Studies
A question as people ask it, the verses that bear on it rendered in full, and one editorial restatement carrying the AALAMIN Editor signature and the date it was signed. The verses are the study; the restatement is an editorial reading of them.
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Passages commonly misunderstood
56Common misconception Every study filed under this tag is listed here. The list follows the tag: no study is added to it or left off it by hand.
- Are dogs impure in the Qur'an?
- Are there 'Satanic verses' in the Qur'an's history?
- Can the Qur'an be read and understood in translation?
- Did Gabriel or the Holy Spirit bring the revelation (2:97 vs 16:102)?
- Did the Qur'an predict modern science - and does any verse say it is making a prediction?
- Did the Qur'an simply borrow its stories from the Bible?
- Does "no compulsion in religion" still stand - and is cancellation a question the verse asks?
- Does 19:71 say every Muslim / everyone passes into hell?
- Does 21:98 put Jesus, whom Christians worship, in hell?
- Does 2:223 ('your wives are a tilth') degrade women?
- Does evil come from God or from ourselves (4:78 vs 4:79)?
- Does the Qur'an allow a man four wives (4:3)?
- Does the Qur'an assign the Holy Land to the Children of Israel (5:21)?
- Does the Qur'an call for holy war?
- Does the Qur'an command female genital cutting?
- Does the Qur'an command fighting Jews and Christians until they pay jizya (9:29)?
- Does the Qur'an command five daily prayers?
- Does the Qur'an command stoning for adultery?
- Does the Qur'an contradict itself - and what is 'abrogation'?
- Does the Qur'an describe a physical God seated on a throne?
- Does the Qur'an forbid befriending non-Muslims?
- Does the Qur'an forbid music?
- Does the Qur'an forbid pictures and statues?
- Does the Qur'an misplace Haman in Pharaoh's court (28:38, 40:36)?
- Does the Qur'an permit lying to outsiders?
- Does the Qur'an prescribe a worldly punishment for blasphemy?
- Does the Qur'an promise paradise for dying in battle?
- Does the Qur'an sanction antisemitism?
- Does the Qur'an sanction child marriage?
- Does the Qur'an sanction slavery?
- Does the Qur'an say a woman is worth half a man?
- Does the Qur'an say its God is the God of Jews and Christians?
- Does the Qur'an say Jesus will return, or that he died?
- Does the Qur'an say Jews call Ezra (Uzayr) the son of God (9:30)?
- Does the Qur'an say non-Muslims are condemned to hell?
- Does the Qur'an say semen comes from between the backbone and the ribs (86:6-7)?
- Does the Qur'an say shooting stars are missiles thrown at devils (67:5, 37:6-10)?
- Does the Qur'an say the earth is flat?
- Does the Qur'an say the sun sets in a muddy spring?
- Does the Qur'an say women must stay at home?
- Does the Qur'an set a death penalty for leaving Islam?
- Does the Qur'an support or reject evolution (Adam the first human)?
- Does the Qur'an teach that the sun orbits the earth - and does it say what the sun moves around?
- Does the Qur'an tell Muslims to kill unbelievers wherever they find them?
- Does the Qur'an treat men and women as equal?
- Does verse 4:34 command a man to beat his wife?
- Is God the only creator if He is called 'best of creators' (23:14)?
- Is Sharia law in the Qur'an; what punishments does the Qur'an itself prescribe?
- Is the Qur'an clear when only God knows its interpretation (3:7)?
- Is the Qur'an in pure Arabic though it contains foreign words / grammatical errors?
- Is there a hidden numerical 'miracle of 19' in the Qur'an?
- Is there any protector besides God (angels as protectors)?
- What does the Qur'an say about homosexuality?
- When did Pharaoh order the killing of Israelite sons (20:38-39 vs 40:25)?
- Who was the first Muslim: Muhammad, Moses, Abraham or earlier prophets?
- Who wrote the Qur'an, and could Muhammad have authored it?
Every study, by theme
495 studies in 37 themes
The Qur'an about itself
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Is there a hidden numerical 'miracle of 19' in the Qur'an?
