The document discusses the main subjects and themes covered in the Quran. It outlines four main headings: beliefs, commandments, stories, and examples/parables. Under beliefs, it discusses the main Islamic beliefs of prophethood, the hereafter, oneness of God, and arguments supporting these beliefs through logical, recorded, observational, and experimental evidence. It then discusses the three kinds of commandments in the Quran regarding rights of God, rights of people, and those concerning both. It provides historical context for prohibitions on alcohol. It also briefly outlines the stories of prophets and past nations told in the Quran and their purpose. Finally, it provides two examples of parables found in the Quran.

1. DR. MUHAMMAD WASIE FASIH BUTT

2. Subjects of the Quran
 Four Main headings
1. Beliefs
2. Commandments
3. Stories
4. Examples or Parables

3. Beliefs in quran
Prophet
hood
Hereafter
 
Oneness


4. Supporting Arguments
for the beliefs

5. 1.Logical Arguments
َ
‫ان‬َ‫ن‬َ‫ب‬ َ‫ي‬ِ‫و‬ َ‫س‬
ُّ
‫ن‬ ْ‫ن‬
َ
‫ا‬‫ى‬
ٰٰۤ
‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ َ‫ن‬ْ‫ي‬ِ‫ر‬ ِ‫د‬
ٰ
‫ق‬‫ى‬
ٰ
‫ل‬َ‫ب‬‫ه‬
“Why (can We) not (do so), while
We are able to reset (even) his
fingertips perfectly?” (75:4)
• He who can restore complex,
unmatched, unique finger prints ,
will logically restore decayed
bones as well

6. Recorded Arguments
َ‫ن‬ْ‫ي‬ِ‫ل‬َّ‫و‬
َ ْ
‫اْل‬ ِ‫ر‬ُ‫ب‬ُ‫ز‬ ْ‫ي‬ِ‫ف‬
َ
‫ل‬‫ه‬َّ‫ن‬ِ‫ا‬َ‫و‬
“And of course, it is (mentioned)in the
scriptures of the former people.”
(26:196)
“He came from Sinai, and rose from the
shair and shone his lights from the
mountain of faran .He came with ten
thousand pious persons and in his
right hand was a fiery code of life for
them”(bible, Deuteronomy, chapter 33)

7. Observational Arguments
 Logical arguments are useful for for literate group only.
 Things described in connection with human body, universe,
astronomy, vegetation, geophysics, mostly follow this line of
arguments.

8. Experimental Arguments
ْ‫ت‬َ‫ر‬ ِ‫ط‬َ‫ب‬ ٍۭ‫ة‬َ‫ي‬ْ‫ر‬
َ
‫ق‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬‫ا‬َ‫ن‬
ْ
‫ك‬
َ
‫ل‬ ْ‫ه‬
َ
‫ا‬ ْ‫م‬
َ
‫ك‬ َ‫و‬َ‫م‬ َ‫ك‬
ْ
‫ل‬ِ‫ت‬
َ
‫ف‬
ۚ
‫ا‬َ‫ه‬َ‫ت‬
َ
‫ش‬ْ‫ي‬ِ‫ع‬ َ‫م‬ْ‫م‬
َ
‫ل‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬ُ‫ن‬ ِ‫ك‬ ٰ‫س‬
ِ‫ل‬
َ
‫ق‬
َّ
‫ْل‬ِ‫ا‬ ْ‫م‬ ِ‫ه‬ ِ‫د‬ْ‫ع‬َ‫ب‬
ْ
‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ ْ‫ن‬
َ
‫ك‬ ْ‫س‬
ُ
‫ت‬ِ‫ر‬ٰ‫و‬
ْ
‫ال‬ ُ‫ن‬ ْ‫ح‬
َ
‫ن‬ ‫ا‬َّ‫ن‬
ُ
‫ك‬ َ‫و‬
ؕ ‫ا‬
‫ًل‬ْ‫ي‬َ‫ن‬ْ‫ي‬ِ‫ِث‬
“And how many a town have We
destroyed that were over-proud of
their means of living. Now, those
are their habitations, which were
never inhabited after them except
a few, and We alone were the
inheritors.”(28:58)

9. Belief (Negating Aspect)
1. Polytheist idolaters
2. Christians
3. Jews
4. Hypocrites

10. 2.COMANDMENTS OF QURAN

11. Three Kinds Of Quranic Commands
 Laws pertaining exclusively to the rights of ALLAH.
we call this worship. These include purification, salat,
zakah, fasting, sacrifice and hajj..
 Laws pertaining exclusively to the rights of people
which are called mutual dealings, for example, trade,
justice, witness, trust, eating of slaughtered animals,
use of different drinks and inheritance.
 Laws which are act of worship in some respect and
mutual dealings in other respects, like marriage,
divorce, criminal laws, honesty, jihad, oaths and
partnership.

