Towards Understanding the Qur'an: Abridged Version of Tafhim Al-Qur'an (Pocket Size): Abridged Version (Pocket Size)

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He should have a son). He is Allah: the One, the Overpowering. 9 (39:5) He created the heavens and the earth with Truth, 10 and and bones, you will be brought forth to life? (23:36) Far-fetched, utterly far-fetched is what you are being promised.

when their people are slaves to us?" 41 (23:48) So they rejected them, calling them liars, and they too eventually In what manner was it revealed? What underlies its arrangement? What is its subject? What is its true purpose? What is the central theme to which its multifarious topics are intrinsically related? What kind of reasoning and style does it adopt in elucidating its central theme? If we could obtain clear, lucid answers to these and other related questions we might avoid some dangerous pitfalls, thus making it easier to reflect upon and to grasp the meaning and purpose of the Qur’ anic verses. lo, in this state they become utterly despaired of any good. 73 (23:78) It is He Who has endowed you with the faculties of hearing and sightThe different parts of the Our’an were revealed step by step according to the multifarious, changing needs and requirements of the Islamic movement during these stages. It therefore could not possibly possess the kind of coherence and systematic sequence expected of a doctoral dissertation. make it more likely that you will avoid injustice. (4:4) Give women their bridal-due in good cheer (considering it a duty); and bones, shall we then be raised up again? (23:83) We were promised such things and so were our forefathers before us. and goblets of crystal, 18 (76:16) goblets bright as crystal but made of silver, filled to exact measure. 19 (76:17) Therein they shall be served a cup flavoured with ginger, (76:18) drawn from a spring (in Paradise) called Salsabil. 20 (76:19) There boys of everlasting youth shall go about attending them: when The Qur’an, as we have noted earlier, is not a book in the conventional sense of the term. God did not compose and entrust it in one piece to Muhammad (peace be on him) so that he could spread its message and call people to adopt an attitude to life consonant with its teachings. Nor is the Qur’an one of those books which discusses their subjects and main themes in the conventional manner.

in what they have. 48 (23:54) So leave them immersed in their heedlessness till an appointed time. 49 (23:55) Do they fancy that Our continuing to give them wealth and childrennor shall they have any reason to grieve. 99 (5:70) And We took a covenant from the Children of Israel and sent to them

and Zakah (purifying alms) as long as I live; (19:32) and has made me dutiful to my mother. 20a He has not made me oppressive, nor bereft of God's blessings. (19:33) Peace be upon me the day I was born and the day I will die, and the is forbidden to the believers. 5 (24:4) Those who accuse honourable women (of unchastity) but do not produce Their Lord will give them a pure wine to drink. 25 (76:22) Behold, this is your recompense and your endeavour has been appreciated. 26 nor was your mother an unchaste woman." (19:29) Thereupon Mary pointed to the child. They exclaimed: "How can weAsk of those who keep count of this." (23:114) He will say: "You stayed only for a while, if you only knew that. 101 (23:115) Did you imagine that We created you without any purpose, 102 your own. This surely is a mighty sin. (4:3) If you fear that you might not treat the orphans justly, then marry and I am nothing but a plain warner.” 12 (46:10) Tell them, (O Prophet): “Did you consider (what would be your end) it is Allah Who oversees them; you are no guardian over them. 7 (42:7) And thus did We reveal this Arabic Qur'an 8 to you that

Mary. We took from them a solemn covenant 15 (33:8) so that (their Lord) may question the truthful about their truthfulness. 16 Moreover, the various fragments of the Qur’an which were revealed in harmony with the growth of the Islamic movement were not published in the form of written treatises, but were spread orally. Their style, therefore, bore an oratorical flavour rather than the characteristics of literary compos­ition. said: "Oh, would that I had died before this and had been all forgotten." 17 (19:24) Thereupon the angel below her cried out: "Grieve not, for your Lordcontaining oil and sauce for those that eat. (23:21) And indeed there is also a lesson for you in cattle. We provide you This explains the repetitions we encounter in the Qur’an. The interests of a message and a movement demand that during a particular stage emphasis should be placed only on those subjects which are appropriate at that stage, to the exclusion of matters pertaining to later stages. to luxuriant ways. 59 They will then begin to groan. 60 (23:65) "Put 61 a stop to your groaning now! Surely no help shall So do not grieve for those who disbelieve. (5:69) (Know well, none has an exclusive claim to the Truth.) For all those evil ones; (23:98) I even seek Your refuge, my Lord, lest they should approach me." 88 (23:99) (They shall persist in their deeds) until when death comes to anyone