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What does the Qur'an mean by being 'in clear Arabic'?
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What does the Qur'an say about those who twist its meaning?
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What does the Qur'an say about earlier prophets receiving scripture?
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What does the Qur'an say about the night it was first revealed?
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Why was the Qur'an revealed gradually, by its own account?
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What does the Qur'an mean by claiming it cannot be imitated (i'jaz)?
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What does the Qur'an say about seeking refuge before reciting?
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What does the Qur'an say about hearts that are 'locked' against it?
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What is the difference between clear and allegorical verses (muhkam and mutashabih)?
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What are the mysterious disconnected letters (muqatta'at)?
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What does the Qur'an say about the occasions its verses answered?
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What does the Qur'an say about parables, and why it uses them?
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What does the Qur'an say about its own preservation?
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What does the Qur'an say about being 'a healing and a mercy'?
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Where does 'Surah al-Ikhlas equals a third of the Qur'an' come from - the text or hadith?
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Does the Qur'an promise a specific reward for reciting particular surahs?
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Where does the protective power of Ayat al-Kursi come from - is it in the Qur'an?
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What does the Qur'an say about reciting it - slowly, aloud, by heart?
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In what order was the Qur'an revealed, and why is that not the order of the book?
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Is the Qur'an in pure Arabic though it contains foreign words / grammatical errors?
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Who wrote the Qur'an, and could Muhammad have authored it?
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Is the Qur'an clear when only God knows its interpretation (3:7)?
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Can the Qur'an be read and understood in translation?
Revelation & transmission
3Surah by surah
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What does Surah al-Bayyina say - and who does it call the worst and the best of creatures?
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What does Surah al-'Asr say - and what does it swear by?
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What does Surah al-Fil say about the companions of the elephant - and what does it not say?
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What does Surah al-Humaza say?
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What does Surah al-Kafirun say?
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What does Surah al-Kawthar say?
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What does Surah al-Masad say?
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What does Surah al-Ma'un say?
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What does Surah an-Nasr say?
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What does Surah ash-Sharh say?
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What does Surah at-Takathur say?
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What does Surah at-Tin say?
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What does Surah az-Zalzala say?
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What does Surah Quraysh say?
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What does Surah ad-Duha say?
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What does Surah al-Adiyat say?
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What does Surah al-Jumu'a say?
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What does Surah al-Munafiqun say?
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What does Surah al-Qari'a say?
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What does Surah al-A'laa say?
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What does Surah al-Balad say?
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What does Surah al-Infitaar say?
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What does Surah ash-Shams say?
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What does Surah at-Taariq say?
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What does Surah at-Tahrim say?
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What does Surah at-Talaq say?
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What does Surah al-Alaq say?
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What does Surah al-Burooj say?
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What does Surah al-Fajr say?
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What does Surah al-Lail say?
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What does Surah al-Muzzammil say?
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What does Surah al-Hujuraat say?
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What does Surah al-Mumtahana say?
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What does Surah as-Saff say?
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What does Surah at-Taghaabun say?
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What does Surah al-Fath say?
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What does Surah al-Ghaashiya say?
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What does Surah al-Hashr say?
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What does Surah al-Inshiqaaq say?
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What does Surah al-Mulk say?
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What does Surah as-Sajda say?
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What does Surah al-Ahqaf say?
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What does Surah al-Jaathiya say?
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What does Surah al-Mutaffifin say?
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What does Surah al-Qiyaama say?
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What does Surah Luqman say?
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What does Surah Muhammad say?
Knowledge, reason & reflection
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Does the Qur'an encourage reason and reflection?
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What does the Qur'an say about arrogance blinding understanding?
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What does the Qur'an say about following forefathers blindly?
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What does the Qur'an mean by hearts and eyes that 'do not understand'?
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What does the Qur'an say about doubt and honest questioning?
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What does the Qur'an say about disputing without knowledge?
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Are those who know and those who don't equal in the Qur'an?
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What does the Qur'an say about God teaching the human what he did not know?
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What does the Qur'an say about following the best of what you hear?
