The work al-Ashbāh wa'l-Nazāʾir fi'l-Qur'ān al-Karīm by Mukātil b. Sulaymān (d. 150/767) is a classical lexicon of words (wujūh, i.e., polysemous terms) used in multiple senses in the Qur'an. This index presents, on separate pages, each of the 186 terms and their various senses (wajh, pl. wujūh) in the Qur'an as found in the work. For more about the work and its author, see: About Mukātil b. Sulaymān and His Work.
First Juzʾ
- 1. al-Hudā
al-Hudā (hudā, guidance) is interpreted in seventeen ways: - 2. al-Kufr
al-Kufr (kufr, disbelief) is interpreted in four senses: - 3. ash-Shirk
ash-Shirk (shirk, associating partners with God) is explained in three ways: - 4. Sawāʾ
Sawāʾ is interpreted in six senses: - 5. al-Marad
al-Marad is interpreted in four senses: - 6. al-Fasād
al-Fasād is interpreted in six senses: - 7. al-Mashy
al-Mashy is interpreted in four senses: - 8. al-Labs
al-Labs is interpreted in four senses: - 9. as-Sū'
as-Sū' is interpreted in eleven senses: - 10. al-Hasanah wa's-Sayyi'ah
The phrase al-Hasanah wa's-Sayyi'ah is interpreted in five senses: - 11. al-Ḥusnā
al-Ḥusnā is interpreted in three senses: - 12. al-Ḥikmah
al-Ḥikmah is interpreted in five ways: - 13. al-Amr
al-Amr is interpreted in two senses: - 14. al-Maʿrūf
al-Maʿrūf is interpreted in four senses: - 15. at-Ṭāghūt
at-Ṭāghūt is interpreted in three senses: - 16. az-Zulumāt wa'n-Nūr
az-Zulumāt wa'n-Nūr is interpreted in two senses: - 17. az-Zulumāt
az-Zulumāt is used in two senses: - 18. az-Zālimīn
az-Zālimīn and tuẓlamūn are interpreted in seven ways: - 19. az-Zulm
az-Zulm is interpreted in four ways. - 20. Taṭmaʾinn
Taṭmaʾinn is interpreted in three senses: - 21. as-Saʿy
as-Saʿy is interpreted in three senses: - 22. at-Ṭayyibāt
at-Ṭayyibāt is interpreted in eight senses: - 23. at-Ṭayyib wa'l-Khabīth
at-Ṭayyib wa'l-Khabīth is interpreted in three senses: - 24. al-Fawāḥish
al-Fawāḥish is interpreted in four senses:
