The Quran
The JM Rodwell Translation
With text notes
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Truthnet
Truthnet:Islam

Introduction
Index
Surah's

1 I
2 The Cow
3 Family of Imran
4 Women
5 The Table
6 Cattle
7 Al Araf
8 The Spoils
9 Immunity
10 Jonah, PUBH
11 Houd
12 Joseph, PUBH
13 Thunder
14 Abraham, PUBH
15 Hedjr
16 The Bee
17 The Night Journey
18 The Cave
19 Mary
20 TA. HA
21 The Prophets
22 The Pilgrimage
23 The Believers
24 Light
25 Al Furkan
26 The Poets
27 The Ant
28 The Story
29 The Spider
30 The Greeks
31 Lokman
32 Adoration
33 The Confederates
34 Saba
35 The Creator
36 YA. SIN.
37 The Ranks
38 SAD
39 The Troops
40 The Believer
41 The Made Plain
42 Counsel
43 Ornaments of Gold
44 Smoke
45 The Kneeling
46 Al Ahkaf
47 Muhammed
48 The Victory
49 The Apartments
50 Kaf
51 The Scattering
52 The Mountain
53 The Star
54 The Moon
55 The Merciful
56 The Event
57 Iron
58 She Who Pleaded
59 The Emigration
60 She Who is Tried
61 Battle Array
62 The Assembly
63 The Hypocrites
64 Mutual Deceit
65 Divorce
66 Forbidding
67 The Kingdom
68 The Pen
69 The Inevitable
70 The Steps
71 Noah
72 Djinn
73 The Enfolded
74 The Enwrapped
75 The Resurrection
76 Man
77 The Sent
78 The News
79 Those Who Drag
80 The Frowned
81 The Folded Up
82 The Cleaving
83 Those Who Stint
84 The Splitting
85 The Starry
86 The Night Comer
87 The Most High
88 The Overshadow
89 The Daybreak
90 The Soil
91 The Sun
92 The Night
93 The Brightnetss
94 The Opening
95 The Fig
96 Clots of Blood
97 Power
98 Clear Evidence
99 The Earthquake
100 The Chargers
101 The Blow
102 Desire
103 The Afternoon
104 The Backbiter
105 The Elephant
106 The Koreisch
107 Religion
108 Abundance
109 Unbelievers
110 Help
111 Abu Lahab
112 The Unity
113 The Daybreak
114 Men

INDEX




[The Roman figures show the Sura, the second figures the verse, and the third, in parenthesis, the page.]


AARON, relics of, ii. 249 (365)

Receives a revelation, iv. 161 (428);

vi. 84 (324); xxi. 49 (154)

Makes the calf, xx. 92 (99)

Clear of speech, xxviii. 34 (250)

Brother of Mary, xix. 29 (119)

Ababils, cv. 3 (36)

Abel and Cain, v. 30 (489)

Ablutions, iv. 46 (416); v. 9 (486)

Abraham, receives a revelation, ii. 130 (352); lxxxvii. 19 (40)

Neither Jew nor Christian, ii. 134 (352)

Is a Hanyf, or sound in faith, iii. 89 (395); vi. 162 (333); xvi. 121 (209)

Is visited by Angels, xi. 72 (221); xv. 51 (114)

Preaches the Divine unity, xxix. 15 (262); xliii. 25 (136); vi. 74 (323)

Is made Imâm, ii. 118 (350)

Argues with Nimrod, ii. 260 (367)

Is taught the resurrection, ii. 262 (367)

Is a Muslim, iii. 60 (392)

Is ready to sacrifice his son, xxxvii. 101 (82)

Builds the Caaba, xxii. 27 (455); iii. 91, note (395)

Prays for his race, xiv. 38 (229)

Is condemned to the flames, xxi. 68 (155)

Abrogation, ii. 100 (349); xvi. 103 (207)

Abu Jahl, xcvi. 16 (20)

Abu Lahab, cxi. (29)

Ad or Adites, vii. 63, note (300)

Adam, his sin, vii. 18 (295); ii. 34 (341)

Worshipped by angels, ii. 32 (341); xx. 115 (101); xviii. 48 (185); xvii. 63 (169)

