THE APPLIED KORAN First, Second and Third Chapter THE APPLIED KORAN First, Second and Third Chapter Compiled by MUHAMMAD ABDUS SUBHAN Publisher Copyright Md. Abdus Subhan Cover Design Computer Compose Haseena Begum Printer Price ISBN : BACKGROUND OF COMPILING ‘THE APPLIED KORAN’ Three unfortunate events of divorces had occurred successively amongst my kinsfolk during the last decades. In each case, terrible sufferings came forth to the life of an innocent small suckling baby – being bereaved of the care and affection of the mother and the resultant consequences.The devorces had come about suddenly and unreasonably with lame excuses of the bridegrooms for second marriages and being compelled under duress by the guardians of the brides in the marriage gatherings at their houses. The bridegrooms had to sign the marriage-documents of the brides concerned – as well as – the divorce-documents of their previous wives – under the guidance of local Marriage Registrar. Of course, happenings of these types had been occurring every now and then in the rural areas and, generally, the weak party is the victim of the powerful one. And in each and every occasion, the so-called religious teachers pronounce their verdicts in favour of the powerful partisan – without any exception – whether right or wrong. No one is there to question them due to lack of courage and religious knowledge. I had a mental shock from all these affairs and my mind impelled me to do something so that the undue injustices are redressed and the sufferings of the concerned are redeemed. But finding no clear-cut and well-defined State Laws on the subject, I decided to look for and find the Directives of The Koran, if any, to help-solve the purpose for the future. So,I read The Koran very thoroughly and minutely again and again. I found, with pleasure, The Koranic Verdicts, regarding almost all aspects of social and religious matters, very much intelligible, righteous and humane in nature for people concerned. I also found from the study of The Koran that the tragic divorces, occurred in the past concerning my kinsfolk were unlawful and most people who trade and live on religions are either ignorant of The Koranic Verdicts or of servile character. So, I decided to compile The Koran in its present form and contents – on the basis of The Koran translated into English by N. J. Dawood and published by Penguin Books of England – quoting its verses in toto. I hoped that it might profitably be applicable for Muslim Societies anywhere in the world – in solving their social or religious problems according to Koranic Laws. I entitled the compilation as ‘The Applied Koran’ and in that I used the type of verses – having Precise Meanings with clear-cut Orders of God – carefully avoiding that type of the Ambiguous Ones – as referred to by the ‘Verse – 3:7’. While reading The Koran very thoroughly and minutely for its compilation, I accumulated all the noteworthy points from the vast and extensive store of Verses of The Koran, sorted them out into different classes, marked them with their reference numbers of ‘Surahs and Verses’ and arranged these data Subject-wise and in Numerical Orders – so that it becomes easy for the people of even general calibre to find out, by themselves, the relevant verses bearing the solution in respect of their social and religious problems. Yes, it will be easy for them to do the job as the Verses of The Koran are very much simple, clear, plain and upright without any complexity or crookedness and, of course, easily comprehensible in accordance with the verses mentioned herein (Ref. Nos. only):- 10:15; 12:2; 15:1; 17:89; 18:1, 2, 54; 19:97; 28:2; 39:28; 41:3, 44; 43:2; 44:2, 58; 54:17, 22, 32, 40;. Koranic solution of problems, arisen out of any debatable subject, can easily be found out almost instantly – looking at the relavant page in the Index of The Applied Koran. Even less educated people of rural areas can, by themselves, very easily find out the desired Koranic solution of their local problems – social or religious – and bring social orders to their locality. ‘THE APPLIED KORAN’ – Why this title is? The cheif and important part of this publication consists of quotations of the verses of The Koran or related portion of any verse on different subjects as religious guidance– all in toto. The other parts are related to the verses bearing Directives of God – to be followed by His devoted servants. So, everything is either verses of The Koran or related to it. And as all these have been compiled only for true application by people concerned in their social and religious day-to-day life, the compilation has been entitled to as ‘The Applied Koran’. ‘The Applied Koran’ has been compiled in Three