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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

N. Davids, Y. Waghid, Ethical Dimensions of Muslim Education, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29317-2

The original version of the FM of this book contained errors which have been corrected in the updated version. The corrections are given below:

Nuraan Davids • Yusef Waghid

Department of Education Policy Studies, Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

List of Surahs (Chapters) and Their English Translations in Brackets

  1. 1.

    Al-Fatihah (The Opening)

  2. 2.

    Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

  3. 3.

    Al-Imrān (The Family of Amran)

  4. 4.

    An-Nisā’ (The Women)

  5. 5.

    Al-Mā’dah (The Food)

  6. 6.

    Al-An’-ām (The Cattle)

  7. 7.

    Al-’A’rāf (The Elevated Places)

  8. 8.

    Al-Anfāl (Voluntary Gifts)

  9. 9.

    Al-Barā’at/At-Taubah (The Immunity)

  10. 10.

    Yūnus (Jonah)

  11. 11.

    Hūd (Hud)

  12. 12.

    Yūsuf (Joseph)

  13. 13.

    Al-Rād (The Thunder)

  14. 14.

    Ibrāhīm (Abraham)

  15. 15.

    Al-Hijr (The Rock)

  16. 16.

    An-Nahl (The Bee)

  17. 17.

    Bani Isrāil (The Israelites)

  18. 18.

    Al-Kahf (The Cave)

  19. 19.

    Maryam (Mary)

  20. 20.

    Tā Hā (Ta Ha)

  21. 21.

    Al-’Anbiyā’ (The Prophets)

  22. 22.

    Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

  23. 23.

    Al-Muminūn (The Believers)

  24. 24.

    An-Nūr (The Light)

  25. 25.

    Al-Furqān (The Discrimination)

  26. 26.

    Al-Shu’arā’ (The Poets)

  27. 27.

    An-Naml (The Naml)

  28. 28.

    Al-Qasas (The Narrative)

  29. 29.

    Al-Ankabūt (The Spider)

  30. 30.

    Ar-Rūm (The Romans)

  31. 31.

    Luqmān (Luqman)

  32. 32.

    As-Sajdah (The Adoration)

  33. 33.

    Al-Ahzāb (The Allies)

  34. 34.

    Al-Sabā’ (The Saba)

  35. 35.

    Al-Fātir (The Originator)

  36. 36.

    Yāsīn (Ya Sin)

  37. 37.

    As_Saffāt (Those Ranging in Ranks)

  38. 38.

    Sād (Sad)

  39. 39.

    Az-Zumar (The Companies)

  40. 40.

    Al-Mu’min (The Believer)

  41. 41.

    Hāmīm (Ha Mim)

  42. 42.

    As-Shūrā (Counsel)

  43. 43.

    Az-Zukhruf (Gold)

  44. 44.

    Ad-Dukkhān (The Drought)

  45. 45.

    Al-Jāthiyah (The Kneeling)

  46. 46.

    Al-Ahqaf (The Sandhills)

  47. 47.

    Muhammad (Muhammad)

  48. 48.

    Al-Fath (The Victory)

  49. 49.

    Al-Hujjarāt (The Apartments)

  50. 50.

    Qāf (Qaf)

  51. 51.

    Ad-Dhāriyāt (The Scatterers)

  52. 52.

    At-Tūr (The Mountain)

  53. 53.

    An-Najm (The Star)

  54. 54.

    Al-Qamar (The Moon)

  55. 55.

    Ar-Rahmān (The Beneficent)

  56. 56.

    Al-Wāqi’ah (The Event)

  57. 57.

    Al-Hadīd (Iron)

  58. 58.

    Al-Mujādilah (The Pleading Woman)

  59. 59.

    Al-Hashr (The Banishment)

  60. 60.

    Al-Mumtahinah (The Woman who is Examined)

  61. 61.

    As-Saff (The Ranks)

  62. 62.

    Al-Jumu’ah (The Congregation)

  63. 63.

    Al-Munāfiqūn (The Hypocrites)

  64. 64.

    At-Taghāfbun (The Manifestation of Losses)

  65. 65.

    At-Talāq (Divorce)

  66. 66.

    At-Tahrīm (The Prohibition)

  67. 67.

    Al-Mulk (The Kingdom)

  68. 68.

    Al-Qalam (The Pen)

  69. 69.

    Al-Hāqqah (The Sure Truth)

  70. 70.

    Al-Ma’ārij (The Ways of Ascent)

  71. 71.

    Nūh (Noah)

  72. 72.

    Al-Jinn (The Jinn)

  73. 73.

    Al-Muzzammil (The One Covering Himself)

  74. 74.