Is as Jesus, iii. 52 (391)

Adopted Children, xxxiii. 4, 5, 37 (434)

Adultery, iv. 19, 30 (412); xvii. 34 (167); xxiv. 6 (444); xxxiii. 30 (437)

Ahmed, lxi. 6 (405)

Al Araf (Purgatory), vii. 44 (298)

Alexander the Great, or Dhoul-karnain, xviii. 82 (188)

Alms, ii. 211 (361); lviii. 13, 14 (452); lxiv. 16, 17 (373); xxx. 38 (213)

Amulets, note (27)

Angels, bear God’s throne, lxix. 17 (59)

Intercede, xl. 7 (240); xlii. 3 (270)

Die, xxxix. 68 (260)

Aid believers, xiii. 12 (334); iii. 120 (397); vi. 61 (322); viii. 9, 12 (376)

Daughters of God, xvi. 59 (204); xvii. 42 (168); xxxvii. 150 (84); xliii. 18 (136); liii.

28 (70)

Guard Hell, lxxiv. 30 (22)

Of Death, vi. 61 (322); vii. 35 (296); xvi. 30 (201); xxxii. 11 (190); xlvii. 29 (384)

Of Babel, ii. 96 (348)

Ant, xxvii. 17 (175)

Arafat, ii. 194 (359)

Ayesha, xxiv. 10 (444), note

Azar, vi. 74 (323); lx. 4 (466)

Babel, Angels of, ii. 96 (348)

Balance, xxi. 48 (154); vii. 7 (294); lvii. 25 (409)

Baptism, ii. 132 (352)

Beast, the, xxvii. 84 (179)

Becca. See Mecca.

Bedr, iii. 11 (386); viii. 5 (375), 42 (378)

Bird, i.e., Destiny, vii. 128 (305); xvii. 14 (166); xxvii. 48 (177); xxxvi. 18 (131)

(Ababils), cv. 3 (36)

Booty, viii. 1, 42 (375); xlviii. 19, 20 (462)

Caaba, ii. 119-21 (351)


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Cain, v. 30 (489)

Calf (Golden), ii. 48 (342), 88 (347), iv. 152 (427); vii. 146 (306); xx. 90 (99)

Christians, less opposed to Muslims than Jews, etc., v. 85 (495)

Circumcision, not mentioned in the Koran

Corah, xxviii. 76 (252); xxix. 38 (264); xl. 25 (242)

Creation of the world, xvi. 3 (200); l. 37 (93); xiii. 3, 4 (334); xxxv. (289)

Of Heavens and Earth, xli. 8-11 (193)

To set forth his truth, xvi. 4 (200)

For man, xvi. 14 (201), 82 (206)

David, makes coats of mail, xxi. 80 (156); xxxiv. 10 (285)

His judgment, xxxviii. 20 (125)

His praises of God, xxxiv. 10 (285); xxxviii. 16, 17 (125)

Deluge, liv. 9 (77); lxix. 11 (59)

Dhoul Karnain, xviii. 82 (188)

Dhoul Kefl, xxi. 85 (156); xxxviii. 48 (127)

Dhoul Noon, xxi. 87 (157)

Disciples of Christ, lvii. 27 (409)

Divorce, iv. 24 (413); xxxiii. 48 (439); lviii. 4 (451); lxv. 1, 2, 6 (429); ii. 226 sqq. (362)

Djalout (Goliath), ii. 250 (366)

Djibt, iv. 54 (417)

Djinn, vi. 100 (326), 128 (329); xli. 24, 29 (194)

Created of fire, xv. 27 (113); lv. 14 (74)

Good and bad, xi. 120 (225); lxxii. 11 (141)

In the power of Solomon, xxvii. 39 (176); xxxviii. 36 (127)

Hear the Koran, xlvi. 28 (316); lxxii. (141)

Hear what passes in Heaven, xxvi. 212 (110); xv. 17 (113); xxxvii. 7 (79); xviii. 48

(185), etc.

