In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
The Easy Dictionary of the Qur'an (Compiled in the order of recitation)
Compiled By
Shaikh AbdulKarim Parekh Translated By
(Late) AbdurRasheed Kamptee Dr. Abdulazeez Abdulraheem Shaikh AbdulGhafoor Parekh
Number of Publications in Urdu First Edition Second Edition Third Edition Fourth Edition Fifth Edition Sixth Edition Seventh Edition Eighth Edition Ninth Edition Tenth Edition
Mar. 1952 Jul. 1954 Jul. 1960 Sep. 1962 Nov. 1963 Aug. 1965 Dec. 1968 Sep. 1969 Jun. 1973 1977
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(The Urdu version of this dictionary has been printed more than 40 times in India and Pakistan. Translations of this dictionary are also available in Turkish, Hindi, and Bengali.) Third Revised English Edition: March 2000
Available at the following addresses in India: Maulana AbdulKarim Parekh Lakad Gunj, Nagpur 8, India. Maktaba Nadwatul-Ulama Nadva, Lucknow, U.P., India.
3 In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Table of Contents List of Surahs and corresponding Parahs................................................... iv List of Parahs & some interesting statistics ............................................... vi Foreword by Shaikh Abul-Hasan Ali Nadwi .......................................... viii Preface by the Translators...........................................................................x About the Author ......................................................................................xii Preface by the Author .............................................................................. xiv Unique Features of This Book ..................................................................xx Suggestions for Using This Book Effectively..........................................xxi List of Abbreviations and Symbols.........................................................xxii Part I : Do I Know What I Read Daily?..................................................1 Part II: A Brief Journey Through Arabic Grammar .......................... 13 Part III: The Lughatul-Qur'an ............................................... .............. 41 Where Do I Go From Here?....................................................................244
Lughatul-Qur'an
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Foreword
Lughatul-Qur'an
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Foreword
List of Surahs and corresponding Parahs Name of the Surah 1. The Opening 2. The Cow The Family of 3. Imran 4. The Women 5. The Table Spread 6. The Cattle 7. The Heights 8. The Spoils of War 9. Repentance 10. Jonah 11. Prophet Hud 12. Joseph 13. Thunder 14. Prophet Abraham 15. The Rocky Tract 16. The Bee The Children of 17. Israel 18. The Cave 19. Mary 20. Taa-Haa 21. Prophets 22. The Pilgrimage 23. The Believers 24. The Light 25. The Criterion 26. The Poets 27. The Ants 28. The Narration 29. The Spider 30. The Romans
