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Qur'an Commentary Index

A different kind of Tafsir

  1. Al-Fatiha (The Opening)

     
    Introductory comments
     
    A Variant Text of the Fatiha
    1
    Bismillah
    7
    The Quran on Christians: Those Who Have Strayed or the Guided Ones?

  2. Al-Baqara (The Cow)

    23
    Produce a sura like it
    34
    Adam or Jesus?, One Adam or Two?
    53
    Furqan - the criterion
    62
    The verse about Jews, Christians and Sabeans
    65
    Jews turned into apes and pigs
    159
    Conceiling prophecy of Muhammad? (see this page)
    138
    Are Christian Dyed or Baptized?
    142
    The Change of the Qiblah
    230
    A marriage and divorce issue
    238
    Sura 2:238 is not complete according to Aisha
    246
    The story of Talut (2:246-251)
    256
    There is no compulsion in religion, Is 2:256 abrogated?, Is Muhammad Really the Prophet of Mercy?

  3. Al-i-`Imran (The Family of `Imran)

    7
    Muhammad's attempt of damage control
    46
    Jesus speaking from the cradle, see 19:29
    54
    Allah: "Above all schemers" or "the best of schemers"?
    61
    Cursing contests?
    85
    Whoever desires a religion other than Islam ... (3:85)
    113
    Some are good among the People of the Book (3:113-119)
    144
    ... all messengers have passed away before him ...

  4. An-Nisa (Women)

    3
    Two or three or four
    11
    Inheritance shares (4:11-12, 176)
    34
    Domestic violence in the Quran, Desert and beat your wife?, further notes: [1]
    46
    Ibn Abbas on the corruption of Scripture
    125
    "Allah" from "alaha" or: How to understand surah 4:125? *
    150
    Rejecting Muhammad means hell (4:150-151)
    157
    The Qur'an and the Crucifixion (4:157-159)
    Al-Tabari on Jesus' last days
    159
    Observations on Sura 4:159 / Orthodox commentaries
    171
    The meaning of al-Masih
    171
    The Messiah ... was only a messenger
    176
    See verse 11

  5. Al-Maida (The Table)

    17
    See 5:72
    20
    Prophets and Kings in Israel before the time of Moses?
    48
    The meaning of muhaimin: [1], [2], [3]
    60
    See 2:65
    72
    Who said "God is the Messiah"?
    72
    My Lord and your Lord
    75
    The Messiah ... was no more than a messenger
    75
    The meaning of al-Masih
    110
    He raised the dead

  6. Al-Anam (Cattle)

  7. Al-Araf (The Heights)

    11
    Prostration before Adam: One Adam or Two?
    99
    Deceiving us about Deception?
    124
    Crucifixion?
    157
    The Unlettered Prophet
    166
    See 2:65

  8. Al-Anfal (Spoils of War, Booty)

    63
    United their hearts? The Fruit of Islam

  9. At-Tauba (Repentance, Dispensation)

    5
    The Verse of the Sword: Sura 9:5 and Jihad and "Kill those who Associate Partners (Mushrikun) Wherever You Find Them!"
    29
    Fighting Unbelievers
    30a
    Ezra, the Son of God?
    30c
    Cursing the Jews and Christians
    60
    Money and converts
    123
    Jihad : Quran 9:123 vs. Matthew 10:34

  10. Yunus (Jonah)

  11. Hud (Hud)

    13
    Produce a sura like it

  12. Yusuf (Joseph)

    36
    Two young men?
    41
    Crucifixion?

  13. Ar-Rad (The Thunder)

    7
    Truly or Only?
    Mohammed claimed to be a warner only for Arabia

  14. Ibrahim (Abraham)

  15. Al-Hijr (Stoneland, Rock City)

  16. An-Nahl (The Bee)

    25
    Who are those "without knowledge"?

  17. Al-Isra' (Isra', The Night Journey, Children of Israel)

    70
    How, how much, and above whom are the Children of Adam preferred?
    88
    Produce a sura like it

  18. Al-Kahf (The Cave)

    9
    The Fellows of the Cave (18:9-26)

  19. Maryam (Mary)

    7
    Source of the quranic remark that nobody was named John before John the Baptist (19:7)
    22
    The Birth of Jesus (in the Qur'an) and the Apocryphal story of the flight of the Holy Family (19:22-26)
    25
    Interesting textual variants of 19:25-26
    28
    Mary: Sister of Aaron? (19:27-28)
    29
    Jesus speaking from the cradle (19:29-34)

  20. Ta-Ha (Ta-Ha)

  21. Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

    60
    Abraham's name
    97
    Who are the Ya'jooj and Ma'jooj? / The Gate

  22. Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

    52
    Muhammad and the Satanic Verses, and further articles

  23. Al-Mumenoon (The Believers)

    13
    Embryology in the Qur'an (23:13-14) and further discussion [*, *]
    14
    The Best of Creators?

  24. An-Noor (The Light)

    35
    The Blessed Olive Tree

  25. Al-Furqan (The Criterion, The Standard)

    1
    Furqaan and "the warner"
    5
    Prophet Muhammad Wrote God's Revelations With His Own Hand
    36
    Were they utterly destroyed?

  26. Ash-Shuara (The Poets)

    49
    Crucifixion?

  27. An-Naml (The Ant, The Ants)

  28. Al-Qasas (The Story, Stories)

  29. Al-Ankaboot (The Spider)

    46
    Does Q. 29:46 confirm the veracity of the Holy Bible?
    48
    Muhammad's illiteracy: [*, *]

  30. Ar-Room (The Romans, The Byzantines)

  31. Luqman (Luqman)

  32. As-Sajda (The Prostration, Worship, Adoration)

  33. Al-Ahzab (The Clans, The Coalition, The Combined Forces)

    21
    Muhammad: Model for Mankind? See: Mohammed without Camouflage: Ecce Homo ... Arabicus
    69
    How did they annoy Moses?

