Prophet Musa's (as) Prayer to Allah for Help
• Allah's Reply to the Prophet Musa's (as) Prayer
• The Prophet Musa (as) and the Prophet Harun (as) Call Pharaoh to Religion
• The First Reaction of Pharaoh
• The Prophet Musa's (as) Communication of Religion to Pharaoh
• Pharaoh's Insolence
• Miracles the Prophet Musa (as) Performed
• Pharaoh Accuses the Prophet Musa (as) of Practicing Magic
• Pharaoh's Intention to Confront the Prophet Musa (as) with Magicians
• The Confrontation of the Prophet Musa (as) with the Magicians
• The Magic of the Magicians
• The Prophet Musa's (as) Superiority over the Magicians
• The Magicians' Acceptance of Faith and Pharaoh's Anger
• Pharaoh's Persistence in Insolence
• The Man in the Palace Keeps His Faith Concealed
• Pharaoh's Demand for a Tower
• The Believer Calls Pharaoh and His People to Religion
• Pharaoh's Continuing Oppression
• The Prophet Musa's (as) Advice to His People to Be Steadfast
• Allah's Punishment Imposed on Pharaoh and His People
• Pharaoh's Scornfulness of His People
• The Prophet Musa's (as) Advice to His People to Put Their Trust in Allah
• The Prophet Musa's (as) Prayer for the Destruction of Pharaoh and His People
• The Revelation to the Prophet Musa (as) to Emigrate
• Pharaoh's Pursuit of the Tribe of Israel
• The Destruction of Pharaoh and His Troops
• The Tribe of Israel Worship Idols
• The Prophet Musa (as) Speaks to Allah
• The Revelation of the Torah to the Prophet Musa (as)
• While the Prophet Musa (as) is on the Mount, His People Worship the Calf
• The Prophet Musa's (as) Return to His People
• The Prophet Musa (as) Asks for Forgiveness
• TheTribe of Israel Wrong Themselves
• The People of Prophet Musa (as) Refuse to Follow Him
• Allah's Gift to the Tribe of Israel and Their Ingratitude, and Their Substituting for the Commands of Torah Others Than Those They Had Been Given
• Their Denial of the Prophet Musa (as)
• Their Request to See Allah in Order to Believe
• Allah's Blessings on the Tribe of Israel
• The Ingratitude of the Tribe of Israel for Blessings
• Allah's Command to the Tribe of Israel to Sacrifice a Cow
• The Story of the Prophet Musa (as) and One Who Had Been Given Knowledge

THE STORY OF THE PROPHET DAWUD (AS)

• The Story of Talut
• The Story of Talut and Goliath
• Prophecy of the Prophet Dawud (as)
• Traits of the Prophet Dawud (as)
• Mountains and Birds Under His Command
• His Kingdom, Wisdom and Decisive Speech
• His Artistic Knowledge
• Litigants Who Went to the Prophet Dawud (as)
• Their Judgement About the Field

THE STORY OF THE PROPHET SULAYMAN (AS)

• The Prophecy of the Prophet Sulayman (as)
• Superior Qualities Given to the Prophet Sulayman (as): Knowledge
• Knowledge of the Speech of Birds
• The Wind Under His Command
• Jinn Under His Command
• Wealth and Kingdom Given to Him
• The Prophet Sulayman's (as) Troops and the Valley of the Ants
• The Queen of Sheba
• Messengers of the Queen of Sheba
• The Throne of the Queen of Sheba
• The Meeting of the Prophet Sulayman (as) and the Queen of Sheba
• The Trial of the Prophet Sulayman (as)
• The Prophet Sulayman's (as) Death

THE STORY OF THE PROPHET YUNUS (AS)

• The Departure of the Prophet Yunus (as) from His People
• The Prayer of the Prophet Yunus (as) inside the Fish
• The People of the Prophet Yunus (as)

STORIES OF THE PROPHET ZAKARIYYA (AS), MARYAM (AS), THE PROPHET YAHYA (AS) AND THE PROPHET 'ISA (AS)

