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AN INDEX

OF THE

PRINCIPAL MATTERS CONTAINED IN THE KORAN,
AND THE NOTES THEREON.

AARON, vide Moses.

Al Abbâs, one of Mohammed's uncles,
taken at Bedr, and obliged to ransom
himself, 146, n.; professes Islâm, 147,
n.; confesses a passage of the Korân to
be fulfilled in respect to himself, ib. n.; |
remarkable for his loud voice, 151, n.
Abdalhareth, a son of Adam so named

Abdallah Dhulbajadîn, 161, n.
Abdallah Ebn Obba Solûl the hypocrite,
admired for his person and eloquence,
451, n.; threatens to drive Mohammed
from Medina, 453; raises and inflames
a scandalous story of Ayesha, 288, n.;
is present at an interview between
Mohammed and his adversaries, 341,
n.; occasions a quarrel, 418, n.; pro-
mises to assist the Nadirites, but fails
thein, 445, n.; endeavours to debauch
Mohammed's men at Ohod, 50, n.; ex-
cused from going on the expedition to
Tabûc, 154, n.; desires Mohammed's
prayers in his last sickness, 159, n.;
and to be buried in the prophet's shirt,

ib.
Abda'llah Ebn Omm Mactûm, a blind

man, occasions a passage of the Korân,
480, n.

Abdallah Ebn Rawâha, rebukes Ebn
Obba, 341, n.

Abdallah Ebn Saad, one of Mohammed's
amanuenses, imagines himselfinspired,
and corrupts the Korân, 108, n.; apos-
tatizes and is proscribed, but escapes
with life, ib.

Abdallah Ebn Salam. a Jew intimate
with Mohammed, his honesty, 45, n.;
supposed to have assisted in composing
the Korân, 223, n.; confounded by Dr.
Prideaux with Salman the Persian, ib.;
commended for his knowledge and
faith, 79.

Abd Menáf, a dispute between his de-
scendants and the Sahmites, 498, n.
Abdalrahmâr. Ebn Awf, one of Moham-
med's first converts, Prelim. Disc. 31,
n; an instance of his charity, 158, n.

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Abel, vide Cain; his ram sacrificed by
Abraham, 369, n.

Abraha al Ashram, king of Yaman, his
expedition against Mecca; the occa
sion and success thereof, 499, n.
Abraham, the patriarch, an idolater ir
his youth, 106, n.; how he came to the
knowledge of the true God, ib.; demo-
lishes the idols of the Chaldeans, 268;
preaches to his people, 326; his reli-
gion commended, 15, 16, 47, 115; dis-
putes with Nimrod, 31; escapes the
fire into which he was thrown by
Nimrod's order, 269; his praying for
his father, 163, 447; desires to be con-
vinced of the resurrection, 31, 32; his
sacrifice of birds, 32; entertains the
angels, 182, 423; receives the promise
of Isaac, 182; called the friend of God,
75; is miraculously supplied by the
changing of sand into meal, ib. n.; his
sacrifice of his son, 369; praises God
for Ismael and Isaac, 208; commanded.
together with Ismael, to build and
cleanse the Caaba, 16; prays to God
to raise up a prophet of their seed, and
for the plenty and security of Mecca,
ib.; bequeaths the religion of Islâm to
his children, ib.

Abu Amer, vide Amer, &c.
Ad, a potent tribe of Arabs, destroyed

for their infidelity, 123, 282, 305, 390
408, 490; vide Hud.

Adam, traditions concerning his creation.
4, n., 228, n.; worshipped by the an
gels, 5, 117, 211, 232, 243, 376; his
fall, 5, 117; repents and prays, 6,
meets Eve at Mount Arafat, 5, n.; re-
tires with her to Ceylon, ib.; their sta-
ture, ib.; his posterity extracted from
his loins by God to acknowledge him
for their Lord, 135, n.; names his ela
est son as directed by the devil, 137, n.
Adoption creates no matrimonial impedi-
ment, 341.

Adulterers, Mohammed's sentence agains
them, 37, n., 87, n.

Adultery, its punishment, 37, 63; what
evidence required to convict a woman
of it, 61.

Adversaries, the dispute of two termi-
nated by David, 373.

Ahmed, the name under which Moham-
med was foretold by Christ, 449.
Al Ahkâf, the habitation of the Adites,
403.

Aila, or Elath, the sabbath-breakers there
changed into apes, 9, 134.

Al Akhnas, a hypocrite, 24, n., 460, n.
Alexander, vide Dhu'lkarnein.
Ali is sent to Mecca to publish part of
the Koran, 148, n.; the abstinence and
charity of him and his family, 474, n.
Allâ. an idol of the Koreish, 74, n.,
42.

