The Qur'an (Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies)

617 Pages·2007·2.374 MB·English

by  Alan Jones

The Qur’¢an

The Qur’¢an

Translated into English
by Alan Jones

Gibb Memorial Trust
2007
Published by

The E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Trust

Trustees: K. Fleet, C. Hillenbrand, C. D. Holes, G. L. Lewis,
C. P. Melville, J. E. Montgomery, A. H. Morton
Secretary to the Trustees: P. R. Bligh

© Alan Jones 2007

ISBN 978 0 906094 64 8 (h/b)
ISBN 978 0 906094 63 1 (p/b)

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Printed in Great Britain by
Short Run Press, Exeter
To my family
past and present

Contents

Introduction 1

1 The Opening al-f¢ati−ha 23
2. The Cow al-baqara 24
3. The Family of ‛Imr¢an £Al ‛Imr¢an 64
4. Women al-nis¢a’ 87
5. The Table al-m¢a’ida 110
6. Livestock al-an‛¢am 128
7. The Heights al-a‛r¢af 147
8. Spoils al-anf¢al 169
9 Repentance al-tawba 178
10. Jonah Y¢unus 195
11. H¢ud H¢ud 207
12. Joseph Y¢usuf 220
13. Thunder al-ra‛d 233
14. Abraham Ibr¢ah³m 239
15. al-−Hijr al-®Hijr 244
16. The Bees al-na−hl 249
17. The Night Journey al-isra¢ ’ 261
18. The Cave al-kahf 271
19. Mary Maryam 282
20. ®T¢a’ H¢a’ çt¢a’ h¢a’ 289
21. The Prophets al-anbiy¢a’ 298
22. The Pilgrimage al-®H¢ajj 306
23. The Believers al-mu’min¢un 314
24. Light al-n¢ur 321
25. Salvation al-furq¢an 329
26. The Poets al-shu‛ar¢a’ 335
27. The Ants al-naml 345
28. The Story al-qaâaâ 353
29. The Spider al-‛ankab¢ut 363
30. The Greeks al-r¢um 370
31. Luqm¢an Luqm¢an 376
32. Prostration al-sajda 380
33. The Confederates al-a−hz¢ab 383
34. Sheba Saba’ 391
35. The Creator al-f¢açtir 397
36. Y¢a’ S³n y¢a’ s³n 401
37. Those who draw up Ranks al-â¢aff¢at 407
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38. −S¢ad â¢ad 415
39. The Troops al-zumar 421
40. The Believer al-mu’min 429
41. Expounded fuââilat 437
42. Counsel al-sh¢ur¢a 443
43. The Ornaments al-zukhruf 449
44. Smoke al-dukh¢an 455
45. The Crouching al-j¢athiya 458
46. The Sand-Dunes al-a−hq¢af 462
47. Mu−hammad Mu−hammad 467
48. The Victory al-fat−h 471
49. The Apartments al-−hujur¢at 475
50. Q¢af q¢af 478
51. Those that scatter al-dh¢ariy¢at 481
52. The Mountain al-çt¢ur 484
53. The Star al-najm 487
54. The Moon al-qamar 491
55. The Merciful al-Ra−hm¢an 494
56. The Event al-w¢aqi‛a 497
57. Iron al-−had³d 501
58. The Woman who Argued her Case al-muj¢adila 505
59. The Rounding Up al-−hashr 509
60. She who is to be Examined al-mumta−hana 513
61. The Ranks al-âaff 516
62. The Congregation al-jum‛a 518
63. The Hypocrites al-mun¢afiq¢un 520
64. Mutual Fraud al-tagh¢abun 522
65. Divorce al-çtal¢aq 524
66. Prohibition al-ta−hr³m 526
67. Sovereignty al-mulk 528
68. The Pen al-qalam 531
69. The Reality al-−h¢aqqa 534
70. The Stairways al-ma‛¢arij 536
71. Noah N¢u−h 538
72. The Jinn al-jinn 540
73. Wrapped in a robe al-muzzammil 542
74. Wrapped in a Cloak al-muddaththir 544
75. The Resurrection al-qiy¢ama 547
76. Man al-ins¢an 549
77. Those that are sent al-mursal¢at 551
78. The Tidings al-naba’ 553
79. The Pullers al-n¢azi‛¢at 555
80. He Frowned ‛abasa 557
81. The Enveloping al-takw³r 559
82. The Rending al-infiçt¢ar 561
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83. The Skimpers al-muçtaffif³n 562
84. The Splitting al-inshiq¢aq 564
85. The Constellations al-bur¢uj 565
86. What comes in the night al-çt¢ariq 567
87. The Most High al-a‛l¢a 568
88. The Covering al-gh¢ashiya 569
89. The Dawn al-fajr 570
90. The Settlement al-balad 572
91. The Sun al-shams 573
92. Night al-layl 574
93. The Forenoon Brightness al-−du−h¢a 575
94. Have We not eased? a-lam nashra−h 576
95. Figs al-t³n 578
96. The Blood-clot al-‛alaq 579
97. Power al-qadr 581
98. Clear Proof al-bayyina 582
99. The Earthquake al-zalzala 583
100. The Runners al-‛¢adiy¢at 584
101. The Smiter al-q¢ari‛a 585
102. Rivalry in Worldly Gain al-tak¢athur 586
103. The Afternoon al-‛aâr 587
104. The Backbiter al-humaza 588
105. The Elephants al-f³l 589
106. Quraysh Quraysh 590
107. Assistance al-m¢a‛un 591
108. Abundance al-kawthar 592
109. The Infidels al-k¢afir¢un 593
110. Help al-naâr 594
111. Palm-fibre al-masad 595
112. Sincerity al-ikhl¢aâ 596
113. Daybreak al-falaq 597
114. Men al-n¢as 598

General Index 599
Index of Legislation 603
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