• Maryam's (as) Family and Nobility
• Maryam's (as) Birth
• Maryam (as) and the Prophet Zakariyya (as)
• The Prophet Yahya's (as) Birth
• Good News of Yahya is Given to the Prophet Zakariyya (as)
• Jibril Sent to Maryam(as) and Good News of the Prophet 'Isa's (as) Birth
• Maryam's (as) Withdrawal to an Eastern Place
• Aspersions Cast on Maryam (as) When She Returned to Her People with Prophet 'Isa (as)
• The Prophet 'Isa's (as) Ability to Speak in the Cradle
• The Prophecy of the Prophet 'Isa (as)
• The Prophet 'Isa's (as) Call to Religion
• The Prophet 'Isa's (as) Miracles
• The Disciples and the Prophet 'Isa (as)
• Conjecture of the Tribe of Israel That They Killed the Prophet 'Isa (as)
• Perverted Beliefs Introduced After the Prophet 'Isa (as)

THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SAAS)

• The Revelation of the Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad (saas) and His Ruling with the Qur'an
• The Prophet Muhammad (saas) is the Messenger of Allah and the Last of the Prophets
• The Prophet Muhammad (saas) is a Human Being
• The Prophet Muhammad (saas) is on a Straight Path
• The Prophet Muhammad (saas) is Under the Protection of Allah
• Allah Enriches the Prophet Muhammad (saas)
• The Prophet Muhammad (saas) is Preferable to Believers Over Their Own Selves
• He is a Witness, a Bearer of Good News and a Warner
• The Good News of the Prophet Muhammad (saas) Given in the Torah and the Gospels
• He is a Mercy For Believers
• The Prophet Muhammad's (saas) Communication and Reminder With the Qur'an
• Aspersions Cast Upon the Prophet Muhammad (saas)
• The Prophet Muhammad (saas) is Driven out from Mecca
• The Prophet Muhammad's (saas) Spur to Believers and Allah's Help for Them
• The Prophet Muhammad (saas) and His Wars
• The Prophet Muhammad (saas) and the Jews
• The Prophet Muhammad (saas) and the People of the Book
• The Prophet Muhammad (saas) and Jinns
• The Prophet Muhammad (saas) and His Wives
• The Prophet Muhammad (saas) and Zayd
• Revelation of the News of the Unseen to the Prophet Muhammad (saas)
• Information about the Kibla Given to the Prophet Muhammad (saas)

STORY OF THE PROPHET ILYAS (AS)

• Prophecy of the Prophet Ilyas (as)
• Communication of the Prophet Ilyas (as)

THE PROPHET AL-YASA'(AS)

THE PROPHET IDRIS (AS)

THE PROPHET ISHAQ (AS)

THE PROPHET YA'QUB (AS)

THE STORY OF THE PROPHET AYYUB (AS)

THE PROPHET DHU'L-KIFL (AS)