Alms recommended, 6, 14, 23, 118, 438;
the punishment of not giving alms, in
the next life, 56, n.

Amena, Mohammed's mother, he is not
permitted to pray for her, 163.
Amer and Arbad attempt to kill Moham-
med, and their punishment, 201, n.
Amer (Abu), a Christian monk, and vio-
lent enemy to Mohammed, 162, n.
Amer (Banu), their abstinence on the
pilgrimage, 118, n.

Ammâr Ebn Yâser, tortured on account
of his faith, 224, n.

Amru Ebn Lohai, the great introducer
of idolatry among the Arabs, 113, n.,
167, n.

Amru (Banu) builds a mosque at Koba,

162, n.

Anam, the name of Lokmân's son, 336, n.
Angel of death, vide Azraîl.
Angels, their original, 117, 376; worship
Adam, vide Adam; impeccable, 243,
n.; of different forms and orders, 357;
not the objects of worship, 280; nor
ought to be hated, 13; the number of
them which support God's throne, 463;
are deputed to take an account of
men's actions, 421; some of them ap
pointed to take the souls of men, 478; |
to preside over hell, and to keep guard
against the devils, 472; assist the
Mosleris at Bedr, 36, 145; believed
by the Arabs to be daughters of God,
74, 218, &c.; appear to Abraham and
Lot, 182, 183, 423.

Animals, irrational, will be raised at the
resurrection and judged, 102, n.; cre-
ated of water, 293.

Ans Ebn al Nadar his behaviour at Ohod,
52, n.

Ansars, or helpers, who, 160, n.; three
of them excommunicated for refusing
to attend Mohammed to Tabûc, 164.
Ants, the valley of, 310; their queen s

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speech to them on the approach of
Solomon's army, ib.

Apostles were not believed who wrought
miracles, 57; those before Mobammed
accused likewise of imposture, 57, 101;
of Christ, 42; two of them sent to
preach at Antioch, 361.

Apparel, what kind ought to be worn by
those who approach the divine pre-
sence, 118.

Arabians, their acuteness, 115; their cus
toms in relation to divorce, 341, n.; to
adoption, ib.; in burying their daugh
ters alive, 112, 481; their chief idols,
137, n.; their superstitions in relation
to eating, 113, 295, &c.; and in rela-
tion to cattle, &c., 74, 95; used to wor-
ship naked, and why, 118, n.; their
injustice to orphans and women, 75,
n.; deem the birth of a daughter a
misfortune, 218, n.; the reconciliation
of their tribes deemed miraculous, 145,
n.; quit their new religion in great
numbers on Mohammed's death, 89.
Arabs of the desert, more obstinate, 160
Al Arâf, what, 116, n.

Arafat, Mount, why so called, 5, n.; the
procession thereto, 23.

Arbad, vide Amer.

Al Arem, the inundation of, 353, n.
Ark of Israel taken by the Amalekites,
30, n.

Arrows for divination forbidden, 81.
Al As Ebn Wayel, an enemy of Moham.
med's, 214, 254.

Asaf, Solomon's vizir, 312, n.
Asem, his charity, 158, n.
Ashadd(Abu’l)his extraordinary strength,
490, n.

Ashama, king of Ethiopia, embraces Mo-
hammedism, 92, n.; prayed for after
his death by Mohammed, 58, n.
Asia, the wife of Pharaoh, martyred by
her husband for believing in Moses,
458, n.; is taken alive into paradise,
ib.; one of the four perfect women, ib.
Aslam, 414, n.

Astrology, hinted at, 57.

Al Aswad al Ansi, the false prophet, 89, n.
Al Aswad Ebn Abd Yaghuth, al Aswad

Ebn al Motalleb, two of Mohammed's
enemies, 214.

Aws and Khazrai, their enmity, 48, n.
Ayesha, Mohammed's wife; the history
of her accusation, 288, n.

Azer, the name given to Terah, Abra-
ham's father, 105, n.

Azrail, the angel of death, why appointed
to that office, 4, n.; a story of him and
Solomon, 338, n.

Baar, the chief idol of the Cha deans, 28,

Camels, an instance of God's wisdom.
488; appointed for sacrifice, 277 · Jacoł
abstains from their flesh and milk, 47,n
Canaan, an unbelieving son of Noab, 179

Babei, the tower of, destroyed, 216. n.
Backbiting, vide Slander.

Bahira, 95.

Bakhtnasr, vide Nebuchadnezzar.