    Al-Muddaththir (The One Wrapping Himself Up)

  75. 75.

    Al-Qiyāmah (The Resurrection)

  76. 76.

    Al-Insān (The Man)

  77. 77.

    Al-Mursalāt (Those Sent Forth)

  78. 78.

    An-Naba’ (The Announcement)

  79. 79.

    An-Nazi’āt (Those Who Yearn)

  80. 80.

    ’Abasa (He Frowned)

  81. 81.

    At-Tatfīf (The Folding Up)

  82. 82.

    Al-Infitār (The Cleaving)

  83. 83.

    At-Tatfīf (Default in Duty)

  84. 84.

    Al-Inshiqaq (The Bursting Asunder)

  85. 85.

    Al-Burūj (The Stars)

  86. 86.

    At-Tāriq (The Comer by Night)

  87. 87.

    Al-I’Alā’ (The Most High)

  88. 88.

    Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming Event)

  89. 89.

    Al-Fajr (The Daybreak)

  90. 90.

    Al-Balad (The City)

  91. 91.

    Ash-Shams (The Sun)

  92. 92.

    Al-Lail (The Night)

  93. 93.

    Ad-Duha (The Brightness of the Day)

  94. 94.

    Al-Inshirah (The Expansion)

  95. 95.

    At-Tin (The Fig)

  96. 96.

    Al-‘Alaq (The Clot)

  97. 97.

    Al-Qadr (The Majesty)

  98. 98.

    Al-Bayyinah (The Clear Evidence)

  99. 99.

    Al-Zilzal (The Shaking)

  100. 100.

    Al-‘Adiyat (The Assaulters)

  101. 101.

    Al-Qari’ah (The Calamity)

  102. 102.

    At-Takathur (The Abundance of Wealth)

  103. 103.

    Al-‘Asr (The Time)

  104. 104.

    Al-Humazah (The Slanderer)

  105. 105.

    Al-Fil (The Elephant)

  106. 106.

    Al-Quraish (The Quraish)

  107. 107.

    Al-Ma’un (Acts of Kindness)

  108. 108.

    Al-Kauthar (The Abundance of Good)

  109. 109.

    Al-Kafirun (The Disbelievers)

  110. 110.

    An-Nasr (The Help)

  111. 111.

    Al-Lahab (The Flame)

  112. 112.

    Al-Ikhlas (The Unity)

  113. 113.

    Al-Falaq (The Dawn)

  114. 114.

    An-Nas (The Men)

Glossary of Arabic Terms

adab :

civility; just action

‘adālah :

justice

‘abd :

servant

‘abd-Rabb :

servant–master

‘adl :

justice; equilibrium

al-Ghafūr al-Rahı̄m :

Ultimate Forgiver

ahādith :

pl. words and actions of the Prophet

al-Bashı̄r :

Muhammad PBUH

ahkām :

regulations

akhlāq :

virtuous conduct

al-‘Alı̄m :

the most knowledgeable

al-Bashı̄r :

the all-Seeing

al-Hakı̄m :

the most Wise

al-Khāliq :

the creator

al-kitāb :

the book

al-ma’ād :

eschatology

amānah :

trust

al-nār :

fire

al-nās :

humankind

al-nabuwwah :

prophethood

al-qalb :

heart

al-Qādir :

all-powerful

al-sa’ādat al-dunyā :

happiness in the present life

al-sa’ādat al-quswā :

supreme happiness

al-Samı̄’i :

the all-hearing

al-thawāb :

reward

al-thawāb wal-‘iqāb :

reward and punishment

al-wasatiyyah :

moderation

a’māl :

good works

amanah :

honesty or trust

‘aqı̄dah :

creed

‘aql :

intellect

‘aqli’ :

non-revealed

al-sālihāt :

good actions

ashraf al-makhlūqāt :

noblest of creation

asmā-ul-husnā :

the 99 names of Allah

assalāmu-alaykum :

peace be unto you

awliyā’ :

partners

āyāt :

signs, verses

āyāt bayyināt :

clear signs

birr :

righteousness

dhikr :

to remember

dı̄n al-fitrah :

a religion of human nature

fahm :

understanding

falsafa :

philosophy

fardh :

obligatory acts

fi ahsan al-taqwı̄m :

best of forms

fitrah :

to think

fikriyyah :

pondering on

fiqh :

jurisprudence

fitnah :

seditious speech

fitrah :

primordial human nature, purity

ghı̄bah :

backbite

hādı̄th :

word/action of Prophet Muhammad PBUH

hajj :

pilgrimage

Hanafiyya :

named after Imam Abu Hanifa

Hanbaliyya :

named after Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal

haqq :

truth and right

harām :

forbidden acts

hijāb :

head-scarf

hikmah :

wisdom

hilm :

forbearance

hudā :

guidance

hudā al-nās :

a guidance for humanity

hukm :

judgement

‘ibādah :

service to others

Iblı̄s :