Eblis (note, 341)

Eden, ix. 73 (478); xiii. 23 (335); xviii. 30 (183); xxxv. 30 (292); lxi. 12 (406)

Edris or Enoch, xix. 57 (121); xxi. 85 (156)

Egypt. See under Pharaoh, Moses, Magicians

Elephant, cv. (36)

Elias (an Apostle), vi. 85 (325); xxxvii. 123 (83)

Elisha, vi. 86 (325); xxxviii. 48 (127)

Enemies, treatment of, lx. 9 (466)

Evangel, lvii. 27, note (409)

Ezdras, ix. 30 (473)

Faith and Good Works, xvi. 99 (207); viii. 1 (375)

Fast, the, ii. 179-183 (357)

Fatalism, iii. 139 (399); lxxxvii. 3 (40); viii. 17 (376); ix. 51 (476); xiii. 30 (336); xiv. 4

(226); xviii. 81 (187), 102 (189)

Fire, obtained by friction, xxxvi. 80 (134); lvi. 70 (68)

Gabriel, xvi. 104 (207); lxvi. 4 (464); lxxxi. 19 (46)

Enemy of the Jews, ii. 81 (346)

Bearer of Revelation, liii. 5, 6 (69)

Gehennam, the form of the word (189), note

Has seven gates, xv. 44 (114)

Its guardians, xl. 52 (244); lxxiv. 30 (22)

Genii. See Djinn

God (Allah), one cxii. (29); xxxvii 4 (79); xx. 7 (94)

His names, vii. 179 (310)

Creator, vi. 101 (326)

Unwearied by creation, l. 37 (93)

His power, ii. (throughout); iii. 159 (401)

Is a light, xxiv. 35 (446)

Perfect in His works, lxvii. 3 (142)

Provides for all, xv. 20 (114); xvii. 21, 32 (166)

His words are countless, xviii. 109 (189); xxxi. 26 (269)

The avenger, iii. 3 (386); v. 96 (496); x. 100 (283); xiv. 48 (230)

Has no offspring, ii. 110 (350); vi. 100 (326); xix. 36 (120); 91-93 (123); xxi. 26

(152); xxxvii. 149 (84); xxxix. 6 (255); lxxii. 3 (141)

Because He has no wife, vi. 101 (326); cxii. 3 (29)

Changes not, xlviii. 23 (462)

Created all beings to adore Him, li. 56 (63)

How He speaks with man, xlii. 50 (274)

Leads and misleads, xxxv. 9 (290); xiii. 27 (336); lxi. 5 (405)

His decrees, xiv. 4, 32 (226-28)

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God, made reprobates for Hell, vii. 178 (310)

Is author of good and evil deeds, xci. 8 (38)

And yet good is from Him, evil from man, iv. 81 (419)

Omniscient, vi. 59 (322); lviii. 8 (451)

Omnipotent (passim)

All seeing but unseen, vi. 103 (327); lvii. 6 (407)

All hearinng, xliv. 5 (89)

Gracious, iii. 28 (388)

Omnipresent, lvii. 3 (407)

His Providence (passim)

Eternal, cxii. 2 (29)

The first and last, lvii. 3 (407)

Forgiving (passim)

Grateful, iv. 146 (426)

Subtile, vi. 103 (327)

Self-sufficient, xxvii. 40 (176); xxxv. 27 (292)

Gog, Magog, xviii. 93 (188); xxi. 96 (157)

Goliath. See Djalout.

Greeks, xxx. 1 (210)

Greetings, iv. 88 (420)

Habil (Abel), v. 30 (489)

Haman, vizier of Pharaoh, xxviii. 5 (247); xxix. 38 (264); xl. 25, 38 (242, 43)

Harut and Marut, ii. 96 (348)

Heavens, seven, lxvii. 3 (142); lxxviii. 12 (52)

Hedjr, xv. 80 (115)

Hell, made for Djinn and men, vii. 36 (296); xi. 120 (225)

Duration of, xi. 109 (224); vi. 128 (329)

Honein, ix. 25 (473)

Hotama or Crushing Fire, civ. 4, 5 (30)

Houd, vii. 63 (300); xi. 52 (220); xxvi. 123 (107)

Houris, lvi. 34 (67)

Hypocrites, ii. 9-19 (339)

Their conduct at Medina, xxxiii. 9-15 (435)

Their treatment, xxxiii. 47 (439)

