J. F. Campbell Collection > Koran: or, Alcoran of Mohammed

AN INDEX
PRINCIPAL MATTERS CONTAINED IN THE KORAN, AND
THE NOTES THEREON.
Aaron, vide Moses.
Al Abbas, one of Mohammed's uncles,
taken at Bedr, and obliged to ransom
himself, 146, n.; professes Islam, 147,
n. ; confesses a passage of the Koran to
be fulfilled in respect to himself, ib. n. ;
remarkable for his loud voice, 151, n.
Abda'lhareth, a son of Adam so named
Abda'llah Dhu'lbajadin, 161, n.
Abda'llah Ebn Obba Solul the h}T)ocrite,
admired for his person and eloquence,
451, n. ; threatens to drive Mohammed
from Medina, 453 ; raises and inflames
a scandalous story of Ayesha, 288, n. ;
is present at an interview between Mo-
hammed and his adversaries, 341, n.;
occasions a quarrel, 418, n. ; promises
to assist the Nadirites, but fails them,
445, n. ; endeavours to debauch Mo-
hammed's men at Ohod, 50, n.; excused
from going on the expedition to Tabfic,
154, n. ; desires Mohammed's prayers
in his last sickness, 159, n. ; and to be
buried in the projihet's shirt, ib.
Abda'llah Ebn 0mm Mactflm, a blind
man, occasions a passage of the Koran,
480. n.
Abda'llah Ebn Ruwaha, rebukes Ebn
Obba, 341, n.
Abda'llah Ebn Saad. one of Mohammed's
amanuenses, imagines himself inspired,
and corrupts the Koran, 108, n.; apos-
tatizes and is proscribed, but escapes
with life, ib.
Abda'llah Ebn Salam, a Jew intimate
with Mohammed, his honesty, 45, n. ;
supposed to have assisted in composing
the Koran, 223, n. ; confounded by Dr.
Prideaux with Salman the Persian, ib.\
commended for his knowledge and
faith, 79.
Abd Menaf, a dispute between his de-
scendants and the Sahmites, 498; n.
Abda'lrahraan Ebn Awf, one of Moham-
med's first converts. Prelim. Disc. 31.
n. ; an instance of his charity, 158, n.
Abel, vide Cain ; his ram sacrificed by
Abraham, 369, n.
Abraha al Ashram, king of Taman, his
expedition against Mecca; the occasion
and success thereof, 499, n.
Abraham, the patriarch, an idolater in his
youth, 106, n. ; how he came to the
knowledge of the true God, ib.; de-
molishes the idols of the Chaldeans,
208 ; preaches to his people, 320 ; his
religion commended, 15, 16, 47, 115;
disputes with Nimrod, 31 ; escapes the
tire into which he was thrown by Nim-
rod's order, 269; his praying for his
lather, 163, 447 ; desires to he convinced
of the resurrection, 31, 32 ; his sacrifice
of birds, 32 ; entertains the angels, 182,
423; receives the promise of Isaac, 182;
called the friend of God, 75 ; is miracu-
lously supplied by the changing of sand
into meal, ib. n. ; his sacrifice of his
son, 369 ; praises God for Ismael and
Isaac, 208 ; commanded, together with
Ismael, to build and cleanse the Caaba,
16 ; prays to God to raise up a prophet
of their seed, and for the plenty and
security of Mecca, ib. ; beciueaths the
religion of Islam to his children, ib.
Ahu Amer, vide Amer, &c.
Ad, a potent tribe of Arabs, destroved for
their infidelity, 123, 282, 305, 390, 408,
490 ; vide Hud.
Adam, traditions concerning his creation,
4, n., 228. n. ; worshipped by the angels,
5, 117, 211, 232, 243, 376; his fall, 5,
117 : repents and prays, 6; meets Eve
at Mount Arafat, 5, n. ; retires with
her to Ceylon, ib. ; their stature, ib. ;
his posterity extracted from his loins
by God to acknowledge him for their
Lord, 135, n. ; names his eldest son as
directed by the devil, 137, n.
Adoption creates no matrimonial impedi-
ment, .341.
Adulterers, JNIohammed's sentence against
them, 37, n, 87, n.
Adultery, its punishment, 37, 03 ; what
evidence required to convict a woman
of it, 61.
Adversaries, the dispute of two terminated
by David, 373.
Ahmed, the name under which Moham-
med was foretold bv Christ, 449.
Al Ahkaf, the habitation of the Adites, 406.
Aila, or Elath, the Sabbath-breakers
there changed into apes, 9, 134.