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What does 'bring your proof if you are truthful' mean?
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What does the Qur'an say about the limits of human knowledge?
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What does the Qur'an say about seeking knowledge?
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What does the Qur'an say about the 'signs' in creation for those who think?
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What does the Qur'an say about speaking about God without knowledge?
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What does the Qur'an say about the pen and the honour of writing?
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What does the Qur'an say about verifying news before acting on it?
God & divine attributes
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Does the Qur'an describe a physical God seated on a throne?
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Did God speak directly to any human, according to the Qur'an?
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Are God's 'hand' and 'face' in the Qur'an literal or figurative?
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What does the Qur'an say about swearing by created things - the sun, the fig, the pen?
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Who does God guide, and who does He leave astray, in the Qur'an?
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What does the Qur'an say about intercession on the Day of Judgment?
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What does 'closer than the jugular vein' mean in the Qur'an?
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What does the Qur'an mean by 'light upon light'?
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What are the names and attributes of God in the Qur'an?
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What does the Qur'an say about the Preserved Tablet?
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Does the Qur'an say God can be seen?
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What does the Qur'an teach about God's oneness (tawhid)?
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What does the Qur'an say about trials and testing from God?
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What does the Qur'an mean by God 'istawa' upon the Throne?
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How does the Qur'an hold together God's mercy and His justice?
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Is God the only creator if He is called 'best of creators' (23:14)?
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Does evil come from God or from ourselves (4:78 vs 4:79)?
Faith, disbelief & accountability
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What does the Qur'an say the purpose of life is?
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Does the Qur'an teach predestination or free will?
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What does the Qur'an say about the covenant taken from all souls before birth?
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What is the unforgivable sin (shirk) in the Qur'an?
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What does the Qur'an say about believing in the unseen (al-ghayb)?
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Does the Qur'an prescribe a worldly punishment for blasphemy?
Angels, jinn & Satan
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What does the Qur'an say about the jinn?
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Are there 'Satanic verses' in the Qur'an's history?
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What does the Qur'an say about angels - and do they have free will?
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Is Iblis (Satan) an angel or a jinn in the Qur'an?
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Are angels and jinn the same kind of being in the Qur'an?
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Who were Harut and Marut, and what did they teach?
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What is Iblis's promise to mislead humankind?
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Can the jinn know the future, according to the Qur'an?
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What does the Qur'an say about the jinn who listened to the recitation?
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Does the Qur'an say jinn can possess a person?
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What does the Qur'an say about seeking refuge from evil (the mu'awwidhat)?
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Is there any protector besides God (angels as protectors)?
Magic, dreams & the supernatural
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What does the Qur'an say about the evil eye?
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What does the Qur'an say about magic?
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Does the Qur'an support amulets and talismans?
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What does the Qur'an say about dreams - and Joseph's gift of reading them?
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What does the Qur'an say about fortune-telling and soothsayers?
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What does the Qur'an say about omens and superstition?
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Does the Qur'an treat any dreams as true guidance?
Death & dying
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What does the Qur'an say happens after death?
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Does the Qur'an promise paradise for dying in battle?
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What does the Qur'an say about facing the death of a loved one?
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What does the Qur'an say about whether the dead know the living?
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What does the Qur'an say about a good end (husn al-khatima)?
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What does the Qur'an say about deeds that outlive a person?
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What does the Qur'an say about martyrs after death?
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What does the Qur'an say about mourning and its limits?
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What does the Qur'an say about praying for the dead?
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What does the Qur'an say about the moment the soul is taken - and what detail does it not give?
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What does the Qur'an say about the trumpet blast?
Resurrection, judgment, paradise & hell
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What does the Qur'an actually say about paradise - and where does the '72 virgins' figure come from?
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What does the Qur'an say about the Day of Judgment?
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How does the Qur'an describe hell?
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Does the Qur'an say anyone leaves hell, or is it eternal?
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Does the Qur'an say non-Muslims are condemned to hell?
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What does the Qur'an say about the state between death and resurrection (barzakh)?
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What does the Qur'an say about the resurrection of the body?