Their portion hereafter, lvii. 13 (408)

Idolaters, those who associate other gods with God, ii. 107 (350); xxv. 3 (159); xxviii. 62-

74 (252); lii. 34-49 (64)

Are unclean, ix. 28 (473)

Idolators, not to be prayed for, ix. 114, 5 (483)

The unpardonable sin, iv. 51 (417), 116 (424)

Immunity, ix. 1 (468)

Imran, iii. 30 (388); lxvi. 12 (465)

Infidels deny the future life, vi. 29 (319); xix. 67 (122)

Their portion, iii. 8 (386), 112 (397)

Their hardness of heart, vi. 109 (327)

Hold mere opinions, liii. 29 (70)

Those who die infidels, iii. 85 (394)

Initial Letters, 32 (note)

Irem, lxxxix. 6 (54)

Isaak (Ishak), ii. 127 ff. (351); vi. 84 (324); xi. 74 (221); xix. 50 (121); xxi. 72 (155); xxxvii.

112 (83)

Islam, ii. 132 (352); iii. 79 (394); xlix. 14 (470)

Ismael, ii. 119 ff. (351); vi. 86 (324); xix. 55 (121); xxxviii. 48 (127)

Israelites, a pre-eminent race, ii. 116 (350)

Pass the Red sea, xxvi. 63 (105)

In Egypt, xxviii. 2, 3 (247)

See Jews.

Jacob, ii. 126 (351); iii. 87 (395); xi. 74 (221); xix. 50 (121); xxxviii. 45 (127)

Jesus, ii. 81 (346), 254 (366); v. 50 (491); vi. 85 (325); xxiii. 52 (147); lvii. 27 (409); lxi. 6,

14 (405)

His history, iii. 40-52 (390)

His divinity denied, iii. 73 (393)

Was not put to death, iv. 156 (427)

God could destroy him if He chose, v. 19 (488)

Is only a servant of God, v. 109 ff. (498); xliii. 57 (138), 63 (139)

His birth, xix. 23, 24 (119)

His profession, xix. 31 (119)

Jews (of Muhammad’s time), ii. 59 (344), 88 (347); iii. 62 (392); ix. 30 (473); lviii. 15 (452)

The punishment in store for them, iv. 50 (416); v. 69 (493)

Their conduct, iii. 184 (403)

Their captious words, iii. 179 (403)

Their perversions of Scripture, ii. 98 (348); iv. 48 (416)

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Jews, enemies to Muslims, v. 85 (495)

Their lex talionis, v. 48, 49, 69 (491, 493)

Their calumnies against the Virgin Mary, iv. 155 (427)

Job, vi. 84 (324); xxi. 83 (156); xxxviii. 40 (127)

John, xix. 7 (117); xxi. 90 (157)

Jonah, vi. 86 (324); x. 98 (283); xxxvii. 139 (84); lxviii. 48 (34)

Joseph, vi. 84 (324); xii. (230); xl. 36 (242)

Joshua, xviii. 59 (186)

Kadr or Power (night of), xliv. 2, 3 (89); xcvii. 1-5 (36)

Karoun (Corah), xxviii. 76 (252); xxix. 38 (264); xl. 25 (242)

Kebla, ii. 109 (350), 136-145 (353)

Khidr, xviii. 62, note (186)

Koran, a divine work, iv. 84 (420); xlvi. 2-7 (313); liii. 4 (69)

Preserved in Heaven, xiii. 39 (337), lxxxv. 21 (43)

Is not the work of djinn, xxvi. 210 (110)

Is admired by djinn, xlvi. 28 (316)

Confirms the Scriptures, x. 38 (278)

Koreisch, cvi. 1 (36)

Lokman, xxxi. (267)

Lot (a prophet), vi. 86 (325); vii. 78 (301)

Lotus (of the boundary), liii. 14, note (69)

Madian, vii. 83 (301); xxviii. 24 (249)

Magi, xxii. 17 (589)

Magicians, x. 80 (282); xx. 60 (97); xxvi. 37 (104)

Malec, xliii. 77 (454)

Man, his creation, ii. 28 (340) etc.

