Verse 16: The Dissemblers Exchanging Error for Guidance......................................... 1 19

Verses 17-20: Two Parables about the Dissemblers...................................................... 122

Discussion about Allegorical Comparisons (parables) and the Use

of Allegory in the Qur'an............................................................................................ 123

An Introduction about Eloquence (Rhetoric) .........................................................  127

The First Parable about the Dissemblers.................................................................. 135

Verses 19-20: The Second Parable about the Dissemblers........................................... 144

The Use of Metaphor in some Verses .....................................................................  150

Verses 21 -22: The Question of Worship........................................................................ 160

Proofs of the Maker and His Attributes................................................................... 163

Explanations of the Word-Order................................................................................ 170

Verses 23-24: About the Prophethood of Muhammad (UWBP) ................................. 181
The Answers to Three Questions raised about the Qur'an, concerning

its literal meanings being apparently opposed to reality........................................ 191

Further Evidences of Muhammad's Prophethood .................................................. 196

The Qur'an's Inimitability ...........................................................................................  197

About Hell ....................................................................................................................  202

The Qur'an's Inimitability ...........................................................................................  205

Verse 25: About Paradise.................................................................................................. 211

Evidences for the End of the World and Bodily Resurrection .............................. 213

About Everlasting Life and Eternal Happiness........................................................ 216

Verse 26-27: The Qur'an's Challenging with its Inimitability ........................................ 224

An Explanation of Man's Accountability.................................................................. 230

About Sinfulness and Misguidance......................................................................... 232

Verse 28: About Life, Death, and the Resurrection of the Dead.................................. 241

Verse 29: All on the Earth being Created for Humankind.............................................. 251

The Creation of the Heavens and the Earth.............................................................. 254

Regarding the Seven Heavens................................................................................... 255

Verse 30: Man's Vicegerency and Proof of the Angels................................................. 262

Verses 31-33: The Teaching of the Names ..................................................................... 271

INDEXES

Subject Index................................................................................................................ 279

Index of Names and Places ........................................................................................  284

Index of Grammatical and Literary Terms ................................................................. 285