PEOPLE AND SOCIETIES CITED IN THE QUR'AN

• THE TRIBE OF ISRAEL (JEWS)
• CHRISTIANS
• SABAEANS
• PEOPLE OF THAMUD
• PEOPLE OF LUT
• PEOPLE OF MADYAN
• THE COMPANIONS OF THE WELL
• PEOPLE OF A TOWN
• PEOPLE OF YATHRIB
• PEOPLE OF AL-HIJR
• PEOPLE OF 'AD
• THE DESERT ARABS
• PEOPLE OF MADINA
• PEOPLE OF TUBBA'
• PEOPLE OF MUSA
• PEOPLE OF YUNUS
• THE PROPHET IBRAHIM (AS) AND HIS COMPANIONS
• ONE OF THE TWO COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SAAS)
• THE PROPHET MUSA (AS) AND HIS SERVANT
• A PERSON OF KNOWLEDGE
• THE PROPHET MUSA (AS) AND THE WOMEN
• TALUT AND HIS PEOPLE
• GOLIATH AND HIS TROOPS
• COMPANIONS OF THE CAVE AND AR-RAQIM
• YAJUJ AND MAJUJ
• THE VINEYARD OWNERS
• THE MAN RUNNING FROM THE REMOTE PART OF THE CITY
• THE PROPHET YUSUF (AS) AND HIS PRISON COMPANIONS
• THE PROPHET YUSUF'S (AS) BROTHERS
• THE MAN AMONG THE PEOPLE OF PHARAOH WHO HAD CONCEALED HIS FAITH
• THE WIVES OF THE PROPHET NUH (AS) AND THE PROPHET LUT (AS)
• THREE MESSENGERS SENT TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY
• TWELVE LEADERS
• THE PROPHET NUH'S (AS) SON
• AZAR, THE PROPHET IBRAHIM'S (AS) FATHER
• THE PROPHET MUSA'S (AS) MOTHER AND SISTER
• THE PROPHET LUT'S (AS) FAMILY AND WIFE
• THE PROPHET ADAM'S (AS) TWO SONS
• THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S (SAAS) WIVES
• THE FAMILY OF 'IMRAN
• PHARAOH AND HIS RULING CIRCLE
• THE MAGICIANS
• PHARAOH AND HIS TROOPS
• QARUN
• HAMAN
• PHARAOH
• PHARAOH'S PEOPLE
• THE CHIEFS OF THE TRIBE OF ISRAEL AFTER MUSA
• PHARAOH'S WIFE
• ABU LAHAB AND HIS WIFE
• THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNOR AND HIS WIFE
• THE OPPRESSED - THE ARROGANT
• DHU'L-QARNAYN
• ZAYD
• THE SAMARITAN
• UZAYR
• THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
• THE OWNERS OF THE GARDEN

ATTRIBUTES OF BELIEVERS IN THE QUR'AN

ATTRIBUTES OF DISBELIEVERS IN THE QUR'AN

ANGELS IN THE QUR'AN

• THE ANGEL POSSESSED OF POWER: JIBRIL

• Jibril's Splendid Beauty
• Prophet Muhammad (saas)'s Seeing Jibril
• Jibril's Appearance on the Horizon
• Jibril's Descent to Maryam in the Form of a Handsome Man

• TWO OBSERVING AND RECORDING ANGELS AT EVERYBODY'S SIDE
• MESSENGER ANGELS WITH WINGS - TWO, THREE AND FOUR
• STERN AND STRONG ANGELS OVER THE FIRE OF HELL
• ANGELS ASCEND TO THE PRESENCE OF ALLAH IN A DAY FIFTY THOUSAND YEARS LONG
• ANGELS' WITNESSING
• THE FAVOURED ANGELS' SERVITUDE TO ALLAH
• ANGELS CIRCLING ROUND THE THRONE
• ANGELS DRAWN UP IN RANKS AND GLORIFYING ALLAH
• ANGELS PROSTRATING THEMSELVES TO THE PROPHET ADAM (AS)
• ANGELS FEAR THEIR LORD AND DO WHAT THEY ARE ORDERED TO DO
• ANGELS RANK UPON RANK
• ANGELS' PRAYER THAT BELIEVERS BE BROUGHT OUT OF DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT
• ANGELS' ASKING FOR BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET
• ANGELS' DESCENDING TO BELIEVERS AND GIVING THEM GLAD TIDINGS
• ALLAH ASSISTS BELIEVERS WITH ANGELS
• ANGELS' DESCENDING TO EARTH ON
• THE NIGHT OF POWER BY THEIR LORD'S AUTHORITY
• THEIR CURSE UPON DISBELIEVERS
• ANGELS ARE HONOURED SERVANTS
• ANGELS THAT CAME IN TO THE PROPHET IBRAHIM (AS)
• ANGELS THAT CAME TO THE PROPHET LUT (AS)
• ANGELS THAT CAME TO THE PROPHET ZAKARIYYA (AS)
• ANGELS THAT CAME TO MARYAM (AS)
• DEATH ANGELS
• ANGELS BEARING THE THRONE
• HARUT AND MARUT
• ANGELS BEARING THE ARK
• ANGELS ON THE DAY OF RISING
• ANGELS OF PARADISE
• ANGELS OF HELL (CUSTODIANS)

JINN IN THE QUR'AN

• JINN ARE CREATED TO WORSHIP ALLAH
• JINN ARE CREATED OUT OF FIRE
• JINN CAN NEVER BRING THE LIKE OF THE QUR'AN
• SURAT AL-JINN IN THE QUR'AN
• JINN HAVE LIMITED POWER
• IBLIS IS ONE OF THE JINN
• JINN TRANSMIT THE QUR'AN TO THEIR PEOPLE
• JINN ARE WARNED IN THE WORLD
• JINN AT THE SERVICE OF MESSENGERS ANDTHEIR SERVICES
• THE CLAIM OF DISBELIEVERS THAT THERE IS A KINSHIP BETWEEN ALLAH AND THE JINN
• DENIERS MAKE THE JINN ASSOCIATES WITH ALLAH
• SOME PEOPLE WORSHIP THE JINN
• JINN'S WHISPERING INTO HEART
• THE JINN ARE ENEMIES OF THE PROPHET
• THEY BECOME INTIMATE COMPANIONS TO THEIR FOLLOWERS
• JINN ON THE DAY OF RISING
• DISBELIEVING JINN WILL ENTER HELL

THE CONCEPT OF TIME IN THE QUR'AN

THE RELATIVITY OF TIME IN THE QUR'AN

• The Man whom Allah Caused to Die a Hundred Years and then Brought Back to Life
• Companions of the Cave
• Comparison of Time in the Hereafter with that in the World
• A Day in the Sight of Allah is as a Thousand Years
• The Lenght of Time in which Angels Ascend to the Presence of Allah

PARTICULAR TIMES MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN

• Verses in the Qur'an Mentioning Night and Day
• Angels' Glorification
• The Time That the Prophet Musa (as) Fixed for Pharaoh
• The Prophet Musa (as) Travels With His People At Night
• The Time When Pharaoh's Troops Started to Pursue the Prophet Musa (as) and His People
• The Prophet Zakariyya (as) did not Speak to People for Three Nights
• The Wind Made Subservient to the Prophet Sulayman (as)
• Meal Time in the Qur'an
• The Morning of Those Who Were Warned
• Satan's Asking for a Reprieve Until The Day of Rising
• The Coming Hour of Rising
• The Hour of Rising

THE CONCEPT OF UNSEEN IN THE QUR'AN

• THE MOTHER OF THE BOOK (LAWH MAHFUZ):
• THE CLEAR BOOK IN WHICH EVERYTHING IS RECORDED
• ALLAH REVEALS THE NEWS OF THE UNSEEN TO WHOM HE WILLS
• NEWS THAT ALLAH GIVES IN THE QUR'AN ABOUT THE COMPANIONS OF THE CAVE
• NEWS THAT ALLAH GIVES IN THE QUR'AN ABOUT DHU'L-QARNAYN
• ALLAH'S REVELATION OF THE UNSEEN
• TO A SERVANT OF HIS WHO WAS A MAN OF KNOWLEDGE
• THOSE WHO FEAR THEIR LORD IN THE UNSEEN
• THE KEYS OF THE HEAVENS AND EARTH BELONG TO HIM
• PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE SPIRIT

MIRACLES CITED IN THE QUR'AN

• DEAD BIRDS BROUGHT TO LIFE FOR THE PROPHET IBRAHIM (AS)
• THE PROPHET IBRAHIM (AS) SAVED FROM THE FIRE
• MIRACLES OF THE PROPHET MUSA (AS)
• THE RESCUE OF THE PROPHET YUNUS (AS) FROM THE BELLY OF THE FISH
• MIRACLES OF THE PROPHET 'ISA (AS)
• THE MAN WHOM ALLAH CAUSED TO DIE FOR A HUNDRED
• YEARS AND THEN BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE
• THE COMPANIONS OF THE CAVE STAYED IN THEIR CAVE
• FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND THEN WOKE UP
• THE WIND MADE SUBSERVIENT TO THE PROPHET SULAYMAN (AS)

THE CONCEPT OF PUNISHMENT IN THE QUR'AN

PUNISHMENT IN HELL AS DESCRIBED IN THE QUR'AN

• The Companions of Hell Will Have Dreadful Appearances
• There are Whips Made of Iron for Disbelievers
• Their Bodies Will be Branded in the Fire
• They Will be Bound in Shackles
• They Will be Bound in Chains and Iron Collars
• There is the Punishment of Fire
• Disbelievers Will be Firewood and Fuel for Hellfire
• Boiling Water Will Welcome Them
• It is Smoky and Misty
• They are Flung into Narrow Places
• They Will Eat From the Tree of Zaqqum and theThorny Bush
• They Will Wear Garments of Fire
• Their Shirts Will Be of Tar
• The Walls of Hell Encompass Disbelievers
• The Terrible Roaring of Hell Will be Heard
• Allah will not Speak to Disbelievers
• Its Terrible Raging and Roaring Will be Heard From a Long Way Off
• They Will be Disgraced
• There They Will Acknowledge Their Wrongdoing
• They Will Ask the Companions of Paradise for Water and Provisions, But These will not be Provided
• They Will Want to be Sent Back to the World
• In order to Escape From Hell
• There is No Escape From It
• They Will Plead for Destruction
• The Kindled Fire Reaches Into Hearts
• The Arrogant Will Enter Hell Abjectly
• Disbelievers Will Argue With One Another
• They Will Breathe in Pain and Sadness
• There Will Be Groaning
• There is the Punishment of Humiliation
• They Will Have No Friends
• Disbelievers Will be Dragged Along the Ground
• The Prayers of Disbelievers are not Answered
• They Will be Flung down on Their Faces into the Fire
• They Will Disown Each Other and Will Cut All Their Ties Asunder
• They Will Feel Bitter Remorse
• They Will Want to Trample One Another Under Their Feet
• They Will be Bundled into Hell
• They Will be Abject and Frustrated in Their Abasement

PUNISHMENT IN THE WORLD

• They Suffer Misfortunes in the World
• They are in Anguish
• They are Wretched and Miserable
• Their Breasts are Strait and Narrow, and They are Defiled
• They are Beguiled by False Hopes
• The Parting of the Sea and Drowning of Disbelievers
• Calamities from Heaven
• Drowning
• Earthquakes
• Drought - Lack of Crops
• Troublesome Animals
• Flood Calamities
• An Awful Blast
• Rain of Stones of Clay
• Storms
• Rain
• The Punishment of the Day of Shadow
• Lightning
• Heaven Brings Smoke
• The Wind and The Cloud
• Overturning

METAPHORS IN THE QUR'AN

OATHS IN THE QUR'AN

• FOR WHICH OATHS WILL PEOPLE BE TAKEN TO TASK?
• INADVERTENT OATHS
• OATH WHILE TESTIFYING AND MAKING ONE'S WILL
• THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR OATHS AN EXCUSE FOR NOT DOING GOOD
• THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR OATHS A MEANS OF DECEIT
• THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR OATHS INTO A CLOAK
• THOSE WHO SELL THEIR OATHS FOR A SMALL PRICE
• THOSE WHO BREAK THEIR OATHS
• THOSE WHO SWEAR TO FALSEHOOD
• THE INVALID OATHS OF DISBELIEVERS
• THE OATH OF SATAN TO MISLEAD PEOPLE
• THEY SWEAR THAT THEY ARE BELIEVERS EVEN THOUGH THEY DO NOT BELIEVE
• THE DECREE REGARDING ONE'S SWEARING
• TO EQUATE HIS WIFE WITH HIS MOTHER (ZIHAR)
• THE DECREE REGARDING THOSE WHO SWEAR TO ABSTAIN FROM THEIR WIVES
• THE EXPIATION OF OATHS
• THINGS THAT ALLAH SWEARS BY

