The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930)

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THE MEANING OF

The Glorious Koran

AN EXPLANATORY TRANSLATION

BY

MARMADUKE PICKTHALL

LONDON

GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD

MUSEUM STREET

Translator's Foreword

Introduction

LIST OF SÛRAHS

Number	Name	Where revealed	Page
I.	The Opening	Mecca	20
II.	The Cow	Al-Madînah	22
III.	The Family of 'Imrân	Al-Madînah	65
IV.	Women	Al-Madînah	91
V.	The Table Spread	Al-Madînah	117
VI.	Cattle	Mecca	136
VII.	The Heights	Mecca	157
VIII.	Spoils Of War	Al-Madînah	180
IX.	Repentance	Al-Madînah	191
X.	Jonah	Mecca	209
XI.	Hûd	Mecca	222
XII.	Joseph	Mecca	236
XIII.	The Thunder	Mecca	248
XIV.	Abraham	Mecca	255
XV.	Al-Ḥijr	Mecca	261
XVI.	The Bee	Mecca	268
XVII.	The Children of Israel	Mecca	282
XVIII.	The Cave	Mecca	294
XIX.	Mary	Mecca	307
XX.	Țâ Hâ	Mecca	316
XXI.	The Prophets	Mecca	328
XXII.	The Pilgrimage	Al-Madînah	338
XXIII.	The Believers	Mecca	348
XXIV.	Light	Al-Madînah	357
XXV.	The Criterion	Mecca	366
XXVI.	The Poets	Mecca	373
XXVII.	The Ant	Mecca	385
XXVIII.	The Story	Mecca	394
XXIX.	The Spider	Mecca	404
XXX.	The Romans	Mecca	411
XXXI.	Luqmân	Mecca	419
XXXII.	The Prostration	Mecca	423
XXXIII.	The Clans	Al-Madînah	426
XXXIV.	Saba	Mecca	438
XXXV.	The Angels	Mecca	444
XXXVI.	Yâ Sîn	Mecca	450
XXXVII.	Those who set the Ranks	Mecca	456
XXXVIII.	Șad	Mecca	465
XXXIX.	The Troops	Mecca	472
XL.	The Believer	Mecca	481
XLI.	Fușilat	Mecca	490
XLII.	Counsel	Mecca	496
XLIII.	Ornaments of Gold	Mecca	502
XLIV.	Smoke	Mecca	509
XLV.	Crouching	Mecca	513
XLVI.	The Wind-curved Sandhills	Mecca	517
XLVII.	Muhammad	Al-Madînah	522
XLVIII.	Victory	Al-Madînah	527
XLIX.	The Private Apartments	Al-Madînah	533
L.	Qâf	Mecca	536
LI.	The Winnowing Winds	Mecca	540
LII.	The Mount	Mecca	544
LIII.	The Star	Mecca	548
LIV.	The Moon	Mecca	552
LV.	The Beneficent	Mecca	556
LVI.	The Event	Mecca	561
LVII.	Iron	Al-Madînah	565
LVIII.	She that disputeth	Al-Madînah	570
LIX.	Exile	Al-Madînah	574
LX.	She that is to be examined	Al-Madînah	578
LXI.	The Ranks	Al-Madînah	582
LXII.	The Congregation	Al-Madînah	584
LXIII.	The Hypocrites	Al-Madînah	586
LXIV.	Mutual Disillusion	Mecca	588
LXV.	Divorce	Al-Madînah	591
LXVI.	Banning	Mecca	594
LXVII.	The Sovereignty	Mecca	598
LXVIII.	The Pen	Mecca	601
LXIX.	The Reality	Mecca	604
LXX.	The Ascending Stairways	Mecca	607
LXXI.	Noah	Mecca	610
LXXII.	The Jinn	Mecca	613
LXXIII.	The Enshrouded One	Mecca	616
LXXIV.	The Cloaked One	Mecca	618
LXXV.	The Rising of the Dead	Mecca	621
LXXVI.	"Time" or "Man"	Mecca	623
LXXVII.	The Emissaries	Mecca	626
LXXVIII.	The Tidings	Mecca	629
LXXIX.	"Those Who Drag Forth"	Mecca	631
LXXX.	"He Frowned"	Mecca	634
LXXXI.	The Overthrowing	Mecca	636
LXXXII.	The Cleaving	Mecca	638
LXXXIII.	Defrauding	Mecca	640
LXXXIV.	The Sundering	Mecca	642
LXXXV.	The Mansions of the Stars	Mecca	644
LXXXVI.	The Morning Star	Mecca	646
LXXXVII.	The Most High	Mecca	648
LXXXVIII.	The Overwhelming	Mecca	649
LXXXIX.	The Dawn	Mecca	651
XC.	The City	Mecca	653
XCI.	The Sun	Mecca	654
XCII.	The Night	Mecca	655
XCIII.	The Morning Hours	Mecca	656
XCIV.	Solace	Mecca	657
XCV.	The Fig	Mecca	658
XCVI.	The Clot	Mecca	659
XCVII.	Power	Mecca	661
XCVIII.	The Clear Proof	Al-Madînah	662
XCIX.	The Earthquake	Mecca	663
C.	The Coursers	Mecca	664
CI.	The Calamity	Mecca	665
CII.	Rivalry in Worldly Increase	Mecca	666
CIII.	The Declining Day	Mecca	667
CIV.	The Traducer	Mecca	668
CV.	The Elephant	Mecca	669
CVI.	"Winter" or "Qureysh"	Mecca	670
CVII.	Small Kindnesses	Mecca	671
CVIII.	Abundance	Mecca	672
CIX.	The Disbelievers	Mecca	673
CX.	Succour	Al-Madînah	674
CXI.	Palm Fibre	Mecca	675
CXII.	The Unity	Mecca	676
CXIII.	The Daybreak	Mecca	677
CXIV.	Mankind	Mecca	678

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the translator expresses his gratitude for the most generous grant of leave which enabled him to complete this work while in His Exalted Highness's service.