Balaam, his punishment for cursing the Caravans of purveyors sent out by the
Israelites, 135, n.

Balkis, queen of Saba, visits Solomon,
and her reception, 312; her legs hairy,
313; marries Solomon, ib.
Barnabas, his apocryphal gospel, some
extracts thence, 42, n., 117, n.

Al Barzakh, what, 285, n.
Becca, the same with Mecca, 47.
Beer (Abu) attends Mohammed in his
flight from Mecca, 154, n.; bears testi-
mony to the truth of Mohammed's
journey to heaven, 232, n.; his wager
with Obba Ebn Khalf, 330, n.; strikes
a Jew on the face for speaking irreve-
rently of God, 56, n.; gives all he has
towards the expedition of Tabûc, 158,
n.; purchases Belâl, 492, n.; compared
to Abraham, 146, n.

Koreish, 501.

Carrion forbidden to be eaten, 20.
Cattle, their use, 112, 388; superstitions
of the old Arabs concerning them, 95,
113.

Al Cawthar, a river in paradise, 502.
Ceylon, the isle of, vide Serendib.
Charity recommended, 65.
Chastity commended, 82.
Children, to inherit their parents' sub-
stance, 28, 60.

Christ, vide Jesus.

Christians declared infidels, 83; and ene

mies of the Moslems, ib. Vide Jews.
Collars to be worn by the unbelievers in
the life to come, 200.
Commandments given the Jews, 236, n.
Commerce, from God, 233.

Bedr, Mohammed's victory there, 36, 50, Companions of God, what, 112.
&c.

Bees made use of as a similitude, 219.
Believers, the sincere ones, described,
281; their reward, 67; their sentence,

119.

Benjamin, son of Jacob, 195, &c.

Birds, omens taken from them, 228, n.
Blessed, their future happiness described,
364, 404.

Blood forbidden, 20.

Boath, the battle of, 48, n.

Bodeil, a dispute concerning his effects,
occasions a passage of the Korân, 96, n.
Bobeira, the monk, 223.

Bribery to pervert justice, forbidden, 22.
Burden, every soul to bear its own, 358.

Caab Ebn al Ashraf, a Jew, Mohammed's
inveterate enemy, 45, n., 204, n.; slain
by his means, 45, n., 443, n.; mistaken
by Dr. Prideaux for another person,
45, n.

Caab Ebn Asad, persuades the Jews in

league with Mohammed to desert him,
345, n.

Al Caaba, appointed for a place of wor-
ship, 16, 276; built and cleansed by
Abraham and Ismael, 16; the keys of
it returned to Othmân Ebn Telha, 67, n.
Cafur, a fountain in paradise, 474.
Cain and Abel, their sacrifices, 85; kills
his brother, ib.; instructed by a raven
to bury him, ib.
Caleb, vide Joshua
Calf, the golden, of what and by whom
made, 7, n.; animated, ib.; worshipped
by the Israelites, ib.
Calumny fr.bidden.. 78.

Congealed blood, the matter of which
man is created, 494.

Contracts to be performed, 81
Cow ordered to be sacrificed by the Is
raelites, 9.

Creation, some account of it, 389, 390.
Crimes to be punished with death, 230.

David kills Goliah, 30, 227; his extraor
dinary devotion, 372; the birds and
mountains sing praises with him, 352;
makes breastplates, 30, 270; his re-
pentance for taking the wife of Uriah,

372; his and Solomon's judgment, 270
Days appointed to commemorate God
276.

Dead body raised to life by a part of the
sacrificed cow, 10.

Debtors to be mercifully dealt with, 34.
Devil, vide Eblis and Satan; the occasion
of his fall, 4, 117.
Devils, included under the name Genii,

111; the patrons of unbelievers, 56,
118, 308; their plot to defame Solo-
mon, 13; were permitted to enter all
the seven heavens till the birth of
Christ, 210, n.

Dhu'lkarnein, who he was, 246, n.; builds
a wall to prevent the incursions of Gog
and Magog, 247, &c.

Dhu'lkefl, the prophet, opinions concern
ing him, 271, n.; saves a hundred is
raelites from slaughter, 375, n.
Dhu'lnûn, vide Jonas.

Dhu Nowâs, king of Yaman, a Jew, per
secutes the Christians, 458.
Disputes to be carried on with mildness

328.

Ditch, (War of the) 342, &c.
Divorce, laws concerning it, 28, 62, 348.
Dogs, &c. allowed to be trained up for
hunting, 82.

Fidelity recommended, 149.
Figs, their virtues, 493, n.

