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Index of the Holy Quran
This index is a substantially expanded version of the index in the work The
Holy Quran, Arabic Text with English Translation and Commentary by Maulana
Muhammad Ali as found in its editions published since 1951.
- It can also be used with the existing editions of the work.
- The references in it to verses of the Holy Quran can also be used with any
translation or with the Arabic text of the Quran.
Essential notes for using this index
To use this index with the existing edition of Maulana Muhammad Ali's work, the
following points must be noted:
- A new scheme for numbering the footnotes has been introduced, which is quite
simple to understand and use. A reference to a verse followed by a letter
such as a, b or c etc. indicates a footnote in that verse, with
a meaning the first footnote in that verse, b meaning the second
footnote, c meaning the third, etc. For example:
| 20:85a
| refers to chapter 20, verse 85, first footnote in that verse.
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| 2:51b
| refers to chapter 2, verse 51, second footnote in that verse.
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| 20:29-34, 29a, 48a
| refers to chapter 20, verses 29 to 34, and also to verse 29, first
footnote, and verse 48, first footnote.
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| 2:260, 260a
| refers to chapter 2, verse 260, and also the first footnote to verse
260.
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| 7:150, 151a
| refers to chapter 7, verse 150, and also the first footnote to verse
151.
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- Verse numbering in chapters 3, 6, and 4: The verse numbering used
in this Index for most of chapter 3 and chapter 6 differs by 1 from
that in the existing edition. This change was made to bring our numbering
into line with that used in most translations. The details are as follows:
In chapter 3, verse 3 of the existing edition
is now treated as being two verses, 3 and 4. Therefore, verses 4 to 199
of chapter 3 in the existing edition are numbered as verses 5 to 200 in
this Index. So when you see a reference in this Index to a verse of chapter
3, from verse 5 to verse 200, subtract 1 from it
to get the verse in the existing edition.
In chapter 6, verses 73 and 74 of the existing
edition are now treated as a single verse, 73. Therefore, verses 75 to 166
of chapter 6 in the existing edition are numbered as 74 to 165. So when
you see a reference in this Index to a verse of chapter 6, from verse 74
to verse 165, add 1 to it to get the verse in the
existing edition.
In chapter 4, only the last 3 verses are affected.
Verses 173 and 174 of the existing edition are now treated as a single verse
173. Therefore, the remaining verses (175 to 177) are now numbered as 174
to 176.
The reader's attention is drawn to the following headings of this Index in which
reference is made to certain important subjects as dealt with in the Holy Qur'an:
Allah, Civic Life, Human Soul, Intellectual Development, Knowledge, Man, Morals,
Muhammad, Muslims, Nature, Prayer, Qur'an, Revelation, Science, State Polity
and Women.
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