NATURAL PHENOMENA MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN

• WIND
• RAIN
• LIGHTNING
• THE FORMATION OF DAY AND NIGHT
• THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS
• PERIODS OF MONTHS AND WEEKS
• LANDSCAPES MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN
• MOUNTAINS
• TRACTS
• VALLEYS
• GARDENS AND SPRINGS
• SEAS
• THE EARTH AND THE SKY
• ROADS
• WATER IN THE QUR'AN
• WATER IN PARADISE
• WATER IN HELL
• ALLAH SENDS DOWN WATER FROM THE SKY......
• ALLAH SENDS DOWN DRINKING WATER
• ALLAH PRODUCES RAIN
• ALLAH GIVES LIFE TO THE EARTH WITH WATER
• THE BARRIER BETWEEN THE TWO SEAS
• SHIPS SAILING ON THE SEA
• VARIOUS SOURCES OF WATER
• ALLAH MADE THE SEA SUBSERVIENT TO PEOPLE
• ALLAH BRINGS FORTH CROPS BY WATER
• THE METAPHOR OF THE LIFE OF THE WORLD

ALLAH'S THRONE

• MAN'S CREATION FROM A DROP OF SPERM
• ALLAH CREATED EVERYTHING FROM WATER
• ALLAH TRIED THE PEOPLE OF THE PROPHET SALIH (AS) WITH WATER
• THE PROPHET MUSA (AS) CAST INTO THE WATER WHEN HE WAS A CHILD
• THE PROPHET MUSA (AS) STRIKES A DRY PATH THROUGH THE SEA
• PHARAOH AND HIS TROOPS DROWNED
• THE PROPHET MUSA'S (AS) ARRIVAL AT THE WATER OF MADYAN
• THE PROPHET MUSA (AS) BURNS THE IDOL WHICH HIS PEOPLE WORSHIPPED
• AND SCATTERS ITS ASHES OVER THE SEA
• DIVING SATANS AT THE PROPHET SULAYMAN'S (AS) COMMAND
• PROPHET SULAYMAN'S (AS) PALACE
• WATER THAT ALLAH GRANTED TO PROPHET AYYUB (AS)
• BLESSING THAT ALLAH BESTOWED ON MARYAM: A STREAM
• ALLAH PLACED MARYAM AND PROPHET 'ISA (AS) ON A MOUNTAINSIDE WITH A SPRING
• THE CITY ON WHICH A FATAL RAIN WAS RAINED
• THE RAIN OF THOSE WHO ARE WARNED
• ALLAH DROWNED DISBELIEVING NATIONS
• FLOOD OF 'IRAM

FRUITS, VEGETABLES, TREES AND PLANTS MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN

FRUITS MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN

• Date
• Pomegranate
• Banana
• Fig
• Grape

VEGETABLES MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN

TREES

PLANTS CITED IN THE QUR'AN

• Olive and others
• Plants Used in Metaphors in the Qur'an
• Those Having Healing Properties

PLANTS IN PARADISE

PLANTS IN HELL

• Thorny Bush
• Zaqqum

ANIMALS MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN

• WILD ANIMALS
• CALF
• LIVESTOCK
• COW
• EWE
• PORK
• DONKEY
• HORSE
• HORSE, MULE AND DONKEY
• CAMEL
• BIRD
• CROW
• QUAIL
• FISH
• LION
• ELEPHANT
• GNAT
• BEE
• LOCUST
• SPIDER
• WORM
• SNAKE
• FLY

METAPHORS WITH ANIMALS

• Likening to Monkeys and Pigs
• Likening to Dogs
• Likening to Donkeys

ANIMALS MADE SUBSERVIENT TO PEOPLE

BLESSINGS BESTOWED ON BELIEVERS

BLESSINGS BESTOWED ON BELIEVERS IN THE WORLD

• Allah Gives Them a Good Life in the World Too
• Allah Unifies Believers' Hearts
• Believers' Companions
• Allah Has Chosen Believers
• Allah Has Given Believers Everything They Have Asked For
• Allah Has Made Believers' Houses Places of Safety and Peace
• Allah Sends Down Peace and Reassurance Into the Hearts of Believers
• Believers are the Heirs of the Earth
• He Enriches Them
• No Evil Touches Them
• Believers are Given Good Both in the World and in the Hereafter
• Allah Makes Believers the Successors of Power
• They Have Achieved Salvation and Happiness
• Good News That Allah Gives to Believers
• Believers' Hearts are at Rest and Satisfaction
• Allah Helps Believers

BLESSINGS BESTOWED ON BELIEVERS IN PARADISE

• Allah Will Admit Believers Into Paradise In Return for Their Actions
• Allah Will Make Them Live in the Great Kingdom and Splendour of Paradise
• They Will be Admitted into Gardens  with Rivers Flowing under Them
• They Will Settle Amid Springs and Fountains
• Paradise is Green
• Paradise Has Shady Spots
• There are Lofty Chambers and Palaces
• There are Raised Thrones
• There are Cushions and Exquisite Couches
• They Will Wear The Finest of Garments and Jewelry
• Foods and Drinks in Paradise
• There is Everything That One Desires in Paradise
• There is a Pleasing and Peaceful Life
• There is Safety
• There is no Rancour or Hatred
• There are no Vain Words or Lies
• There is no Weariness or Fatigue
• There is no Fear or Sorrow
• There are Spouses, Good and Beautiful
• Companions of Paradise are Young and of Like Age
• There is the Great Victory and Happiness
• Above All is Allah's Good Pleasure

PLACES MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN

• MOUNT SINA
• VALLEY OF TUWA
• MASJID AL-HARAM - THE SACRED HOUSE –
• THE ANCIENT HOUSE – KA'BA
• The House
• Masjid al-Haram
• The Sacred House
• The Ancient House
• SAFA – MARWA
• MASJID AL-AQSA
• MECCA
• MADINA (YATHRIB)
• EGYPT
• IRAM
• BABYLON

PLACES OF TRIAL FOR PROPHETS AND BELIEVERS AS MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN

• Prophet Yunus (as) - The Fish and the Ship
• Prophet Yusuf (as) - The Well and the Prison
• Companions of the Cave – The Cave
• Prophet Muhammad (saas) – The Cave

PLACES OF PRAYER - PLACES WHERE BELIEVERS LIVE

PLACES EMPHASIZED IN THE QUR'AN

• The Place Where The Two Seas Converge
• The Place Where The Sun Sets
• The Place Where The Sun Rises
• The Place Between The Two Mountains
• The Eastern Place Where Maryam Withdrew
• Beneath the Date Palm
• The Place Where Maryam (as) and Prophet 'Isa (as) Were Settled
• The Place Where the Companions of the Cave Stayed
• An Uncultivated Valley

DWELLINGS IN PARADISE

• Garden of Refuge
• Gardens of Eden
• Gardens of Firdaws
• Gardens
• Shades
• Breadth of Paradise
• Gushing Springs
• Pavilions

DWELLINGS IN HELL

• It is the Refuge of Unbelievers
• Fire is Their Residence
• There are Beds of Hell-Fire and Coverings of Hell
• They Will be Tied to Columns in the Kindled Fire
• They Will be Flung into a Narrow Place in Hell
• They Will be Amid a Thick Black Smoke
• Hell Will be Surrounded by Walls
• There is a Sealed Vault of Fire
• There is a Fire That Torments Unbelievers
• There are Shackles and a Blazing Fire
• There is a Chain the Length of Which is Seventy Cubits
• Chains and Shackles are Made Ready for Unbelievers
• Hell is a Place of Ambush
• Thorny Bush and Tree of az-Zaqqum are Their Food
• There is No Way of Escaping from It

THE UNDERSTANDING OF AESTHETICS COMMENDED IN THE QUR'AN

• RIVERS AND SPRINGS
• GOLD, PEARLS, SILK, BROCADE AND ASSORTED JEWELS
• LOFTY PALACES AND DWELLINGS
• GARDENS
• THRONES
• CUPS
• GOLDEN PLATTERS, GOBLETS AND DECANTERS
• SILVER ROOFS AND DOORS
• PAVILIONS
• PLACES WHERE THEY WILL RECLINE AT EASE
• SEATS FACE TO FACE
• COUCHES LINED WITH RICH BROCADE
• CUSHIONS AND RUGS
• ORNAMENTS IN THE QUR'AN
• ALLAH GIVES ORNAMENTS AS AN EXAMPLE
• WEARING ADORNMENTS AT PLACES OF PRAYER
• ADORNMENTS ARE PERMISSIBLE
• THOSE WHO WORSHIPPED THE CALF MADE FROM ORNAMENTS
• THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING THANKFUL FOR THESE GIFTS
• FROM THE SEA ARE BROUGHT OUT ORNAMENTS
• GOLD PLATTERS
• GOLD BRACELETS
• SILVER BRACELETS

