The Qur ' an gives al ' Awwal ( الأول ), meaning " The First " and al ' Akhir ( الأخر ), meaning " The Last " as two of the names of God:.

The Qur ' an also mentions the Ahl al-Bayt when it states, " That is of which Allah gives the good news to His servants, ( to ) those who believe and do good deeds.

Q: " Which part of the Qur ’ aan gives believers the greatest hope?

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

Given that the Qur ' an is vague regarding the punishment of homosexual sodomy, Islamic jurists turned to the collections of the hadith and seerah ( accounts of Muhammad's life ) to support their argument for Hudud punishment ; these are perfectly clear but particularly harsh.

( XXXVIII: 46 ) Jacob is described as a good-doer ( XXI: 72 ) and the Qur ' an further makes it clear that God inspired Jacob to contribute towards purification and hold the contact prayer.

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.

Regarding the Islamic view of Balaam, there is no clear reference to Balaam in the Qur ' an.

The Qur ' an makes it clear that the people of Abraham were idolaters.

The Qur ' an makes it clear that the people of Abraham were idolaters.

And if those would have existed, according to clear instructions in the Qur ' an and Hadith, no verification should take place.

The Qur ' an also makes it clear that the Christians will be nearest in love to those who follow the Qur ' an and praises Christians for being humble and wise:

The Qur ' an makes it clear that, whenever possible, it is better to forgive another than to attack another.

As a result, even Qur ' anic verses which seem perfectly clear to native speakers accustomed to modern vocabulary and usage may not represent the original meaning of the verse.

The Harranians consulted with a lawyer who suggested that they find their answer in the Qur ' an II. 59 which made it clear that Sabians were tolerated.

They support qualified scholars to engage in ijtihad in the face of a clear evidence be it from Qur ' an of Hadeeth as opposed to total blind imitation ( taqlid ) if he is qualified.

However, the Qur ' an makes it clear that only God knows when and where each person will be taken by death, thus making it clear that the Angel of Death has no power of his own.

The Qur ' an further makes it clear that God made a covenant with Jacob and Jacob was made a faithful leader by God's command.

Basing his judgment on clear injunctions from the Qur ' an and sunnah, he considered pregnancy as mere circumstantial evidence that does not constitute sufficient proof of zina.

The mistake of many Muslim scholars was to see the Qur ' an only as a text, which led conservatives as well as liberals to a battle of quotations, each group seeing clear verses ( when on their side ) and ambiguous ones ( when in contradiction with their vision ).

While, the Qur ' an makes it clear that the purpose for creation is to worship Allah alone, and that the most excellent way of praying is to offer Salaah standing before Allah in devout obedience.

The Qur ' an confirms that God has sent down signs ( ayat ) to make His reality clear, and that understanding that reality is as a " straight path ", that if one is truly following, one can never be led astray.

Spiritual instruction therefore had its root in the Qur ' an itself, however Satan, in his arrogance, refused to bow down before Adam.

Religious classes are held in both schools and mosques, with instruction in Arabic language, the Qur ' an and the hadith, and history of Islam.

In spite of these achievements, the council has not succeeded in taking initiatives for the upgrading of Islamic schools beyond the provision of basic Qur ' anic instruction.

Universally, the haḍra is almost always followed by Qur ' anic recital in the tarteel style-which according to al-Junayd al-Baghdadi, was a prophetic instruction received through a dream.

The primary focus of these schools was the teaching of the Qur ' an, although broader instruction in fields such as logic, astronomy, and history also took place.

From that work we learn that the higher education of the youth of Baghdad consisted principally in a minute and careful study of the rules and principles of grammar, and in their committing to memory the whole of the Qur ' an, a treatise or two on philology and jurisprudence, and the choicest Arabic poetry.

It is used in the Qur ' an to establish Adam's role as representative of Allah on earth.

For example the Qur ' an states one needs to engage in daily prayers and fast during the month of Ramadan but some Muslims believe they need further instructions on how to perform these duties.

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.

Modern Standard Arabic is directly based on Classical Arabic, the language of the Qur ' an.

From then on, thousands of Muslim scribes began copying the Qur ' an.

Though grammatical gender has no bearing on actual gender in non-personal nouns, the term holy spirit translates in and is used in the masculine form in all the Qur ' an.

A significant portion ( about one third ) of the Qur ' an deals with these beliefs, with many hadith elaborating on the themes and details.

Qur ' an manuscript on display at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

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.

In the Moses story related by the Qur ' an, Jochebed is commanded by God to place Moses in an ark and cast him on the waters of the Nile, thus abandoning him completely to God's protection.

Noah has several titles in Islam, based primarily on praise for him in the Qur ' an, including True Messenger of God ( XXVI: 107 ) and Grateful Servant of God ( XVII: 3 ).

The Qur ' an focuses on several instances from Noah's life more than others, and one of the most significant events is the Deluge.

Because Islam is a religion that focuses very heavily on learning the central text of the Qur ' an, and because Islamic culture has historically tended towards discouraging or prohibiting figurative art, calligraphy became one of the foremost of the arts.

The early Yâkût period was supplanted in the late 15th century by a new style pioneered by Seyh Hamdullah ( 1429 – 1520 ), which became the basis for Ottoman Calligraphy, focusing on the nesih version of the script, which became the standard for copying the Qur ' an ( See Arabic Calligraphy ).

The rise of Islam, based on both the Qur ' an and the prophet Muhammad strongly altered the power balances and perceptions of origin of power in the Mediterranean region.

Although it offers many incidents from the lives of many prophets, the Qur ' an focuses with special narrative and rhetorical emphasis on the careers of the first four of these five Major Prophets.

For instance, Orthodox Judaism holds that the Torah was received from God on biblical Mount Sinai, and Muslims consider the Qur ' an to have been revealed word by word and letter by letter.

" According to one of his biographers, al-Wahrani, Saladin was able to answer questions on Euclid, the Almagest, arithmetic, and law, but this was an academic ideal and it was study of the Qur ' an and the " sciences of religion " that linked him to his contemporaries.

The Qur ' an is declared to be the constitution of the country, which is governed on the basis of Islamic law ( Shari ' a ).