•
1 God praised for the
night journey •
2 The
law of Moses a direction to the Israelites •
3 Noah’s gratitude commended to his posterity •
4-8 The double
sin of Israel and its punishment •
9-10 The Quran a direction to both the
faithful and the
unbelievers •
11 Men inconsiderate in their
prayers •
12 The night and day are signs to men •
13 Every man’s
fate bound about his neck •
14-15 God will give every man the record of his life at the judgment day •
16 No nation left without an apostle •
17-18 The cities destroyed which rejected their apostles •
19-21 Rewards and punishments of the faithful and unbelieving •
22 Degrees of honour belong to the life to come •
23-24 Men should worship only one God •
24-26 Kindness to be shown to parents, the poor, and the stranger •
27 Extravagance forbidden •
28 Those unable to contribute for the support of the poor may help them by speaking kindly to them •
32 Stinginess and foolish extravagance forbidden •
33-35 Infanticide, fornication, and murder forbidden •
35 The murdered man to be avenged •
36 The substance of the orphan to be sacredly preserved •
37 Men should lead lives of honesty and humility •
41 God not to be dishonoured by idol-worship •
42 Angels not daughters of God •
43 Various warnings for the Quraish •
44-45 A plurality of gods would lead to rebellion in heaven •
46 All things praise God •
47-49 The
Quraish are judicially blinded to the Quran •
50 Muhammad called a madman •
51-53 The Quraish reject the doctrine of
the resurrection •
54 The dead when raised will fancy they have been dead but a little while •
55-56 Idolaters and unbelievers to be mildly treated •
57 Some prophets peculiarly favoured •
58-59 The false gods need divine protection •
60 Every city to be destroyed before the judgment-day •
61 Muhammad not allowed to work miracles because of the unbelief of former tribes •
62 The night-journey and the
Zakkum tree causes of contention •
63-64 Iblís disobeys God, and is cursed in consequence •
65-66 He receives permission to delude humans and share with them their money and offspring •
67 He shall have no power over God’s servants •
68 God protects the merchant while on the sea •
69 Idolaters forget their idols in times of danger
69 ۞ 71 They are ungrateful •
72 The special privileges of mankind •
73-74 In the judgment all shall be fairly judged •
75-77 Muhammad almost seduced from Islam •
78-79 The unbelievers almost persuade Muhammad to leave them •
80-82 Exhortation to prayer •
83-84 The truth of the Quran to be proclaimed •
85 Man’s perversity seen both in prosperity and adversity •
86 The spirit created of God •
87-89 Revelation (inspiration) a peculiar favour from God to Muhammad •
90 Men and genii could not produce a book like the Quran •
91-95 Muhammad excuses his inability to work miracles •
96-98 Men appointed messengers for men and angels for angels •
99-100 The dreadful fate of the idolaters at the resurrection •
101 God is able to raise the dead •
102 Man covetous even in respect to
God’s mercy •
103-104 The nine signs of Moses fail to convince Pharaoh •
105 Pharaoh destroyed •
106 The children of Israel succeed Pharaoh in his possession of the land of Egypt •
107 Why the Quran was revealed in stages •
108 ۩ 109 Some
Jews and Christians believe on the Quran •
110 God and the Merciful the same •
111 God hath neither son nor partner ==Exegesis==