PRECIOUS STONES IN THE QUR'AN

• Coral
• Ruby
• Pearl
• Allah Uses Pearls in Metaphors
• Gold as a Flower of the Life of This World

PLENTY IN THE QUR'AN

PLENTY IN PARADISE

• Goblets, Decanters and Cups from a Flowing Spring
• Any Fruit They Desire
• Thornless Lote-Trees
• Banana Trees
• Fruits Hanging Close to Hand, Ready to be Picked
• Bird Meat
• Meat
• Its Food is Everlasting
• Dates and Pomegranates
• Fruits
• A Drink Delicious to Those who Drink
• Platters and Cups of Gold
• Blessings Which Will Never Spoil and Whose Taste Will Never Change

THE PROPHET IBRAHIM'S (AS) COURTEOUS TREATMENT OF HIS GUESTS

THE MEAL THAT ALLAH SENT DOWN TO DISCIPLES

SERVANTS WHOM ALLAH RAISED TO HONOUR: ANGELS  &  

SERVANTS WHOM ALLAH RAISED TO HONOUR: COMPANIONS OF PARADISE

ALLAH IS GENEROUS

• ALLAH'S GENEROSITY TOWARDS ALL PEOPLE
• ALLAH'S GENEROSITY TOWARDS MARYAM
• BELIEVERS WHO GIVE TO ORPHANS
• THOSE WHO DO NOT GIVE TO ORPHANS
• QUAILS AND MANNA

PROPRIETIES IN THE QUR'AN

• NOT ENTERING HOUSES OTHER THAN ONE'S OWN WITHOUT ASKING PERMISSION
• NOT DEPARTING FROM THE PRESENCE OF ALLAH'S MESSENGER
• WITHOUT ASKING HIM FOR PERMISSION
• THE APPROVED MANNER OF WALKING  AND TALKING IN THE QUR'AN
• THE MANNER OF SPEECH OF THE PROPHET'S WIVES
• THE DRESS AND BEHAVIOUR OF WOMEN IN THE QUR'AN
• BEHAVIOUR IN THE PROPHET'S HOUSE
• BELIEVERS' TREATMENT OF THEIR GUESTS
• SPEAKING IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PROPHET

THE SCIENTIFIC MIRACLES OF THE QUR'AN

• THE COMING OF THE UNIVERSE INTO EXISTENCE
• THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE
• THE SPLITTING ASUNDER OF "THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
• Orbits
• The Roundness of the Earth
• The Protected Roof

• THE RETURNING SKY
• The Function of Mountains THE MOVEMENTS OF THE MOUNTAINS
• The Relativity of Time
• The Proportion of Rain
• The Formation of Rain
• The Fecundating Winds

The Birth of a Human Being

• A Drop of Semen
• The Mixture in the Semen
• The Sex of the Baby
• The Clot Clinging to the Uterus
• The wrapping of muscles over the bones
• Three Stages of the Baby in the Womb
• The Identity in the Fingerprint

THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOUT THE FUTURE IN THE QUR'AN

• The Victory of Byzantium

THE HISTORICAL MIRACLES OF THE QUR'AN

• The Word "Haman" In The Qur'an
• Titles of Egyptian Rulers in the Qur'an
• The Qur'an is the Word of Allah

WORD REPETITIONS IN THE QUR'AN

NUMBERS IN THE QUR'AN

• THE NUMBER 3
• THE NUMBER 4
• THE NUMBER 7
• THE NUMBER 12
• MULTIPLES OF 1,000
• PLACES WHERE THE NUMBER 40 IS REPEATED
• PLACES WHERE THE NUMBER 100 IS REPEATED
• PLACES WHERE THE NUMBER 11 IS REPEATED
• PLACES WHERE THE NUMBER 9 IS REPEATED

THE EVOLUTION MISCONCEPTION

Notes