  34. Saba (Saba, Sheba)

    28
    What does "to all people" mean?

  35. Fatir (The Angels, Originator)

    28
    Whose fear of what?
    45
    Animals or fanatics?

  36. Ya-Seen (The Letters Ya-Seen)

  37. Al-Saaffat (Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn Up In Ranks)

    102
    An interesting sectarian perspective
    107
    Who was the Son of Sacrifice?

  38. Sad (The Letter Saad)

  39. Az-Zumar (The Troops, Throngs)

  40. Al-Ghafir (The Forgiver (God))

  41. Fussilat (Explained In Detail)

  42. Ash-Shura (Council, Consultation)

  43. Az-Zukhruf (Ornaments of Gold, Luxury)

  44. Ad-Dukhan (Smoke)

  45. Al-Jathiya (Crouching)

  46. Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills, The Dunes)

  47. Muhammad (Muhammad)

  48. Al-Fath (Victory, Conquest)

  49. Al-Hujraat (The Private Apartments, The Inner Apartments)

    13
    Gender difference or descendency from the first couple?

  50. Qaf (The Letter Qaf)

  51. Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds)

  52. At-Tur (The Mount)

    21
    Did Allah forget the wives?

  53. An-Najm (The Star)

  54. Al-Qamar (The Moon)

  55. Ar-Rahman (The Beneficient, The Mercy Giving)

  56. Al-Wiqia (The Event, The Inevitable)

  57. Al-Hadid (The Iron)

  58. Al-Mujadila (She That Disputeth, The Pleading Woman)

  59. Al-Hashr (Exile, Banishment)

  60. Al-Mumtahina (She That Is To Be Examined, Examining Her)

  61. As-Saff (The Ranks, Battle Array)

  62. Al-Jumua (The Congregation, Friday)

  63. Al-Munafiqoon (The Hypocrites)

  64. At-Taghabun (Mutual Disillusion, Haggling)

  65. At-Talaq (Divorce)

  66. At-Tahrim (Banning, Prohibition)

     
    Sex, Oaths, and the "Prophet" (Sura 66)

  67. Al-Mulk (The Sovereignty, Control)

  68. Al-Qalam (The Pen)

  69. Al-Haaqqa (The Reality)

  70. Al-Maarij (The Ascending Stairways)

  71. Nooh (Nooh)

  72. Al-Jinn (The Jinn)

  73. Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One, Bundled Up)

  74. Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One, The Man Wearing A Cloak)

    30
    Above it were neither 19 nor 17

  75. Al-Qiyama (The Rising of the Dead, Resurrection)

  76. Al-Insan (Man)

  77. Al-Mursalat (The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth)

  78. An-Naba (The Tidings, The Announcement)

  79. An-Naziat (Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-Snatchers)

  80. Abasa (He Frowned)

  81. At-Takwir (The Overthrowing)

  82. Al-Infitar (The Cleaving, Bursting Apart)

  83. Al-Mutaffifin (Defrauding, The Cheats, Cheating)

  84. Al-Inshiqaq (The Sundering, Splitting Open)

  85. Al-Burooj (The Mansions of the Stars, Constellations)

  86. At-Tariq (The Morning Star, The Nightcomer)

  87. Al-Ala (The Most High, Glory to Your Lord In The Highest)

  88. Al-Ghashiya (The Overwhelming, The Pall)

  89. Al-Fajr (The Dawn, Daybreak)

  90. Al-Balad (The City, This Countryside)

  91. Ash-Shams (The Sun)

  92. Al-Lail (The Night)

  93. Ad-Dhuha (The Morning Hours, Morning Bright)

  94. Al-Inshirah (Solace, Consolation, Relief)

  95. At-Tin (The Fig, The Figtree)

  96. Al-Alaq (The Clot, Read)

    1
    Reconstruction of Surah 96 (96:1-5, 6-8)

  97. Al-Qadr (Power, Fate)

  98. Al-Bayyina (The Clear Proof, Evidence)

  99. Az-Zalzala (The Earthquake)

  100. Al-Adiyat (The Courser, The Chargers)

  101. Al-Qaria (The Calamity, The Stunning Blow, The Disaster)

  102. At-Takathur (Rivalry In The World Increase, Competition)

  103. Al-Asr (The Declining Day, Eventide, The Epoch)

  104. Al-Humaza (The Traducer, The Gossipmonger)

  105. Al-Fil (The Elephant)

  106. Quraysh (Winter, Quraysh)

  107. Al-Maun (Small Kindnessess, Almsgiving, Have You Seen)

  108. Al-Kauther (Abundance, Plenty)

  109. Al-Kafiroon (The Disbelievers, Atheists)

  110. An-Nasr (Succor, Divine Support)

     
    Shortly before Muhammad's death (Sura 110)

  111. Al-Masadd (Palm Fibre, The Flame)

     
    Curses and the "Prophet" (Sura 111)

  112. Al-Ikhlas (Sincerety)

     
    Tauhid, the Pagans, the Christians, and the Jews (Sura 112)
    1
    Ahad: Monotheism vs. Eloquence of the Quran
    2
    As-Samad: The Quran's Teaching on Islamic Monotheism

  113. Al-Falaq (The Daybreak, Dawn)

     
    The effect of witchcraft on Muhammad (Suras 113-114)

  114. An-Nas (Mankind)

     
    The effect of witchcraft on Muhammad (Suras 113-114)

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