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* [[Always Lawful Good]]: Angels.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: By itself, the Qu'ran is not considered the end all and be all of the Islamic faith, though it is considered the essential starting point. Most readings are accompanied by hadiths, or commentaries, as well as, for active practitioners, the guidance of Muslim religious leaders who give advice on how to follow Muslim tradition in their daily lives in specific instances not explicitly addressed in the Qu'ran itself. This last is similar to the Catholic Church dictates to its practitioners.
* [[Archangel Gabriel]]: Supposedly revealed the Qur'an to Muhammed.
* [[Big Good]]: [[Allah]] is stated to be this. Also Muhammed.
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* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Muhammed. Also Allah. Anyone who kills a sparrow or anything bigger unjustly will be held accountable.
* [[Humans Are Special]]: The angels and the Jinns where ordered to bow down to us. One of the Jinns,ʾIblīs, refused to bow down and was banished for this.
* [[In the Original Klingon]]: The Arabic translation is considered the most accurate, being the original language the ''Qur'an'' was written in. All other translations are considered degraded and imperfect
* [[Invisible to Normals]]: Angels and Jinns.
* [[Never Learned to Read]]: Muhammad was illiterate.
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: The angels of [[The Quran]] are ''definitely'' of the [[Eldritch Abomination]] 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 [[Archangel Gabriel]] has 600 wings
: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
* [[Our Jinns Are Different]]: Well, they were made from smokeless fire for one thing. Like humans and unlike angels, they have free will, which means they can be good or evil, follow different religions, marry, etc... They are usually invisible to humans.
* [[Our Tropes Are Different|Our Godhead is
* [[Polyamory]]: Well, polygamy. The Qur'an allows
* [[Pride]]: Iblis believes he's superior to humans because he was made from smokeless fire and humans were made from clay.
* [[Retcon]]: The ''Qur'an'' is considered to do this to all the Jewish and Christian texts, as they are considered imperfect, incomplete versions of the revelations of Allah.
* [[Satan]]: He's a Jinn called Iblis or Shaytan.
* [[Sex Is Evil]]: Averted. Celibacy and
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]
** Alternate Romanizations include The Koran, Al Qur'an etc.
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