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*** To be specific, men are only "a degree above" women when it's concerning house duties. In other words, men have a bigger responsibility in that they're considered the breadwinners. Other than that, men and women are seen as equal to each other.
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*** To be specific, men are only "a degree above" women when it's concerning house duties. In other words, men have a bigger responsibility in that they're considered the breadwinners. Other than that, men and women are seen as equal to each other.
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The Qur'an is the holy text of the Islamic faith. It differs from the Jewish and Christian Bible, in that the work is not a collection of various other works, but rather a collection of sayings in verse attributed to Allah/God given to TheProphetMuhammed via the ArchangelGabriel. Think of it as ''God: The Collected Poems''.
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The Qur'an is the holy text of [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} the Islamic faith.faith]]. It differs from the Jewish and Christian Bible, in that the work is not a collection of various other works, but rather a collection of sayings in verse attributed to Allah/God given to TheProphetMuhammed via the ArchangelGabriel. Think of it as ''God: The Collected Poems''.
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* UngratefulBastard: One of the stories in Qur'an tell of the Bani Israil after they fled Egypt. Food were hard to come by in the desert, so Allah sent them ''salwa''[[hottip:*:A kind of small bird. Supposedly delicious.]] and ''manna''[[hottip:*:Similar to honey.]]. However, the Bani Israil wanted vegetables and other stuffs they had in Egypt, and some actually dared return there. Those who did got deeply humiliated for their efforts.
** To be grateful to what Allah gives to you is a recurring aesop. One whole ''surah'' descended just to remind the Quraisy, Muhammad's own tribe, that they should be grateful for their lofty position amongst the Arabs of the day.
** To be grateful to what Allah gives to you is a recurring aesop. One whole ''surah'' descended just to remind the Quraisy, Muhammad's own tribe, that they should be grateful for their lofty position amongst the Arabs of the day.
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* UngratefulBastard: One of the stories in Qur'an tell of the Bani Israil after they fled Egypt. Food were hard to come by in the desert, so Allah sent them ''salwa''[[hottip:*:A kind of small bird. Supposedly delicious.]] and ''manna''[[hottip:*:Similar to honey.honey, but produced by a different insect. Jews, Christians, and Muslims all agree that it might be uncharitably called bug poop. Sweet, delicious, sustaining bug poop.]]. However, the Bani Israil wanted vegetables and other stuffs they had in Egypt, and some actually dared return there. Those who did got deeply humiliated for their efforts.
** To be grateful to what Allah gives to you is a recurring aesop. One whole ''surah'' descended just to remind theQuraisy, Quraish, Muhammad's own tribe, that they should be grateful for their lofty position amongst the Arabs of the day.
** To be grateful to what Allah gives to you is a recurring aesop. One whole ''surah'' descended just to remind the
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** Reminiscent of an old Jewish joke, in which Moses tells his people "There's good news and bad news. The good news is that I convinced Him to drop seven of the Seventeen Commandments. The bad news is that He wouldn't budge on the one about adultery."
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* AlwaysLawfulGood: Angels. They are more akin to software, and thus this trope simply because they are incapable of disobeying that which defines 'Lawful' and 'Good'.
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* AlwaysLawfulGood: Angels. They are more akin to software, and thus this trope simply because they are incapable of disobeying that which defines 'Lawful' and 'Good'.'Good'; in Islam, Satan is not a FallenAngel, but a Djinn, who can be as morally varied as any human being.
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* MultinationalTeam: The Muslims of Muhammad's time included people such as Salman al-Farisi [[CaptainObvious who came from Persia]], as well as Bilal, a liberated black slave. The only measure of a person in Allah's eyes is that person's faith, not nationality or ethnicity.
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* WarriorPoet: The Arab men prided themselves on two things: fighting prowess, and making poetries. They were greatly shocked when the illiterate Muhammad start reciting Qur'an, which is [[SublimeRhyme beautiful]] as it's [[DoorStopper lengthy]].
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* {{Badass}}: {{Defied}}! The Army of Muslims attributed their victories (and defeats) in war to the will of Allah, never due to their own might. [[spoiler:The one time they believe that victory is assured, they went for loot instead of manning the fortress, resulting in their enemies ambushing them and Muhammad seriously injured.]]
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* DecisiveBattle: Several, leading to the re-capture of Makkah by the Muslim army. Entering Makkah itself was an anti-climax, though.
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* TheFederation: During the Madinah[[hottip:*:then called Yatsrib]] era. Muhammad was the leader of the people of Madinah, which also included Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, polytheists, etc etc. When the Makkah coalition come looking to kill the Muslims, almost everyone in Madinah who were capable of fighting stood to fight.
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* AncientEgypt: Some part of Prophet Musa's story. It seems that the more interesting parts happen when he's outside the Egyptian's territory, such as marriage, meeting with Allah, and looking for a land for his people.
* AncientRome: There is a whole ''surah'' titled ''The Romans'', foretelling the victory of the monotheistic Romans against the polytheistic Sassanid Empire of Persia. It's also a soothing prophecy, because the Sassanids were one of the worst persecutors of Muslims.
* AncientRome: There is a whole ''surah'' titled ''The Romans'', foretelling the victory of the monotheistic Romans against the polytheistic Sassanid Empire of Persia. It's also a soothing prophecy, because the Sassanids were one of the worst persecutors of Muslims.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Go there and back again, actually. Muhammad were called for audiency with Allah, received the order for ''shalah'', and then return to the world so he can bring the order to the Muslims. On his way he met prophets of ancient times such as Musa. Musa actually told Muhammad to renegotiate the order, because ''50 times a day'' would be too difficult.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: {{Averted}}. Satan was given a choice to obey or disobey Allah, and he chose to disobey, thus ensuring his fate. This doesn't apply to his decendants the djinns, who are as capable of being good or evil as the humans, and thus can enter Paradise if they do good.
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** To be grateful to what Allah gives to you is a recurring aesop. One whole ''surah'' descended just to remind the Quraisy, Muhammad's own tribe, that they should be grateful for their lofty position amongst the Arabs of the day.
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* AGodAmI: Allah declares that He is God, and justifiably so.
** If humans or djinns do this, then s/he's [[{{Pride}} a very bad person]]. Examples include the Fir'aun[[hottip:*:Pharaoh]] of Egypt during Prophet Musa's[[hottip:*:Moses]] era, it's explicitly for this sin that he was punished severely. And then Allah make sure [[{{Mummy}} his dead body remains to this day]], to serve as a warning and a proof of historicity.
** If humans or djinns do this, then s/he's [[{{Pride}} a very bad person]]. Examples include the Fir'aun[[hottip:*:Pharaoh]] of Egypt during Prophet Musa's[[hottip:*:Moses]] era, it's explicitly for this sin that he was punished severely. And then Allah make sure [[{{Mummy}} his dead body remains to this day]], to serve as a warning and a proof of historicity.
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* DealWithTheDevil: You can make a deal with djinns to cast spell upon your enemies, but it's a very grave sin. It doesn't help that the aforementioned djinns tend to have [[AGodAmI god-complex]], which is yet another offense to Allah.
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* MagicIsEvil: Magic exists, and it's invariably a bad thing. The Qur'an also [[{{Jossed}} explicitly states]] that Prophet Sulaiman[[hottip:*:King Solomon]] ''did not'' use magic: he indeed had djinn servants, but his mastery over them was granted by Allah, not because he knew spells that bind them to servitude.
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* BigBad: {{Subverted}}. Sure, there is a Satan and he's unkillable until the Judgement Day, but ultimately he can't do anything Allah doesn't permit him to do. The majority of the bad people in the stories did bad things due to their own vices, not due to some kind of invisible capital-E evil.
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** The very last ''surah'' is titled An-Naas, or ''The Humans''.
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* SublimeRhyme: Full of it, but especially obvious at the last ''juz''. [[SerialEscalation Sometimes a page-long paragraph rhymes]]. Traditions exist that bring reciting The Qur'an to a whole new level of art, as encouraged by Muhammad himself.
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* TrueCompanions: The people who immediately believed when Muhammad told them that he just became a prophet. They didn't make that decision lightly: at that time, the Arabs were deeply polytheistic, tribal deity and all, and saying that there is only One True God would invite serious harms, even from your own tribe.
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* ContinuityNod: So, so many, toward Injil[[hottip:*:TheBible]] and Taurat[[spoiler:Torakh]]. In fact, it's stated in The Qur'an itself that one of its purpose is to give ContinuityNod to the aforementioned books, so as to give good news to the faithfuls.
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* ContinuityNod: So, so many, toward Injil[[hottip:*:TheBible]] and Taurat[[spoiler:Torakh]].Taurat[[hottip:*:Torakh]]. In fact, it's stated in The Qur'an itself that one of its purpose is to give ContinuityNod to the aforementioned books, so as to give good news to the faithfuls.
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* TakeThat: Even though The Qur'an has a lot of ContinuityNod toward Bible and Torakh, no love is lost toward [[CorruptChurch those who exploited or -Allah forbid!- altered the texts just to gain some political powers]].
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** There are also a lot of {{Take That}}s toward the {{Hypocrite}}s amongst Muslims.
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* ContinuityNod: So, so many, toward Injil[[hottip:*:TheBible]] and Taurat[[spoiler:Torakh]]. In fact, it's stated in The Qur'an itself that one of its purpose is to give ContinuityNod to the aforementioned books, so as to give good news to the faithfuls.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: The Qur'an is written in a version of Arabic that is archaic even in Muhammad's time. A CrowningMomentOfFunny happened when one of his proponents bashed him for using words that were hard to understand, just to have ''another'' proponent appeared and bashed him incorporating those very same words.
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* UngratefulBastard: One of the stories in Qur'an tell of the Bani Israil after they fled Egypt. Food were hard to come by in the desert, so Allah sent them ''salwa''[[hottip:*:A kind of small bird. Supposedly delicious.]] and ''manna''[[hottip:Similar to honey.]]. However, the Bani Israil wanted vegetables and other stuffs they had in Egypt, and some actually dared return there. Those who did got deeply humiliated for their efforts.
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* UngratefulBastard: One of the stories in Qur'an tell of the Bani Israil after they fled Egypt. Food were hard to come by in the desert, so Allah sent them ''salwa''[[hottip:*:A kind of small bird. Supposedly delicious.]] and ''manna''[[hottip:Similar ''manna''[[hottip:*:Similar to honey.]]. However, the Bani Israil wanted vegetables and other stuffs they had in Egypt, and some actually dared return there. Those who did got deeply humiliated for their efforts.
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* AlwaysLawfulGood: Angels. They are more akin to software, and thus this trope simply because they are incapable of disobeying that which defines 'Lawful' and 'Good'.
* AndIMustScream: The fate of people cast down to Hell(s). You burn for eternity, drink boiling hot water, and eat horrible fruit ('demon head'). Once your entire skin is burned up, Allah will it that another layer be grown so you can burn again.
* AndIMustScream: The fate of people cast down to Hell(s). You burn for eternity, drink boiling hot water, and eat horrible fruit ('demon head'). Once your entire skin is burned up, Allah will it that another layer be grown so you can burn again.
* EldritchAbomination: Consider this: it's stated that if humankind craft every trees in the world into pens and use so much ink that the volume can fill the ocean, it still won't be enough to write down the knowledge that Allah possesses.
* FreakOut: Muhammad, the first time [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Jibril]] visited him. An entire ''surah'' were descended to assure him that things are going to be okay.
* FreakOut: Muhammad, the first time [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Jibril]] visited him. An entire ''surah'' were descended to assure him that things are going to be okay.
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* NeverLearnedToRead: Muhammad was illiterate. This comes as an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] to ChekhovsSkill: Muhammad's proponents were unable to deny his prophethood because he knew of lore of the monotheists. Keep in mind that this was in the ~600 C.E., where knowledge of such lore were restricted to and heavily controlled by the clergy.
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* UngratefulBastard: One of the stories in Qur'an tell of the Bani Israil after they fled Egypt. Food were hard to come by in the desert, so Allah sent them ''salwa''[[hottip:*:A kind of small bird. Supposedly delicious.]] and ''manna''[[hottip:Similar to honey.]]. However, the Bani Israil wanted vegetables and other stuffs they had in Egypt, and some actually dared return there. Those who did got deeply humiliated for their efforts.
* WordOfDante: [[invoked]] {{Defied}}, shot, and sent to [[{{Hell}} Jahannam]]. Allah explicitly forbids coming up with your own {{Fanon}} and put it on the same level as Qur'an and Hadith. This restriction applies even to ''Muhammad''.
* WordOfDante: [[invoked]] {{Defied}}, shot, and sent to [[{{Hell}} Jahannam]]. Allah explicitly forbids coming up with your own {{Fanon}} and put it on the same level as Qur'an and Hadith. This restriction applies even to ''Muhammad''.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The claims that women are less intelligent then men, curse more, and are deficient in religion have long since been disproved many times.
** It is not stated whether this assumption is based on biological or cultural factors. Still, the Koran, has a few quirky opinions on science and biology, like any book written more than a couple centuries ago.
