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Index of the Holy Quran
| Wadd |
idol, 71:23, 23a. |
| Walid ibn Mughirah |
68:16a; 74:15a. |
| Walid ibn `Utbah |
27:48a. |
| Wall |
to keep out Gog and Magog, 18:94-98, 94a (7th); between hypocrites and
believers, 57:13. |
| Waqidi |
53:21a. |
| Wars |
modern, spoken of in Qur'an, 18:99, 99a; ch. 100 intro.; 100:6a; as precursors
of a spiritual awakening, ibid.; see also Muslim Wars
and under State Polity. |
| Water |
as source of life, 21:30, 30b; 24:45, 45a; 11:7, 7a; 25:54. |
| Wealth |
see Civic Life. |
| Widows |
period of waiting for, 2:234, 234a; remarriage permitted, 2:234-235, 234b;
provision for, in addition to share of inheritance, 2:240, 240a. |
| Wills |
see Bequest. |
| Wine |
see Intoxicants; spiritual, in Paradise, see
Paradise : drinks of. |
| Witnesses |
see Evidence. |
| Wives |
(See also Marriage, Widows
and Women.).
rights of, 2:228, 228c; 4:34, 34a-34e; may claim divorce, 2:229, 229d; see
also Divorce; as bringer up of children, 2:223, 223a;
dowry must be given to, by husband, 4:4, 4a; see also Dowry;
what women it is forbidden to marry, 4:23; marriage as means of raising
women's status, 4:4a; desertion of, 4:34e; must not be abused but treated
kindly, 4:19-20; relation of husband and wife, 2:187, 187a; 30:21, 21a. |
| Women |
(See also Marriage and Wives.).
Introduction pp. I-52 to I-54; can receive revelation, 3:42; 19:17; 20:38;
28:7; Mary is listed with prophets, 21:91-92 in context of 21:76-90; is
mentioned in terms for prophets, 19:16; is set as example to all believers,
66:11-12; Prophet's wives as religious teachers of all Muslims, 33:32a,
34a; women given equal reward to men, 3:195; 4:124; 16:97; 40:40; have same
moral qualities as men, 33:35; equals in Muslim fraternity, 9:71-72; equally
entitled to blessings of Paradise as men, see under Paradise;
complaint of ordinary woman against husband heard by Allah, 58:1-4, 1a;
take pledge with Prophet, 60:12; daughters given precedence over sons, 42:49-50,
50a; earning and property rights of, 4:4, 4a, 7, 7a, 32; injunction regarding
dress of, 24:31, 31a, 31b, 60, 60a; 33:59, 59a; position of, in pre-Islamic
Arabia, 4:7a, 19a, 19b, 20a; 33:4, 4b; 58:1-4, 1a; burying alive of infant
girls before Islam, see under Arabs; prophecy of greater
awareness of women's rights in future times, 81:8-9, 9a. |
| Word(s) of Allah |
significances of, 3:39b; word as meaning prophecy fulfilled by John, 3:39,
39b; and by Jesus, 3:45, 45a; 4:171, 171a; words as meaning prophecies sure
to be fulfilled, 6:34, 34a, 115; 10:64, 64b; 18:27, 27a; as creation, 18:109,
109a; 31:27. |
| Wudu' |
see Ablution. |
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