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Notes About The Koran, It's Suras and Ayats |
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By Tony Pritchard - Used by Permission
Editorial Note by Webmaster James Dearmore: Some articles we have posted (or will publish) on our Web Sites have dealt with, (or will deal with) various passages quoted from the Koran. To help some readers find certain quotes, like Sura 9.5 (Sura: 9, Ayat 5, or The Immunity 9.5), we have copied the following notes on the Koran, as noted above. In addition to the notes below, it is also well to keep in mind that there are several different English translations of the Koran, or Qu'ran, with some variations between them. HOWEVER, if you are reading from the English translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, (1872–1953) remember he was an avid believer and apologist for the Muslims. Some of his translations and commentaries he wrote in English are not in exact agreement with the Arabic he is translating. According to scholars who are competent linguists in Arabic and English, and know Arabic and Muslim culture well, he seems to ameliorate come areas of the Koran in his English "translation and/or commentaries" to be more palatable to non-Muslims, presumably with a view to winning more converts to Islam. (It is reported that modern editions of his translation have had some of his controversial notes or comments revised or removed). End of Ed. Note. The Koran consists of 114 chapters, called Suras, they are also given names. Sura 1 is called The Opening, Sura 9 would be The Immunity, and so on (see below for the complete list of Suras). So, Sura 9.123 would be The Immunity, verse (Ayat) 123, which reads: "O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness; and know that Allah is with those who guard (against evil)." Sura 9.5 would be The Immunity, verse (Ayat) 5, which reads: "So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful." You might find the above referred to as: The Immunity 9.123, The Immunity 9.5, or as quoted Sura: 9, Ayat 123, and Sura: 9, Ayat 5, and so on. Sura: 4, Ayat: 91 quoted in part:".... then seize them and kill them wherever you find them; and against these we have given you a clear authority." This may also be referred to as The Women 4.91.
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| 1. The Opening 2. The Cow 3. The Family of Imran 4. The Women 5. The Dinner Table 6. The Cattle 7. The Elevated Places 8. The Accessions 9. The Immunity 10. Jonah 11. The Holy Prophet 12. Yusuf 13. The Thunder 14. Abraham 15. The Rock 16. The Bee 17. The Children of Israel 18. The Cave 19. Marium 20. Ta Ha 21. The Prophets 22. The Pilgrimage 23. The Believers 24. The Light 25. The Distinction 26. The Poets 27. The Ant 28. The Narratives 29. The Spider 30. The Romans 31. Luqman 32. The Adoration 33. The Clans 34. The Saba 35. The Originator 36. Yasin 37. The Rangers 38. Suad |
39. The Companions 40. The Believer 41. Ha Mim 42. The Counsel 43. Ornaments of Gold 44. The Smoke 45. The Kneeling 46. The Sandhills 47. Muhammad 48. The Victory 49. The Chambers 50. Qaf 51. The Scatterers 52. The Mountain 53. The Star 54. The Moon 55. The Beneficent 56. The Event 57. The Iron 58. She Who Pleaded 59. The Banishment 60. The Examined One 61. The Ranks 62. The Congregation 63. The Hypocrites 64. The Mutual Deceit 65. The Divorce 66. The Prohibition 67. The Kingdom 68. The Pen 69. The Inevitable 70. The Ways of Ascent 71. Nuh 72. The Jinn 73. The Wrapped Up 74. The Covered One 75. The Resurrection 76. Time |
77. The Sent Forth 78. The Great Event 79. The Draggers 80. He Frowned 81. The Folded Up 82. The Cleaving 83. The Deceivers in Measuring 84. The Rending Asunder 85. The Celestial Stations 86. The Nightly Visitant 87. The Most High 88. The Overwhelming Calamity 89. The Daybreak 90. The City 91. The Sun 92. The Night 93. The Brightness 94. The Expansion 95. The Fig 96. The Clot 97. The Grandeur 98. The Clear Evidence 99. The Quaking 100. The Chargers 101. The Calamity 102. Vying in Abundance 103. The Age 104. The Slanderer 105. The Elephant 106. The Quraish 107. Alms 108. The Abundance of Good 109. The Disbelievers 110. The Help 111. The Flame 112. The Unity 113. The Dawn 114. The People |