** It is not stated whether this assumption is based on biological or cultural factors. Still, the Koran, has a few quirky opinions on science and biology, like any book written more than a couple centuries ago.
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** It is not stated whether this assumption is based on biological or cultural factors. Still, the Koran, has a few quirky opinions on science and biology, like any book written more than a couple centuries ago.
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* {{Talking Animal}}s / TalkToTheAnimals: In Sunni and Shi'a accounts, Muhammad is said to have conversations with camels, birds, and other animals.
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* SexIsEvil: Averted. Celibacy and ascetism are strongly discouraged, even though it's not ''haram'' in and of itself.
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* ArchangelGabriel: Supposedly revealed the Qur'an to Muhammed.
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* OurAngelsAreDifferent: The angels of TheQuran are ''definitely'' of the EldritchAbomination variety. They are described as having anywhere from two wings to thousands, and they do not eat or drink. They are also ''huge.'' It would take 700 years to go the distance between the ear-lobes and shoulders of the angel who carries Allah's throne, and the ArchangelGabriel has 600 wings which span from the Eastern to the Western horizon. They're invisible to humans but animals can see them. \\
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* OurAngelsAreDifferent: The angels of TheQuran Literature/TheQuran are ''definitely'' of the EldritchAbomination variety. They are described as having anywhere from two wings to thousands, and they do not eat or drink. They are also ''huge.'' It would take 700 years to go the distance between the ear-lobes and shoulders of the angel who carries Allah's throne, and the ArchangelGabriel has 600 wings which span from the Eastern to the Western horizon. They're invisible to humans but animals can see them. \\
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Angels are the messengers of Allah. It is literally impossible for an angel, no matter how powerful, to disobey Allah, because they have no free will. This means there are no evil or FallenAngels, and that every thing they do is commanded by Allah. They carry out Allah's will by doing things like praising and worshiping him, cursing women who will not have sex with their husbands, testing people by giving them wealth or healing their illnesses, and throwing the wicked into hell and mercilessly tormenting them for all of eternity. Belief in them is considered one of the five Articles of Faith in Islam, and Gabriel is said to have revealed TheQuran to Muhammad.
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Angels are the messengers of Allah. It is literally impossible for an angel, no matter how powerful, to disobey Allah, because they have no free will. This means there are no evil or FallenAngels, and that every thing they do is commanded by Allah. They carry out Allah's will by doing things like praising and worshiping him, cursing women who will not have sex with their husbands, testing people by giving them wealth or healing their illnesses, and throwing the wicked into hell and mercilessly tormenting them for all of eternity. Belief in them is considered one of the five Articles of Faith in Islam, and Gabriel is said to have revealed TheQuran Literature/TheQuran to Muhammad.
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** A woman's testimony is worth half that of a man. [[FairForItsDay But when you consider the times....]]
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That\'s in the Hadiths. But not mention in the Quran itself, right?
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* OldManMarryingAChild: One of Muhammed's wives was 6 when they got married. Muhammed was 51.
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* {{Polyamory}} The Qur'an allows this and contains several examples.
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* {{Polyamory}} {{Polyamory}}: Well, polygamy. The Qur'an allows this a limited polygamy, one of whose requirements is, essentially, that it be polyamorous as well (the man is required to treat all his wives equally in all respects). We should note that the Muslims originally frowned on polygamy--Muhammad himself was faithful to his first wife and contains several examples.did not marry again until after her death--and it was only allowed when war had created a lot of widows.
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The Qur'an is the holy text of the Islamic faith. It differs from the Jewish and Christian Bible, in that the work is not a collection of various other works, but rather a collection of sayings in verse attributed to Allah/God given to TheProphetMuhammed via the ArchangelGabriel.
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The Qur'an is the holy text of the Islamic faith. It differs from the Jewish and Christian Bible, in that the work is not a collection of various other works, but rather a collection of sayings in verse attributed to Allah/God given to TheProphetMuhammed via the ArchangelGabriel. \n Think of it as ''God: The Collected Poems''.
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The Qur'an is the holy text of the Islamic faith. It differs from the Jewish and Christian Bible, in that the work is not a collection of various other works, but rather a collection of sayings attributed to Allah/God given to TheProphetMuhammed via the ArchangelGabriel.
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The Qur'an is the holy text of the Islamic faith. It differs from the Jewish and Christian Bible, in that the work is not a collection of various other works, but rather a collection of sayings in verse attributed to Allah/God given to TheProphetMuhammed via the ArchangelGabriel.