12. Addressing souls gradually
 Arabs were so addicted to alcohol that they had two hundred
and fifty names for it in their language
ِ‫ر‬ِ‫س‬ْ‫ي‬َ‫م‬ْ‫ال‬ َ‫و‬ ِ‫ر‬ْ‫َم‬‫خ‬ْ‫ال‬ ِ‫ن‬َ‫ع‬ َ‫َك‬‫ن‬ ْ‫و‬ُ‫ل‬َٔ‫ـ‬ْ‫س‬َ‫ي‬١َؕ‫م‬ َّ‫و‬ ٌ‫ْر‬‫ي‬ِ‫ب‬َ‫ك‬ ٌ‫م‬ْ‫ث‬ِ‫ا‬ ۤ‫ا‬َ‫م‬ِ‫ه‬ْ‫ي‬ِ‫ف‬ ْ‫ل‬ُ‫ق‬ۤ‫ا‬َ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬ُ‫م‬ْ‫ث‬ِ‫ا‬ َ‫و‬ ِ‫اس‬َّ‫ن‬‫ل‬ِ‫ل‬ ُ‫ع‬ِ‫ف‬‫َا‬‫ن‬
‫ا‬َ‫م‬ِ‫ه‬ِ‫ع‬ْ‫ف‬َّ‫ن‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ ُ‫ر‬َ‫ب‬ْ‫ك‬َ‫ا‬
“They ask you about wine and gambling. Say, “In both there is
great sin, and some benefits for people. And their sin is
greater than their benefit.”(2;219)
َّ‫ص‬‫ال‬ ‫وا‬ُ‫ب‬ َ‫ر‬ْ‫ق‬َ‫ت‬ َ‫َل‬ ‫ا‬ ْ‫و‬ُ‫ن‬َ‫م‬ٰ‫ا‬ َ‫ْن‬‫ي‬ِ‫ذ‬َّ‫ال‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ه‬ُّ‫ي‬َ‫ا‬ٰۤ‫ي‬‫ى‬ ٰ‫ر‬ٰ‫ك‬ُ‫س‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ت‬ْ‫ن‬َ‫ا‬ َ‫و‬ َ‫ة‬‫و‬ٰ‫ل‬
“O you who believe! Do not go near
Salah when you are intoxicated”(4:43

13. َ‫و‬ ُ‫ر‬ْ‫َم‬‫خ‬ْ‫ال‬ ‫ا‬َ‫م‬َّ‫ن‬ِ‫ا‬ ‫ا‬ ْۤ‫و‬ُ‫ن‬َ‫م‬ٰ‫ا‬ َ‫ْن‬‫ي‬ِ‫ذ‬َّ‫ال‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ه‬ُّ‫ي‬َ‫ا‬ٰۤ‫ي‬َ‫َل‬ ْ‫ز‬َ ْ‫اَل‬ َ‫و‬ ُ‫اب‬َ‫ص‬ْ‫ن‬َ ْ‫اَل‬ َ‫و‬ ُ‫ر‬ِ‫س‬ْ‫ي‬َ‫م‬ْ‫ال‬ٌ ْ‫س‬ ِ‫ج‬ ُ‫ ُم‬
ُ‫ك‬َّ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬َ‫ل‬ ُ‫ه‬ ْ‫و‬ُ‫ب‬ِ‫ن‬َ‫ت‬ْ‫اس‬َ‫ف‬ ِ‫ن‬ٰ‫ْط‬‫ي‬َّ‫ش‬‫ال‬ ِ‫ل‬َ‫م‬َ‫ع‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ََ ْ‫و‬ُُِ‫ل‬ْ‫ف‬ُ‫ت‬ ْ‫م‬
“O you who believe! Wine,
gambling, altars and divining arrows
are filth, made up by Satan. Therefore,
refrain from it, so that you may be successful”(5:90)
it was immediately with the announcement that wine
had become unlawful that everyone who had a cup of
wine reaching close to his lips was electrified and
threw it away right there. That day, wine was flowing
down the streets of Medina like a stream of rainwater

14. prohibition of alcohol in the USA in
the 1920’s
 http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition
 Women played a strong role in the temperance movement,
as alcohol was seen as a destructive force in families and
marriages. In 1906, a new wave of attacks began on the sale
of liquor, led by the Anti-Saloon League (established in
1893) and driven by its view of saloon culture as corrupt
and ungodly. In addition, many factory owners supported
prohibition in their desire to prevent accidents and
increase the efficiency of their workers
 In 1917 Congress submitted the 18th Amendment, which
banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of
intoxicating liquors
 Both federal and local government struggled to enforce
Prohibition over the course of the 1920s

15.  those who wanted to keep drinking found ever-more inventive
ways to do it. The illegal manufacturing and sale of liquor
(known as “bootlegging”) went on throughout the decade,
along with the operation of “speakeasies” (stores or nightclubs
selling alcohol), the smuggling of alcohol across state lines and
the informal production of liquor in private homes.
 In addition, the Prohibition era encouraged the rise of criminal
activity associated with bootlegging. The most notorious
example was the Chicago gangster Al Capone, who earned a
staggering $60 million annually from bootleg operations and
speakeasies.
 Even as costs for law enforcement, jails and prisons spiraled
upward, support for Prohibition was declining by the end of the
1920s.
 in February 1933 Congress adopted a resolution proposing a
21st Amendment to the Constitution that would repeal the 18th

16. 3.Stories of holy Quran
 Events of twenty seven prophets
 Rise and fall of seven nations
 Sequence is missed because the aim of quranic stories
is not to record history but to give moral lessons.
 Stories are repeated because listening again and again
tries the ear
 These stories are evidence of prophet hood as the
happening of the previous nations were being recited
by one who was unlettered and had never been in the
company of anyone who could teach him.

17. 4.Examples or parables

18. 264. O you who believe, do not nullify
your acts of charity by boasting about
(doing people a) favor and by causing
(them) hurt, like the one who spends
his wealth to show off before people
and does not believe in Allah and in
the Last Day. So, his example is like a
rock on which there is dust, then a
heavy rain came over it and left it
barren. They have no ability to gain
anything out of what they have done,
and Allah does not give guidance to
the people who disbelieve.

20. 41. The example of those who
have adopted patrons other than
Allah is like the spider that has
made a house, while indeed the
weakest of houses is the house of
the spider. If only they know.