‘THE QURAN: INTERPRETATION IN CONTEXT One God THE EVERLASTING REFUGE Commentary and Vocabulary Reference of Strat al-Ikhls He is Alla, there is 20 God but Him mower ofthe unseen | and the seen. He i th Giving, Ho is All, thas in no Ged but Him, the King, the AlL-Holy, the hace the Fitul, [2 the Guardian, the Overpowering, the Insisuble, the Sublime, Glory be to Alla over a shat they asociate vith His” He is Alla, the [2 Crestor, the Maloy, the Fashioner. To Him be- $] long the heavens and the earth givor gly to Him. And He is the Ovezponering, the All-Wise. (9:22.24) |@ ILMercful, the Merey- it oxcellent names, All that ie in the | AHMAD ZAKI HAMMADAI Rights Reserves. Prat ion [No partof this pblintion may be reprodsced stored or ranted ‘any formor by any mam, conic or oer wise ling pho copying eceding Inert or by any iormation storage and era System, without ween permision fom CL Printed in the Unis Sates o America Published by: Quranic Litersy Insite (OLD PO. Bo 140» Bridgeview nes 6045 « USA (og s-191 + Poe 50592 Fo) Cover designby A. Whiteman under comunison ofthe Quranic Literacy Tre and Gran A. Hard ISBN dot: osKEOTIS SS (One Gas print on premium aire paper tat iin compliance with ‘tandards se fo laine aopers by the American National Stared Insts, Ine The paper's darby estates at nore tha 30 years. “The binding materude were chosen fr stengt dab, lange) ad ologeal concerns, Te tsb in Palatino Dic yp that alias ‘abe tanslteration and the use of features scl to ine erature, sckas a" and 3 “TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: (QU Quranic Literacy nate, Advancing namic Literacy, The Quran Projet an The Quran: ntrpetationn Corea are wademarist the (Quran Literacy state (SUD. FOR = Allin the English-speaking reorld oho may erie fro this work, even in the smallest degree, the impulse to sek dine guidance for a ‘mening if, Mere andi the Hlevefter AND FOR Tioo benevolent souls who departed this world my father, Zaki Mansour Hammad, and Shaykh Salem bin Mahfouz A special prayer that God grant them sternal is and mercy in the abode of paceTRANSLITERATION NOTE The transliteration of Arable nes and terms into English follows well: ‘stained scheme shown below Alo, eri every mention of the name of Prophet Muhammad is ted bythe rakie™ "eich ay be tonlated o “Gad bless Hat and give ln pone” «prayer o endearment reflecting Muslim veneration forthe Prophet ewes tel veneration “appear ater haan hor ropes mentioned as wells Ange Gabriel), and basally ets peace botipos Km” hot awe Bort wenn B t Sot bent Sec th Sg ood Soe b c Book kh Soca dood ao dh amaest ae oooh ; jon hor ary eke iyy Boa ene) ‘QURANIC CITATION NOTE Theword “Quran (amore phoney accurete retin ofthe namecf the “slim seiptae isa romghost he tt sie ofthe popalarspaing "korn Nes enh afte meta 700 refresh rar ese ‘ee lowing an etabinil nsmerl tem Fr earpl, hetRn wose tthe Gara’ rat sum ore) ced os 13 hess unter falwed Ey thenumbe ofthe vere separated bya colon BRACKETS NOTE [Within several translate ens ane alfbeackets ~~ that contain aying {ext hat should bere wifi were par ofthe text. For example: He toh sons pay f sng aon pon ou OD The fl rack | rst infobaton hat ony exper snd ot neat to ead favel the tat For sump The bt 3 Spon wen be Aan [ean nite gle fo Poa Cale lesen CONTENTS FOREWORD yr. AtdutSstu Sahin ‘The Wid andthe Work of God. PREFACE The Search for God INTRODUCTION ‘The Divine Word and the Human Contest INTERPRETATION Sat a-Wdlas: Arabic Text amd English Interpretation OVERVIEW Sit atts: The Sura of Sincrty The Meaning of Sata ili in Brief The Names of Staley The Context of Revelation The Major Theme of Sot a-eis 1B B 6COMMENTARY (Gdn the Content of he Quran L The Nate Buman Disposition 1. Dine Existence as Revealed inthe Quran [UL The Most Excellent Names of Got 1V. One God: Indie Worship RULES AND MERITS Highights Regarding Sara le The Excellence of Sat ads Sra Tl the Conte of Worship VOCABULARY REFERENCE ‘The Resa Wd The Terms of Sat a-ikls 1. Q(B): SarfHei Allah, One) 2. Allah (ei 5. Aad (Fei Allah) ONE 4. Ab Samad (