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What does the Qur'an say about the highest garden (al-Firdaws)?
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What does the Qur'an say about the companions of paradise (hur)?
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What does the Qur'an say about seeing God in paradise?
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What does the Qur'an say about the grave - and where does the questioning of the grave come from?
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What does the Qur'an say about the record given in the right or the left hand?
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What does the Qur'an say about the scale that weighs deeds (mizan)?
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What does the Qur'an say about the reward for feeding the poor and freeing a person from bondage?
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What does the Qur'an say about joy 'kept hidden' as a reward no soul knows?
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Does the Qur'an reward a good intention even when the deed isn't done?
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What does the Qur'an say about deeds becoming light before a person on the Day of Judgment?
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What does the Qur'an mean that God multiplies the reward for whom He wills?
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What does the Qur'an say about God never letting the reward of the good be lost?
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What does the Qur'an say about a 'goodly loan to God' repaid many times over?
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What does the Qur'an say about the two angels who record every deed?
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Does the Qur'an say every letter recited earns reward - or is that from hadith?
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What does the Qur'an mean by a reward 'without measure' (bi-ghayri hisab)?
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Does the Qur'an say a good deed is multiplied ten times over?
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Does the Qur'an count a bad deed once but multiply a good one?
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Where do the rewards of 'SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah' come from - Qur'an, hadith, or folk?
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Does the Qur'an attach a number to the reward for fasting?
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Does 19:71 say every Muslim / everyone passes into hell?
End-times claims
2Prophets & messengers
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Was Abraham thrown into a fire in the Qur'an?
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Whom did Abraham nearly sacrifice in the Qur'an - and is the son named?
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What does the Qur'an say about David and the Psalms?
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Who is Dhul-Qarnayn in the Qur'an?
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How many prophets does the Qur'an name?
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Does the Qur'an say Jesus was crucified?
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What miracles of Jesus does the Qur'an record?
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Is Jesus called 'Messiah' and 'Word of God' in the Qur'an?
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What does the Qur'an say about Job and his patience?
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What does the Qur'an say about Jonah and the fish?
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What does the Qur'an say about Joseph and his brothers?
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What does the Qur'an say about Lot and his people?
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What does the Qur'an say about Mary (Maryam)?
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What is the story of Moses and Khidr?
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What does the Qur'an say about Salih and the she-camel?
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What does the Qur'an say about Solomon's power over the jinn and the wind?
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What does the Qur'an say about the virgin birth of Jesus?
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What does the Qur'an say about Zachariah and John (Yahya)?
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How does the Qur'an tell the story of Moses and Pharaoh?
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How does the Qur'an tell the story of Noah and the flood?
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How does the Qur'an tell the story of Solomon, the ant and the hoopoe?
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Who was the first Muslim: Muhammad, Moses, Abraham or earlier prophets?
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Does the Qur'an misplace Haman in Pharaoh's court (28:38, 40:36)?
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Does the Qur'an assign the Holy Land to the Children of Israel (5:21)?
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Does the Qur'an say Jesus will return, or that he died?
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When did Pharaoh order the killing of Israelite sons (20:38-39 vs 40:25)?
Muhammad in the Qur'an
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What does the text say about the night journey - and where does the familiar Mi'raj narrative live?
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What does the Qur'an say about the Prophet Muhammad?
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What does the Qur'an say about sending blessings on the Prophet?
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What does the Qur'an say about the Prophet not being a poet or possessed?
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What does the Qur'an say about obeying the Prophet?
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Does the Qur'an say the Prophet was foretold by earlier prophets?
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What does the Qur'an say about following the Prophet's example?
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What does the Qur'an say about the Prophet's grief for those who wouldn't believe?
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What does the Qur'an say about the Prophet's household?
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What does the Qur'an mean that the Prophet is 'only a man'?
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What could and couldn't the Prophet do - miracles, the unseen?
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Does the Qur'an ever correct the Prophet?
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What does the Qur'an say about the Prophet being unlettered?
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What does 'a mercy to the worlds' mean about the Prophet?
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What is the Prophet's role in the Qur'an - warner and bringer of good news?