Fire, the manner of striking it in the
East, 365, n.

Al Dorâb, the celestial model of the Fishing allowed during the pilgrimage, 94.
Caaba, 425, n.

Drink of the damned, 104, 105.
Dying persons, what part of the Korân
is usually read to them, 316, n.

Earth, its creation, 389, 390; remonstrates
against the creation of man, 4, n.; is
kept steady by the mountains, 215, 335.
Earthquake, a sign of the approach of the
last day, 496.

Eblis refuses to worship Adam at God's
command, and why, 4, 117, 211, 232,
243, &c.; his sentence, ib.; occasions
the fall of Adam, ib.

Flood, vide Noah.

Food, what kinds are forbidden, 20, 81,
110, 113, 225, 295.

Forbidden fruit, what, 5, n.

Forgiveness, to whom it belongs, 346.
Al Forkân, one of the names of the Ro
rân, 296, n.

Fornication forbidden, 61, 230; its punish-
ment, 61, 63.

Fountain of molten brass flows for Solo-
mon, 352.

Fountains of paradise, 475, 483.
Friday, set apart by Mohammed for pub
lic worship, and why, 450, n.

F.den, the meaning of the word in Ara- Friendship with unbelievers, forbidden,
bic, 157, n.

89.

Edris, supposed to be the same with Fruits of the earth, their production an
Enoch, 252, n.
instance of God's power, 108.

Education makes a man an infidel, 332, n. Fugitives for the sake of religion shall
Elephant, (War of the) 499.

Elias, vide al Khedr.

Elisha, the prophet, 107.

Enoch, vide Edris.

Entering into houses and apartments ab-

ruptly forbidden, 290, 294.

Envy forbidden, 64.

Esop, vide Lokmân.

Eucharist, seems to have occasioned a

fable in the Korân, 97, n.
Eve, vide Adam.
Evidence, vide Witness.
Evil, vide Good.

Examination of the sepulchre, 145, n.,

112.

Exhortation to the worship of God, 384;

to a good life, 186.

Ezekiel raises the dry bones, 29, n.
Ezra and his ass restored to life after
they had been dead a hundred years,
31, n.; called, by the Jews, the son of
God, and why, 152.

Faith, must accompany good works, 177;
the reward of those who fight for it, 69,
140, 150, 153, 227, 411, &c.; apostates
from it to be put to death, 230, n., par-
tial faith not sufficient, 77, n.
Famine, afflicts the Meccans, 284, n.;
ceases at Mohammed's intercession,402.
Fast of Ramadan instituted, 22.
Fatema, Mohammed's daughter, one of

the four perfect women, 458; favoured
of God like the virgin Mary, 40, n.;
her charity, 474, n.

Al Fatiha, the first chapter of the Korân,
often repeated by the Mahommedans
in their pravers, 1, n.

be provided for and rewarded, 73, 279.

Gabriel, revealed the Korân to Mabom-
med, 13; assists the Moslems at Bedr,
36, n.; appears to Zacharias, 40, n.;
the angel of revelations, 13, n.; the
enemy of the Jews, ib.; appears twice
to Mohammed in his proper form, 427;
appears to the virgin Mary, and cause
her to conceive, 250; the dust of his
horse's feet animates the golden calf,
261; generally appeared to Moham-
med in a hunan form, 99, n.; cum-
manded to assist Mohammed against
the Koreish, 214, n. ; orders Mohammed
to go against the Koradhites, 345, n.
Gaming forbidden, 25, 93.
Gânem (Banu) builds a mosque with an
ill design, which is burnt, 162, n.
Garden, story of the, 461.
Genii, what, 109, n.; some of them con-
verted on hearing the Korân, 467.
God, proofs of his existence, 332, 334,
his omnipresence asserted, 442; his
omnipotence, 31, 438; his power and
providence, conspicuous in his works,
19, 175, 404; his omniscience asserted,
73, 351, 392; knoweth the secrets of
men's hearts, 315; and of futurity, 468;
five things known to him alone, 338
n.; his goodness set forth, 24, 164, 214
428, 432; in sending the scriptures
and prophets, 24, 111; the author of
all good, 220; his word, laws, and
sentence unalterable, 110, 332, 421;
his mercy set forth, 51, 300, 322, 355,
428;
the only giver of victory, 51, 371
his promise to the righteous, 335; wae

acceptable to him, 150; ruleth the
beart of man, 141; his tribunal, 31;
his throne, 176; praiseworthy, 220,
&c.; his attributes, 136, n.; ought not |
to be frequently sworn by, 26; hath
no issue, 15, 171, 285, 370; nor simiki-
tude, 335, 377; rested not the seventh
day through weariness, 422; his wor-
ship recommended, ib.; his fear recom-
mended, 168.