Hasty, xxi. 38 (153); xvii. 12 (165); lxx. 19 (73)

Created weak, iv. 32 (414)

Of clay, xv. 26 (113)

Of clots of blood, xcvi. 2 (19); xxii. 5 (453)

Inconstant, xxii. 11 (454)

Ungrateful, xvii. 69 (170)

Was one people, ii. 209 (360)

Manna, vii. 160 (308); xx. 82 (98)

Marriage, xxxiii. 50 (439)

Lawful and unlawful, ii. 220 (361); v. 7 (486); iv. 26-30 (413)

Mary, Mother of Jesus, iii. 31 (389); iv. 169 (428); v. 79 (494); xix. 16 (118); xxi. 91

(157); lxvi. 12 (465)

Calumniated by Jews, iv. 155 (427)

Meats forbidden, ii. 168 (356); v. 1-4 (485); vi. 118 (328)

Mecca or Becca, iii. 90 (395); xlvii. 14 (383); xlviii. 24 (462)

Merwa, ii. 153 (354)

Michael, ii. 92 (348)

Mina, ii. 199 (359)

Mohadjers, ix. 101 (481); lix. 8 (432)

Monastic Life, lvii. 27 (409)

Monks, ix. 31 (474)

Month (sacred), ii. (361); ix. 5 (471)

Moon, its worship forbidden, xli. 37 (195)

Moses, ii. 48 ff. (342)

Brings water from rock, vii. 160 (308)

Reared in Egypt, xx. 36 (95); xxviii. 2-30 (247)

His meeting with Khidr, xviii. 62 (186)

His wrath at Aaron, xx. 95 (99)

Prophet and apostle, xix. 52 (121)

Muhammad, illiterate, vii. 156 (307)

Foretold in the Scriptures, vii. 156 (307); lxi. 6 (406)

Seal of the Prophets, xxxiii. 40 (438)

Sees Gabriel, liii. 9 (69); lxxxi. 22 (46)

Becomes apostle at man’s estate, x. 17 (276)

Subject to hallucinations, note 1 (21)

His Night-journey, xvii. 1 (164). See Pref.

Belief in Satanic influence, xvi. 101-2 (207)

Muslims, their description, iii. 106 (396); xlviii. 29 (463)

Nicknames forbidden, xlix. 12 (469)

Noah, iii. 30 (388)

Is a prophet, iv. 161 (428); vi. 84 (324)

And apostle, vii. 57 (299)

Builds the ark, xi. 40 (218)

Preaches, lxxi. 1-29 (85)

Offerings, v. 2 (485)

Ondhorna, ii. 98 (348)

Ozair or Esdras, ix. 30 (473)

Parables of the two Gardens, xviii. 32 ff. (184)

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Parables of the Light, xxiv. 35 (446)

For the Resurrection, xli. 39 (195)

For Infidels, ii. 16, 18, etc. (339)

Of truth and error, xiii. 18 (335)

Paraclete, lxi. 6, note (406)

Paradise, lvi. 12 (66); lv. 46 (75)

Terresrial, ii. 33 (341)

The abode of the blessed, ii. 23 (340); xxxvi. 54 ff. (133); xxxvii. 38 (80)

Parents, duties towards, xvii. 24, 25 (166); xxix. 7 (262); xxxi. 13 (268); xlvi. 14 (314)

Pharaoh, ii. 46 (342); x. 76 (281); xliii. 45 (138); xl. 38 (242)

A believer in his family, xl. 29 (242)

The impaler, xxxviii. 12 (125)

Piety, or fear of God, ii. 172 (356)

Pilgrimmage, xxii. 25 (455); ii. 153 (354); iii. 91 (395); v. 2 (485)

Prayer, Kebla, ii. 136-140 (353), 239 (364); iv. 46 (416); v. 8 (486); vii. 204 (313); xiii. 15

(335); xi. 116 (225); xvii. 80 (171); xxix. 44 (265); l. 39 (93)

In war, iv. 102, 3 (422)

The Muslims, iii. 188 (404); xxv. 66, 74 (163)

Joseph’s, xii. 102 (239)

Abraham’s, xiv. 38 (229); ii. 120 (351)

Prayers, ii. 286 (370)