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What does the Qur'an say about the Prophet's wives?
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What does 'the seal of the prophets' mean?
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How does the Qur'an describe the Prophet's character?
Events during Muhammad's mission
1Qur'anic peoples & communities
5Stories, parables & unnamed figures
2Prayer
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What does the Qur'an say about how to pray - and what does it not give?
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Does the Qur'an describe a call to prayer - and where do the words of the adhan come from?
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Does the Qur'an require reciting the Opening (al-Fatiha) in every prayer?
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Are the five daily prayers named in the Qur'an?
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Does the Qur'an command the Friday congregational prayer?
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What does the Qur'an say about how much of it to recite in prayer?
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What does the Qur'an say about concentration and stillness in prayer (khushu')?
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What is the 'middle prayer' the Qur'an tells us to guard?
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What does the Qur'an say about praying at night (tahajjud)?
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What does the Qur'an say about standing, bowing and prostrating in prayer?
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What does the Qur'an say about praying in fear or in battle?
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What does the Qur'an say about facing hardship with prayer and patience?
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What does the Qur'an say about the times of the daily prayers?
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What does the Qur'an say about worship when one cannot stand?
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What does the Qur'an say about the prayer direction (qibla), and why it changed - and what history does it not give?
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What does the Qur'an say about shortening or combining prayers?
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What does the Qur'an say about prostrating when certain verses are recited?
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What does the Qur'an say about raising or lowering the voice in prayer?
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Does the Qur'an give the words of the prayer, or only the command to pray?
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Does the Qur'an command five daily prayers?
Fasting
1Charity & giving
2Pilgrimage & sacred time
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What does the Qur'an say about the Night of Decree - and what does the sura not say?
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What does the Qur'an say about animal sacrifice (qurbani) - and what specification does it not give?
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What does the Qur'an command about the pilgrimage (Hajj)?
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What does the Qur'an say about the sacred months?
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What does the Qur'an say about the lesser pilgrimage (Umrah)?
Purity
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Are dogs impure in the Qur'an?
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What does the Qur'an say about cleanliness and purification?
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What does the Qur'an say about the full bath (ghusl)?
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What does the Qur'an say about purity before touching the text - and does this verse settle it?
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What does the Qur'an say about dry ablution when there is no water (tayammum)?
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How does the Qur'an describe the washing before prayer (wudu)?
Supplications & remembrance
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What is Abraham's prayer for his descendants and for a city of peace?
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What is the supplication of Adam after the fall?
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What is the prayer 'complete for us our light'?
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What is the prayer for a righteous family - 'the coolness of our eyes'?
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What does the Qur'an say about remembering God (dhikr) - and what method does it not give?
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What does the Qur'an say about supplication (du'a)?
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What is the closing prayer of Surah al-Baqarah - 'do not burden us'?
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How is al-Fatiha itself a supplication said in every prayer?
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'Our Lord, give us good in this world and the next' - where is it, and what does it ask?
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What is the prayer for hearts that do not deviate?
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What is Job's prayer in his affliction?
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What is Jonah's prayer from within the fish?
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What is Moses' prayer - 'expand my chest, ease my task'?
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What is the Qur'an's prayer for one's parents?
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What is the prayer of the companions of the cave?
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What is Solomon's prayer - 'enable me to be grateful'?
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What refuge do the last two surahs teach us to seek?
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What is Zachariah's prayer for a child?
Repentance & spiritual development
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Does God forgive all sins?
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What does the Qur'an say about guilt and forgiving yourself?
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What does the Qur'an say about repentance changing an outcome?
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What does the Qur'an say about arrogance as the first sin?
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What does the Qur'an say about concealing versus confessing sins?
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What does the Qur'an say about God's mercy encompassing all things?
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What does the Qur'an say about good deeds wiping out bad ones?
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What does the Qur'an say about seeking forgiveness for others?
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What does the Qur'an say about God loving those who repent?
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What does the Qur'an say about hypocrisy as a sin of the heart?
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What does the Qur'an say about knowingly persisting in sin?
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What does the Qur'an say about God accepting repentance again and again?
