1st Edition

Companion to the Qur'an Based on the Arberry Translation

By W.M. Watt Copyright 2008

    Originally published in 1967, this Companion is designed to help readers of the Qur’an by giving them necessary background information. An account is given of ideas peculiar to the Qur’an, and the main variant interpretations are noted. A full index of Qur’anic proper names and an index of words commented on has been provided. Based on A J Arberry’s translation, this Companion can be used with other translations, or indeed with the original text, since the verses are numbered.

    Chapter 1 THE OPENING; Chapter 2 THE COW; Chapter 3 THE HOUSE OF IMRAN; Chapter 4 THE WOMEN; Chapter 5 THE TABLE; Chapter 6 CATTLE; Chapter 7 THE BATTLEMENTS; Chapter 8 THE SPOILS; Chapter 9 REPENTANCE; Chapter 10 JONAH; Chapter 11 HOOD; Chapter 12 JOSEPH; Chapter 13 THUNDER; Chapter 14 ABRAHAM; Chapter 15 EL-HIJR; Chapter 16 THE BEE; Chapter 17 THE NIGHT JOURNEY; Chapter 18 THE CAVE; Chapter 19 MARY; Chapter 20 TA HA; Chapter 21 THE PROPHETS; Chapter 22 THE PILGRIMAGE; Chapter 23 THE BELIEVERS; Chapter 24 LIGHT; Chapter 25 SALVATION; Chapter 26 THE POETS; Chapter 27 THE ANT; Chapter 28 THE STORY; Chapter 29 THE SPIDER; Chapter 30 THE GREEKS; Chapter 31 LOKMAN; Chapter 32 PROSTRATION; Chapter 33 THE CONFEDERATES; Chapter 34 SHEBA; Chapter 35 THE ANGELS; Chapter 36 YA SIN; Chapter 37 THE RANGERS; Chapter 38 SAD; Chapter 39 THE COMPANIES; Chapter 40 THE BELIEVER; Chapter 41 DISTINGUISHED; Chapter 42 COUNSEL; Chapter 43 ORNAMENTS; Chapter 44 SMOKE; Chapter 45 HOBBLING; Chapter 46 THE SAND-DUNES; Chapter 47 MUHAMMAD; Chapter 48 VICTORY; Chapter 49 APARTMENTS; Chapter 50 Q?F; Chapter 51 THE SCATTERERS; Chapter 52 THE MOUNT; Chapter 53 THE STAR; Chapter 54 THE MOON; Chapter 55 THE ALL-MERCIFUL; Chapter 56 THE TERROR; Chapter 57 IRON; Chapter 58 THE DISPUTER; Chapter 59 THE MUSTERING; Chapter 60 THE WOMAN TESTED; Chapter 61 THE RANKS; Chapter 62 CONGREGATION; Chapter 63 THE HYPOCRITES; Chapter 64 MUTUAL FRAUD; Chapter 65 DIVORCE; Chapter 66 THE FORBIDDING; Chapter 67 THE KINGDOM; Chapter 68 THE PEN; Chapter 69 THE INDUBITABLE; Chapter 70 THE STAIRWAYS; Chapter 71 NOAH; Chapter 72 THE JINN; Chapter 73 THE ENWRAPPED ONE; Chapter 74 SHROUDED; Chapter 75 THE RESURRECTION; Chapter 76 MAN; Chapter 77 THE LOOSED ONES; Chapter 78 THE TIDING; Chapter 79 THE PLUCKERS; Chapter 80 HE FROWNED; Chapter 81 THE DARKENING; Chapter 82 THE SPLITTING; Chapter 83 THE STINTERS; Chapter 84 THE RENDING; Chapter 85 THE CONSTELLATIONS; Chapter 86 THE NIGHT-STAR; Chapter 87 THE MOST HIGH; Chapter 88 THE ENVELOPER; Chapter 89 THE DAWN; Chapter 90 THE LAND; Chapter 91 THE SUN; Chapter 92 THE NIGHT; Chapter 93 THE FORENOON; Chapter 94 THE EXPANDING; Chapter 95 THE FIG; Chapter 96 THE BLOOD-CLOT; Chapter 97 THE POWER; Chapter 98 THE CLEAR SIGN; Chapter 99 THE EARTHQUAKE; Chapter 100 THE CHARGES; Chapter 101 THE CLATTERER; Chapter 102 RIVALRY; Chapter 103 AFTERNOON; Chapter 104 THE BACKBITER; Chapter 105 THE ELEPHANT; Chapter 106 KORAISH; Chapter 107 CHARITY; Chapter 108 ABUNDANCE; Chapter 109 THE UNBELIEVERS; Chapter 110 HELP; Chapter 111 PERISH; Chapter 112 SINCERE RELIGION; Chapter 113 DAYBREAK; Chapter 114 MEN;