However, there is also a minority view within some Muslims that capital punishment is not justified in the light of Qur ' an.

The Qur ' an speaks of the oneness of God: " Allah has borne witness that there is no God but Him-and the angels, and those with knowledge also witness this.

In many cases the books themselves are also believed to be imbued with magical powers, though in many cultures other sacred texts that are not grimoires, such as the Bible and Qur ' an, have also been believed to intrinsically have magical properties ; in this manner while all books on magic could be thought of as grimoires, not all magical books could.

The Book of Hosea has also been used in Qur ' anic exegesis by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, especially in reference to Qur ' anic verses which speak of the backsliding of Israel.

In the Qur ' an, it later narrates that Abraham also praised God for giving him Ishmael and Isaac in his old age ( XIV: 39-41 ).

The Qur ' an cites the story of the " people of Lot " ( also known as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah ), destroyed by the wrath of God because they engaged in " lustful " carnal acts between men.

Jacob (;, ; Septuagint ; ; " heel " or " leg-puller "), also later known as Israel (,,, " persevere with God "; Septuagint ; ), as described in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament and the Qur ' an was the third patriarch of the Hebrew people with whom God made a covenant, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, which were named after his descendants.

The Qur ' an makes it clear that Jacob was blessed by God as a prophet and, therefore, Muslims believe that his father, being a prophet as well, also knew of his son's greatness.

Muslims also believe Joshua to be the " attendant " of Moses mentioned in the Qur ’ ān, before Moses meets Khidr.

John the Baptist is also mentioned by Jewish historian Josephus, in Aramaic Matthew, in the Pseudo-Clementine literature, and in the Qur ' an.

The Biblical story of Jonah is also repeated, with minor differences, in the Qur ' an.

God is also referenced at the beginning of every chapter in the Qur ' an as Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahim, or the " Most Compassionate " and the " Most Merciful ", indicating that nobody is more loving, compassionate and benevolent than God.

Birr is also used by the Qur ' an in describing the love and kindness that children must show to their parents.

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the Qur ' an — which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad — and, with lesser authority than the Qur ' an, the teachings and practices of Muhammad as recorded in traditional accounts, called hadith.

Moses also appears in other religious texts such as the Mishnah ( c. 200 AD ), Midrash ( AD 200 – 1200 ), and the Qur ' an ( c. 610 — 653 ).

The trials and tribulations preceding and during the Qiyāmah are described in the Qur ' an and the hadith, and also in the commentaries of scholars.

Solomon also appears in the Qur ' an, where he is called in Arabic, which is transliterated in English as Sulayman, Suleiman, Sulaimaan etc.

He is also known as a prophet and is mentioned in the second chapter of the Qur ' an, although not by name.

Saddam also commissioned the production of a " Blood Qur ' an ", written using 27 litres of his own blood, to thank God for saving him from various dangers and conspiracies.

There is also the question of whether the word tarot is related to Harut and Marut, who were mentioned in a short account in the Qur ' an.

The biblical story of Jonah being swallowed by a whale is also told in the Qur ' an.

The Quran ( ;,, literally meaning " the recitation "), also transliterated Qur ' an, Koran, Al-Coran, Coran, Kuran, and Al-Qur ' an, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be the verbatim word of God (, Allah ).

*" they furnish evidence for Holy Scriptures, since the Qur ' an mentions them and their people ;"

The Qur ' an mentions a prophet called Zul-Kifl.

Abraham was succeeded by two of his sons, Isaac and Ishmael, while Moses was succeeded by his brother Aaron and Jesus by two prophets whom the Qur ' an mentions in the chapter called " Ya Sin ".

The Gospel of Barnabas claims that Jesus predicted the advent of Muhammad, thus conforming with the Qur ' an which mentions:

The Qur ' an mentions only some prophets by name, but makes it clear that many were sent who are not mentioned.

The Qur ' an mentions Isaac as prophet and a righteous man of God.

( XXXVIII: 47 ) The Qur ' an specifically mentions that Jacob was guided ( VI: 84 ) and inspired ( IV: 163 ) and was chosen to enforce the awareness of the Hereafter.

The Qur ' an often mentions that dwellers of paradise will be adorned with pearls:

21257 in Musnad Ibn Hanbal ) mentions that there were 124, 000 of them in total throughout history ( with other traditions placing the number of Prophets at 224, 000 while other scholars holding that there is even a greater number in the history of mankind, and God alone knows ), and the Qur ' an says that God has sent a prophet to every group of people throughout time, and that Muhammad is the last of the prophets, sent for the whole of humankind.

But, in sharp contrast to the Hebrew Bible, the Qur ' an praises Saul greatly, and mentions that he was gifted with great spiritual and physical strength.

The Qur ' an mentions crucifixion several times.

In Surah 5: 33, The Qur ' an mentions crucifixion as a form of punishment.

The three types of adherents to faiths that the Qur ' an mentions as people of the book are the Jews, Sabians and Christians.

The Qur ' an mentions, " He it is Who created for you all that is on earth.

Nabíl-i-Zarandí, in The Dawn-breakers, mentions nine complete commentaries on the Qur ' an, revealed during the Báb's imprisonment at Máh-Kú, which have been lost without a trace.

The Qur ' an mentions the use of covering and veiling with the words () and jilbāb (), not hijab.

* The Qur ' an mentions the Sakina, or Tranquility, referring to God's blessing of solace and succour upon both the Children of Israel and Muhammad.

The Qur ' an mentions this ancient community along with other communities that were destroyed by God.

Abraham embodies the type of the perfect Muslim and the Qur ' an mentions Abraham as a model for mankind.

The Qur ' an mentions that Abraham's father threatened to stone his son to death if he did not cease in preaching to the people.

Chapter 53 of the Qur ' an, Surah An-Najm mentions some more subject matters of the earlier scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

The Qur ' an mentions several personal prayers of Abraham, each of which have been interpreted to be exemplary for Muslims who strive to get closer to God.

The Qur ' an also repeatedly establishes Abraham's role as patriarch and mentions numerous important descendants who came through his lineage, including Isaac ( 25: 53 ), Jacob ( 29: 49 ) and Ishmael ( 2: 132 – 133 ).

The Qur ' an mentions that Abraham and Ishmael were the reformers who set up the Kaaba in Mecca as a center of pilgrimage for monotheism ( 2: 124 – 141 ; 3: 65 – 68, 95 – 97 ).