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What does the Qur'an say about repenting at the point of death?
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What does the Qur'an say about the whisper that leads to sin, and breaking it?
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What is the difference between major and minor sins in the Qur'an?
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What is the 'soul that blames itself' in the Qur'an?
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Does the Qur'an promise worldly benefit - rain, wealth, children - for seeking forgiveness?
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What does the Qur'an say about seeking forgiveness (istighfar) - and what formula does it not give?
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What does the Qur'an say about sincere repentance (tawba)?
Marriage, divorce & inheritance
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What does the Qur'an condition marrying more than once on?
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Does verse 4:34 command a man to beat his wife?
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Does the Qur'an sanction child marriage?
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What does the Qur'an say about wills and bequests - and what limit does it not give?
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What does the Qur'an say about divorce and the waiting period (iddah)?
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What does the Qur'an say about the marriage gift (mahr) - and who owns it?
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What does the Qur'an say about love and mercy between spouses?
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What does the Qur'an say about the mutual rights of husband and wife?
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Whom does the Qur'an say a person may not marry?
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What does the Qur'an say about temporary marriage?
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What does the Qur'an say about widows and remarriage?
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Does the Qur'an allow a man four wives (4:3)?
Children & parenting
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What does the Qur'an say about a child's lineage and naming?
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What does the Qur'an say about adoption and lineage?
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What does the Qur'an say about the rights of children on their parents?
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What does the Qur'an say about the killing of infant girls?
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What does the Qur'an say about the status of the mother?
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What does the Qur'an say about breastfeeding and its term?
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What does the Qur'an say about protecting orphans' property?
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What does the Qur'an say about raising children?
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What does the Qur'an say about favouring sons over daughters?
Women, men & gender
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What does the text say about women's covering - khimar, jilbab, and the verse the word hijab actually appears in?
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Does the Qur'an command female genital cutting?
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Does the Qur'an say a woman is worth half a man?
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Does the Qur'an oppress women?
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Does the Qur'an say women must stay at home?
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What are the Qur'an's inheritance shares for women?
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What does the Qur'an say about a woman initiating divorce?
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What does the Qur'an say about a woman's consent to marriage?
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What does the Qur'an say about keeping kinship ties (silat al-rahim)?
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What does the Qur'an say about milk-kinship and foster ties?
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What does the Qur'an say about a woman's right to own and to earn?
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Does the Qur'an treat men and women as equal?
Sexual ethics & safeguarding
3Character & relationships
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What does the Qur'an say about controlling anger?
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What does the Qur'an say about backbiting and slander?
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Does the Qur'an forbid befriending non-Muslims?
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What does the Qur'an say about envy?
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What does the Qur'an say about forgiveness and pardoning?
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What does the Qur'an say about gratitude?
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What does the Qur'an say about honesty and keeping your word?
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What does the Qur'an say about hospitality and generosity?
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What does the Qur'an say about humility versus arrogance?
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What does the Qur'an say about idle and harmful speech?
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What does the Qur'an say about justice - even against yourself?
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Does the Qur'an permit lying to outsiders?
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What does the Qur'an say about mocking others?
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What does the Qur'an say about moderation in spending?
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What does the Qur'an say about neighbours?
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What does the Qur'an say about caring for the poor and the orphan?
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What does the Qur'an say about pride in wealth?
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What does the Qur'an say about repelling evil with good?
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What does the Qur'an say about consultation (shura) in decisions?
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What does the Qur'an say about suspicion and spying?
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What does the Qur'an say about the treatment of parents?
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What does the Qur'an say about keeping trusts and promises?
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What does the Qur'an say about honesty in weight and measure?
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What does the Qur'an say about expiation for a broken oath?
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What does the Qur'an say about public office as a trust?
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What does the Qur'an say about charity multiplied - the grain that grows seven ears of a hundred?
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What does the Qur'an promise the patient - a reward 'in full, without account'?
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How do you tell a Qur'anic promise from a hadith virtue (fadila) from a folk claim?
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What does the Qur'an say about vows made to God - and what procedure does it not give?
Justice & governance
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Does the Qur'an rank Muslims, and can anyone judge another's level?
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Does the Qur'an set a death penalty for leaving Islam?
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Does the Qur'an sanction slavery?
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Does the Qur'an command stoning for adultery?
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What does the Qur'an say about consuming others' wealth unjustly?
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What does the Qur'an say about corruption in the land (fasad)?
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What does the Qur'an say about a just ruler and just governance?
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What does the Qur'an say about justice toward non-Muslims?
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What does the Qur'an say about obeying those in authority?
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What does the Qur'an say about oppression (zulm) and its consequences?
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What does the Qur'an say about false accusation of adultery (qadhf)?
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What does the Qur'an say about retaliation and its limits (qisas)?
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What routes out of slavery does the Qur'an open?
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What does the Qur'an say about standing up for the oppressed?
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What does the Qur'an prescribe for theft?
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What does the Qur'an say about speaking truth to an unjust ruler?
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What does the Qur'an say about tyranny - Pharaoh as the archetype?
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What does the Qur'an say about the punishment for adultery (zina)?
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What does the Qur'an mean that killing one soul is like killing all?
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Is Sharia law in the Qur'an; what punishments does the Qur'an itself prescribe?
War, peace & religious freedom
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Does the Qur'an call for holy war?
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Does the Qur'an tell Muslims to kill unbelievers wherever they find them?
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Does "no compulsion in religion" still stand - and is cancellation a question the verse asks?
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What does the Qur'an say about the ethics of war?
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What does the Qur'an say about the treatment of prisoners of war?
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What does the Qur'an say about self-defence versus aggression?
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What does the Qur'an say about honouring treaties?
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Does the Qur'an command fighting Jews and Christians until they pay jizya (9:29)?
Money, work & economic ethics
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Does the Qur'an forbid interest (riba)?
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What does the Qur'an say about wealth and giving - and does any verse name a rate?
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What does the Qur'an say about wealth and children as the adornment of this life?
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What does the Qur'an say about self-reliance over begging?
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What does the Qur'an say about debt and giving time to repay?
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What does the Qur'an say about earning a living?
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What does the Qur'an say about extravagance and squandering?
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What does the Qur'an say about gambling?
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What does the Qur'an say about greed and the love of wealth?
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What does the Qur'an say about spending versus hoarding?
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What does the Qur'an say about giving openly versus in secret?
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What does the Qur'an say about provision (rizq) coming from God?
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Is seeking wealth blameworthy in the Qur'an?
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What does the Qur'an say about spending in ease and in hardship?
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What does the Qur'an say about the poor's right in your wealth?
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What does the Qur'an say about wealth as a test?
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What does the Qur'an say about wealth that won't help on the Last Day?
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What does the Qur'an say about work by day and rest by night?
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What does the Qur'an say about writing down debts and contracts?
Food, drink & dietary law
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What does the Qur'an declare unlawful to eat?
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What does the Qur'an say about carrion and blood?
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Does the Qur'an's ruling on wine cover every intoxicant?
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What does the Qur'an say about the food of the People of the Book - and what does the verse not answer in its own words?
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What does the Qur'an say about gratitude for provision?
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What does 'lawful and good' (halal and tayyib) mean in the Qur'an?
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What does the Qur'an say about hunting during pilgrimage (ihram)?
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What does the Qur'an allow when eating forbidden food under necessity?
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Why is pork forbidden in the Qur'an?
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What does the Qur'an say about animals sacrificed to idols?
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What does the Qur'an say about seafood and game?
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What does the Qur'an say about meat not slaughtered in God's name?
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What does the Qur'an say about wastefulness in eating and drinking - and does it praise going without?
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How does the Qur'an describe the prohibition of wine - and does it present these four as stages?
Other faiths & interreligious relations
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Did the Qur'an simply borrow its stories from the Bible?
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What does the Qur'an say about the Children of Israel and their covenant?
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What does the Qur'an say about Christians?
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What common ground does the Qur'an offer the People of the Book?
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What does the Qur'an say about disputing with others 'in the best way'?