Satan

‘iffah :

temperance

ihsān :

perfection or excellence

ikhtilāf :

disagreement

ijmā’ :

consensus of opinion, mutual consultation

‘ilm :

knowledge

ijtihād :

independent, individual judgement

ikhtilāf :

diversity, pluralism, disagreement

ı̄mān billāh :

belief in Allah

ı̄mān :

faith

insān :

human being

insān al-kāmil :

perfect man

Inshā Allah :

God willing

istighfār :

forgiveness

istihsān :

judicial preference

instinbāt :

happiness

i’tidāl :

moderation

jadalı̄’ :

argumentative

jalāl :

infinite, divine majesty

jamāl :

beauty

jannah :

paradise

jawami’ al-kalām :

high eloquence

jihād :

struggle

jihad al-nafs :

inner struggles

kalām :

word of Allah; scholastic theology

kamāl :

perfection

khalı̄fah :

vicegerent on earth

khalı̄fatullāh f ı̄ al-‘ard :

a trustee of Allah on earth

kalimah :

proclamation or testimony of faith

karāmāt ma’nawiyyah :

moral marvels

khātabīl :

outward poetic

khayr :

goodness

Khatam al-Nubuwwa :

seal of Prophethood

khulūqiyyah :

ethical

khutābiyyah :

rhetoric

kitāb :

book

ma’ād :

eschatology

madhāhib :

schools of thought

maghfirah :

forgiveness

mahabbatullāh :

love of Allah

makruh :

reprehensible, but not forbidden

Malikiyya :

named after Imam Mālik ibn Anas

Man dāna nafsahu qad rabiha :

Whoever surrenders herself will experience an increase in it

mandūb :

recommended acts

mantiq :

logic

ma’rifatullāh :

knowledge of Allah

ma‘ruf :

approved

mathal :

pl. amthāl; parables

mau-ithah :

good instruction

millah :

religion

mı̄thāq :

pact, covenant

mı̄zān :

balance

mubāh :

morally neutral acts

muhkamāt :

foundational or decisive

Muh’sin :

certifies the presence of God

Mu’min :

worships God as if one can see Him

mushaf :

compilation

mutashābihāt :

allegorical or unspecific

Nabı̄’ :

Prophet

nafs :

soul

naqlı̄’ :

revealed

nār :

fire

nās :

humankind

nazariyyah :

theoretical

nikāb :

face-covering

ni’mah :

Divine Favour

nubuwwa :

prophecy

nisba :

proportion

nisyān :

forgetfulness

nutūqiyyah :

rational

qalb :

heart

qist :

equity

qiyās :

principles of analogy

Qul hātū burhānakum :

produce your evidence

qutb :

universal being

Rabb :

Lord

rahmah :

mercy, compassion

Rasūl :

Messenger

rawiyyah :

deliberation

ra’y :

rational argumentation

rūh :

spirit

sakhā :

generosity

sajdah :

prostration

salāh :

prayer, praying

sabr :

patience

sālihāt :

good actions

sayyi’āt :

bad actions

Shafiyya :

named after Imam Abdullah Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi

shahādah :

the testimony

shajā’ah :

courage

Sharı̄’ah :

Divine law

shirk :

ascribing a partner

shukr :

gratitude

shūrā :

mutual consultation, deliberative engagement

sinā’iyyah :

artistic

siyām :

fasting

Sunnah :

lived example of the Prophet Muhammad

Sūrah :

chapter

ta’aqqul :

practical wisdom

ta-āruf :

knowing

tadabbur :

reflection

ta’dı̄b :

social activism

tafakkur :

to contemplate

tafsı̄r :

exegesis

ta’lı̄m :

critical engagement

tanzı̄l :

descent

taqwa :

piety

taqiyya :

dissimulation

tarbiyyah :

education; socialisation

tassaffuh :

induction

tawādu :

humility

tawhı̄d :

monotheism; oneness of Allah

thawab wal iqāb :

reward and punishment

ulul al-bāb :

those of understanding

ummah :

community

ummatan wasatan :

justly balanced community

usūl al-ı̄mān :

major tenets of faith

walī :

saint

Wa amruhum shūrā baynahum :

Doing things together with others

wilāyah :

protection, support

zakāh :

compulsory charity

zawjiya :

pairing