Chapters of distinctly different subject-matters :- Chapter I – Comprises of social and religious matters, such as – Faith; Prayers And Ibadat; Fasting; Pilgrimage; Alms And Alms Levy; Marriages; Divorces; Defaming of Honourable Women; Adultery; Fornication; Inheritance of Deceased’s properties; Lawful And Unlawful Things (Food, Drinks, Work and Behaviours etc.); Likings And Dislikings of God; Chapter II – Deals with exclusively Heavenly Affairs – the Promises of God – Direct as well as Indirect – to His devoted servants to get them admitted into Heaven for their qualified, different services to Him in this world. There are two ‘Statistics’ also on the basis of different Categories of services to God (Direct and Indirect Promises) – and another – in respect of the obtainable Happiness and Comfort in The Heaven. Chapter III – Covers the History of Religions with the Biographies and Activities of all the Apostles and Prophets – Adam to Muhammad – mentioned in The Koran – during different Ages. Besides, The Reciprocal Recognition of the Holy Scriptures – The Torah, The Bible and The Koran; The ‘Discords’, ‘Disagreements’, and ultimate ‘Disintegration of the Original Religion against the Universal Faith of Abraham. Miscellaneous Orders, Instructions and Guidances of God have also been included in this Chapter – all Alphabetically arranged. All statements – in term of Verses – mentioned in The Applied Koran have, invariably, been supported by their Koranic Reference Numbers to prove their genuineness. Mo hammad Abdus Subhan, Compiler. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE MAIN EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD YEARS EVENTS C. 570 Birth of Muhammad (his father having died a few months earlier). 576 Death of his mother Aminah. 595 Marriage to Khadijah. C. 610 Begining of Call. 615 Flight of his followers to Ethiopia. 619 Death of Khadijah. 620 Muhammad’s reputed ‘Night Journey’ from Mecca to Jerusalem, and thence to the Seventh Heaven. 622 The ‘Hijra’ (Flight or Migration) of Muhammad and his followers to Medina, and begining of the Muslim Era. 624 Battle of Badr; the Quraysh defeated by the Muslims. 625 Battle of Uhud; the Muslims defeated. 626 The Jewish tribe of Al-Nadhir crushed and expelled. 627 ‘The War of the Ditch’ – the Meccan’s expedition against the Muslims in Medina. Attackers driven off. 627 The Jewish tribe of Qurayzah raided by Muhammad. 628 The treaty of Hudaybiyya; truce with the Quraish, who recognize Muhammad’s right to proselytise without hindrance. The Jews of Khayber put to the sword. Muhammad sends letters 629 and messages to the Kings of Persia, Yemen and Ethiopia and the Emperor Heraclius, inviting them to accept Islam. Truce broken by the Quraish. Mecca taken by Muhammad – the 630 entire population converted, and the Ka’bah established as the religious centre of Islam. ‘The Year of Embassies’ – Islam accepted by the Arabian tribes. 631 Muhammad’s Farewell Pilgrimage to Mecca. 632 Death of Muhammad, three months after his return to Medina. 632, 8th June LIST OF SURAHS OF THE KORAN Both English and No. of Serial Both English and No. of Serial Arabic names of Verses Nos. Arabic names of Verses Nos. ‘Surahs’ ‘Surahs 1. The Exordium – 35. The Creator – (Al-Fatir) 45 (Al-Fatihah 7 36. Ya’Sin 83 2. The Cow – 37. The Ranks – (Al-Saffat) 83 (Al-Baqarah) 286 38. Sa’d 88 3. The Imrans – 39. The Hordes – (Al-Imran) 200 (Al-Zumar) 75 4. Women – (Al-Nisa) 176 40. The Forgiving One – 5. The Table – (Ghafir) or (Al-Maidah) 120 The Believer – 6. Cattle – (Al-Anam) 165 (Al-Mumin 85 7. The Heights – (Al-Araf) 206 41. Revelations Well 8. The Spoils – (Al-Anfal) 75 Expounded – (Fussilat) 54 9. Repentance – 42. Counsel – (Al-Shura) 53 (Al-Tawbah) 129 43. Ornaments of Gold – 10. Jonah – (Yunis) 109 (Al-Zukhruf) 89 11. Hud – 123 44. Smoke – (Al-Dukhan) 59 12. Joseph – (Yusuf) 111 45. Kneeling – 13. Thunder – (Al-Rad) 43 (Al-Jathiyah) 37 14. Abraham – (Ibrahim) 55 46. The Sand Dunes – 15. Al-Hijr 99 (Al-Ahqaf) 35 16. The Bee – (Al-Nahl) 128 47. Muhammad 38 17. The Night Journey – 48. Victory – (Al-Fath ) 29 (Al-Isra) 111 49. The Chambers – 18. The Cave – (Al-Kahf) 110 (Al-Hujurat) 18 19. Mary – (Maryam) 98 50. Qaf 45 20. Ta’ha 135 51. The Winds – 21. The Prophets – (Al-Dhariyat) 60 (Al-Anbiya) 112 52. The Mountain – 22. Pilgrimage – (Al-Hajj) 78 (Al-Tur) 49 23. The Belivers – 53. The Star – (Al-Najm) 62 (Al-Muminun) 118 54. The Moon – 24. Light – (Al-Nur) 64 (Al-Qamar) 55 25. Al-Furqan 77 55. The Merciful – 26. The Poets – (Al-Shuara) 227 (Al-Rahman) 78 27. The Ant – (Al-Naml) 93 56. That which in coming – 28. The Story – (Al-Qasas) 88 (Al- Waqiah) 96 29. The Spider – 57. Iron – (Al-Hadid) 29 (Al-Ankabut) 69 58. She who Pleaded – 30.