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What does the Qur'an say about protecting churches, synagogues and monasteries?
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What does the Qur'an say about the hypocrites (munafiqun)?
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What does the Qur'an say about idolaters (mushrikun)?
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What does the Qur'an say about Jews?
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Can a Muslim marry a Jew or a Christian, per the Qur'an?
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Who are the 'People of the Book' in the Qur'an?
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What does the Qur'an say about the prophets being one brotherhood?
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What does the Qur'an say about religious freedom and 'no compulsion'?
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Who are the Sabians in the Qur'an?
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What does the Qur'an say about salvation for other faiths?
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Does the Qur'an say earlier scriptures were changed (tahrif)?
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What does the Qur'an say about those who never received a message?
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What does the Qur'an say about the Torah and the Gospel?
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What does the Qur'an say about the Trinity?
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Does the Qur'an say Jews call Ezra (Uzayr) the son of God (9:30)?
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Does 21:98 put Jesus, whom Christians worship, in hell?
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Does the Qur'an say its God is the God of Jews and Christians?
Nature & environmental responsibility
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What does the Qur'an mean that animals are 'communities like you'?
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What does the Qur'an say about balance in nature (mizan) - and about disturbing it?
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What does the Qur'an say about bees, ants and birds as communities?
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Does the Qur'an say the earth is flat?
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What does the Qur'an say about kindness to animals?
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What does the Qur'an say about corruption appearing 'on land and sea'?
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What does the Qur'an say about life coming from water?
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What does the Qur'an say about livestock and their benefits to us?
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What does the Qur'an say about night and day 'wrapping' each other?
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What does the Qur'an say about creation in 'six days'?
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What does the Qur'an say about humans as stewards (khalifa) and the trust of the earth?
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What does the Qur'an say about the barrier between two seas?
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What does the Qur'an say about water and not wasting it?
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What does the Qur'an say about winds and rain as signs?
Science claims
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What does the Qur'an say about the 'expanding' of the heaven?
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What does the Qur'an say about iron being 'sent down'?
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What does the Qur'an say about the heavens and earth being 'joined, then parted'?
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What does the Qur'an say about the human being made from clay?
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What does the Qur'an say about the mountains as 'pegs'?
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Did the Qur'an predict modern science - and does any verse say it is making a prediction?
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What does the Qur'an say about the seven heavens?
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What does the Qur'an say about the sky as a 'protected roof'?
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What does the Qur'an say about the sun, the moon, and their orbits - and does it name a centre?
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Does the Qur'an say the sun sets in a muddy spring?
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Does the Qur'an teach that the sun orbits the earth - and does it say what the sun moves around?
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What does the Qur'an say about the stages of human creation in the womb?
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Does the Qur'an support or reject evolution (Adam the first human)?
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Does the Qur'an say semen comes from between the backbone and the ribs (86:6-7)?
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Does the Qur'an say shooting stars are missiles thrown at devils (67:5, 37:6-10)?
Mental wellbeing & hardship
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What does the Qur'an say about anxiety and worry?
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What does the Qur'an say about not despairing of God's mercy?
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What does the Qur'an say about grief and loss?
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What does the Qur'an mean that "with hardship comes ease"?
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What does the Qur'an say about patience through trial?
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What does the Qur'an say about reliance on God (tawakkul)?
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What does the Qur'an say about turning to God after wrong rather than despairing?
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What does the Qur'an say about gratitude and contentment in hardship?
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What does the Qur'an say about crying out to God in distress?
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What does the Qur'an say about fear - and its cure?
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What does the Qur'an say about hearts that harden?
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What does the Qur'an say about God's nearness in loneliness?
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What does the Qur'an say about the heart finding rest in remembrance?
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How is the Qur'an itself described as a healing for what is in the hearts?
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What does the Qur'an say about the peace (sakina) God sends down?
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What does the Qur'an mean by a 'sound heart'?
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What does the Qur'an say about being tested with fear, hunger and loss?
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What does the Qur'an mean that no soul is burdened beyond what it can bear?
Questions the Qur'an does not directly answer
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