Predestination, iii. 148 (400); vi. 35 (320); xvi. 38, 39 (202); xxxii. 13 (191); xxxiii. 38

(438); xxxiv. 19 (286); xxxv. 9 (290); xxxvi. 6 ff. (130); liii. 33 ff. (71); lvii. 22 (409)

Prophets, xix. 42, note (120); xxi. 25 (152)

Of different degrees, ii. 254 (366); xvii. 57 (169)

Not to be worshipped, iii. 74 (393)

False, vi. 93 (325)

Psalter, xvii. 57 (169); xxi. 105 (158)

Purgatory, vii. 44 (298)

Rahman, xvii. 110 (173)

Raina, ii. 98 (348)

Rakim, xviii. 8 (181)

Ramadhan, ii. 181 (357)

Rass, xxv. 40 (160); l. 12 (92)

Refrain, instances of, li. 50, 51 (62); liv. 17 ff. (77); lvi. 13, 14 (66), with, 38, 39 (67); lxxvii.

15 ff. (50)

Religion (Monotheistic), ii. 124-134 (351-352); xlii. 11 (271)

Reprobates, iii. 80 (394); vi. 69 (323); xxi. 45 ff. (154); xxii. 20 ff. (455); lxxvii. 7-40 (48)

Resurrection, ii. 261 (367); iii. 102 (396); vii. 55 (299); xxxiv. 7 (285); l. 3, 11, 14 (91);

xcix. 2 (44)

Saba, xxvii. 22 (175); xxxiv. 14 (285)

Sabeites, ii. 59 (344); v. 73 (644); xxii. 17 (454)

Safa, ii. 151 (354)

Sakar, lxxiv. 43 (23)

Saleh, vii. 71 (300, note); xi. 64 (220); xxvi. 142 (108); xxvii. 46 (177); liv. 27 (78)

Saul, ii. 248 (365)

Scriptures, falsified by Jews and Christians, ii. 39 (342), 73 (345)

Selsebil, lxxvi. 18 (88)

Seven Sleepers, xviii. 8 (181)

Shoaib, vii. 83 (301); xi. 85 ff. (222); xxvi. 176 (109); xxix. 35 (264)

Sidjill, xxi. 104, note (158)

Sidjin, lxxxiii. 7 (57)

Sinai, shaken over Israel, ii. 87 (347), 170 (356); iv. 153 (427); xx. 82 (98); xxviii. 44, 46

(250); lii. 1 (63)

Solomon, vi. 84 (324)

His judgment, etc. xxi. 78 (156)

Lord of Djinn and winds, xxi. 81 (156); xxxiv. 11, 13 (285)

and Queen of Saba, xxvii. 17 (175)

His horses, xxxviii. 29, 38 (126, 127)

His death, xxxiv. 13 (285)

Spider, xxix. 40 (264)

Spirit, xvii. 87 (171)

Conveyed unto the Virgin’s womb, iv. 169 (428)

The Holy Spirit, ii. 81 (346), 254 (366); xvi. 104 (207)

Statues and Images, v. 92 (496)

Suicide forbidden, iv. 33 (414)

Sun, its worship forbidden, xli. 37 (195)

Table, Lord’s, v. 112 (499)

Tabouk, ix. 80, 82 (479)

Tasnim, lxxxiii. 27 (58)

Testament, ii. 176 ff. (356); v. 105 (498)

Themoud, vii. 71 (300); ix. 71 (478)

Throne (verse of), ii. 256 (366)

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Trinity, iv. 169 (428); v. 77 (494)

Trumpet (last), xxiii. 103 (150); xxxvi. 51 (133); xxxvii. 19 (80)

Trumpets, lxxix. 6 (48)

Visit (Umra) of the Holy places, ix. 18 (472)

Wine, rivers of, xlvii. 16 (383)

Wives, number allowed, iv. 3 (411)

Yathril, xxxiii. 13 (435)

Zacharias, iii. 32 (389); vi. 85 (325); xix. 1 (117); xxi. 88 (157)

Zaid, xxxiii. 37 (438)

Zakkoum, xxxvii. 60 (81); xliv. 43 (90); lvi. 52 (67)

Zendjebil, lxxvi. 17 (88)