Gog and Magog, 247, 272.
Goliah, vide Jalut.

Good works, who shall be redeemed by
them, 437.

Good and evil, both from God, 70.
Gospel, vide Jesus.

Greaves, (Mr.) a mistake of his, 489, n.
Greeks overcome the Persians, 330.
Gudaiz, the name of Nebuchadnezzar, 227.

Habib, his martyrdom, 362, n.
Hâfedha, an idol of Ad, 122, n.

Holy Spirit, who is mean thereby, 12, n
Honein, the battle of, 151.
Honey, an excellent medicine, 219
Hospitality recommended, 65.
Al Hotama, the name of an apartment
in hell, 499.

Hud, the prophet, his story, 122. See Ad.
Hunting and fowling forbidden during
the pilgrimage, 81, 94.
Husband, his superiority over the wife,
27; his duty to her, 26, &c.; difference
between them to be reconciled by
friends, 65, 76. See Divorce, Wives,
Marriage, &c.

Hypocrites described, 451, &c.; their sen-
tence, 157.

Jacob bequeaths the religion of Islâm to
his children, 16; grows blind by weep-
ing for the loss of Joseph, 197; reco-
vers his sight by means of Joseph's
garment, and goes into Egypt, 198.

Haman, Pharaoh's chief minister, 316, Jadd Ebn Kais, 155, n.

320.

Hami, 95.

Hamza, Mohammed's uncle, killed at
Ohod, 50, n.; his body abused, 226, n.
Handha Ebn Safwân, a prophet, 278, n.,
299, n.

Hareth, (Abu) a Christian bishop, dis-
putes with Mohammed, 44, n.
Haretha, (Banu) reproached by Moham-
med for flying in battle, 343.
Harut and Marut, two angels, the story
and punishment, 13.

Hasan, the son of Ali, an instance of his

moderation and generosity, 51, n.
Hâteb Ebn Abi Baltaa sends a letter dis-
covering Mohammed's design against
Mecca, which is intercepted, 446.
Al Hawiyat, the name of an apartment
in hell, 497, n.

Heathens, justice not to be observed with
regard to them, according to the Jews,
45.

Heavens, the Mohammedan belief con-
cerning them, 281, n.; guarded by an-
gels, 467; heaven and earth manifest
God's wisdom, 265; will fall at the
last day, 280.

Al Hejr, the habitation of the Thamud-
ites, 209.

Hell, torments described, 275, 436, 476;

the portion of unbelievers, 49, 176;
prepared for those who choose the
pomp of this life, 176; and hoard up
money, 153; shall not hurt the be-
lievers, 253, n.; will be dragged to-
wards God's tribunal at the last day,
489, n.; and will then be filled, 421, n.
A Hodeibiya, the trial there, 94; the
expedition thither, 415, &c.

Jahl (Abu) a great enemy of Mohammed,
274; his injustice to an orphan, 501
n.; his advice concerning Mohammed
142, n.; slain at Bedr, 144, n.
Al Jallas Ebn Soweid, 157, n,
Jalut, or Goliah, sent against the Israel-
ites, 227, n.; slain by David, 30.
Al Jassâsa, the beast which will appear
at the approach of the last day, 315, n.
Jawwâs Ebn Omeyya, 415, n.
Idolaters compared to brutes, 299; to a

spider, 328; not to be prayed for while
such, 163; their sentence, 119.
Idolatry, the heinousness thereof, 25; un-
pardonable if not repented of, 67.
Idols, their insignificancy, 20, 287, 333,
364; will appear as witnesses against
their worshippers, 168, 169; worship-
ped by the antediluvians, 467.
Jesus, promised to Mary, 40; his miracu-
lous birth, 41, &c.; compared to Adam,
43; speaks in his mother's womb, 41;
and in his cradle, ib.; the apostle of
the Jews, ib., animates a bird of clay
when a child, ib.; performs several
miracles, but not by his own power,
ib.; raises three persons to life, ib.;
causes a table with provisions to de-
scend from heaven, 97; his miracles
deemed sorcery, ib.; rejected by the
Jews, 42; sends two of his disciples
to Antioch, who work miracles, 361,
a curse denounced against those who
believe not on him, 43; the Jews lay
a plot for his life, but are disappointed,
42; not really crucified, 78; whether
he died or not, 42; not God, nor equal
to God, 84, 152; but an apostle only:
30, 92, 400; Word of God, 40; various

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