Exploring The Quran

Author : Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786721651
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring the Qur'an written by Muhammad Abdel Haleem and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The teachings, style and impact of the Qur'an have always been matters of controversy, among both Muslims and non-Muslims. But in a modern context of intercultural sensitivity, what the Qur'an says and means are perhaps more urgent questions than ever before. This major new book by one of the world's finest Islamic scholars responds to that urgency. Building on his earlier groundbreaking work, the author challenges misinterpretations of particular Qur'anic verses from whatever quarter. He addresses the infamous 'sword' verse, frequently cited as a justification for jihad. He also questions the 'tribute' verse, associated with the Muslim state subjugating Jews and Christians; and the idea of Paradise in the Qur'an, often viewed by the West as emphasising merely physical pleasures, or used by Islamic fighters as their just reward for holy war. The author argues that wrenching the verses out of the context of the whole has led to dangerous ideologies being built on isolated phrases which have then assumed afterlives of their own. This nuanced, holistic reading has vital interfaith ramifications.

Author : Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857717650
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Qur'an written by Muhammad Abdel Haleem and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tenets of Islam cannot be grasped without a proper understanding of the Qur'an. In this important new introduction, Muhammad Haleem examines its recurrent themes - life and eternity, marriage and divorce, peace and war, water and nourishment - and for the first time sets these in the context of the Qur'an's linguistic style. Professor Haleem examines the background to the development of the surahs (chapters) and the ayahs (verses) and the construction of the Qur'an itself. He shows that popular conceptions of Islamic attitudes to women, marriage and divorce, war and society, differ radically from the true teachings of the Qur'an.

Author : Mahdi La'li
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426932200
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Comprehensive Exploration of the Scientific Miracles in Holy Quran written by Mahdi La'li and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an exploration of the countless secrets of the universe that God has revealed in Holy Quran more than 1400 years ago. It seeks in a very modest and humble manner to draw you into a journey to uncover some of the awe and splendor of this divine miraculous Scripture. Step in line with the author and walk through the many sacred revelations that have amazingly been encased within the scientific facts, which were yet to be discovered far later in the modern era.

Author : Nouman Ali Khan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986275050
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Divine Speech written by Nouman Ali Khan and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Salih Sayilgan
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506468039
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Islam written by Salih Sayilgan and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring Islam is a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the foundations of the Islamic faith, including its history, theology, and spiritual practice. The book also deals with issues such as jihad, the status of women, and the various sectarian divisions in Islam. Most distinctive about this work is its analysis of the lived experience of Muslims in modern American life. The book explores questions such as: - What are the foundations of Islam? - How do Muslims relate to and interpret the Qur'an? - Who is the Prophet Muhammad? - What does Shari'a law really mean? - What are the major themes of Islamic theology? - What are the theological and political issues that led to divisions among Muslims? - Do Muslims and Christians believe in the same God? - How do Muslims practice Islam in America? - What are the challenges and opportunities for American Muslims? In addressing these questions, Sayilgan offers readers a perspective that is scholarly, judicious, and engaging.

Author : Kenneth Cragg
Publisher : ONEWorld Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jesus and the Muslim written by Kenneth Cragg and published by ONEWorld Publications. This book was released on 1999-02 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly acclaimed introduction to the figure of Jesus from a Muslim perspective, this book illuminates the unity and division between the Islamic and Christian faiths.

Author : Gabriel Reynolds
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134109458
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Qur’an in Its Historical Context written by Gabriel Reynolds and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-09-28 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing commentary on the controversial revisionist school of Qur’anic studies, this book explores the origins, scholarship and development of the Qur'an. The collection of articles, each written by a distinguished author, treat very familiar passages of the Qur’an in an original manner, combining thorough philology, historical anthropology, and cultural history. This book addresses in a critical fashion the hottest issues in recent works on the Quran. Among other things, the contributors analyze the controversial theories of Luxenberg regarding Syriac and the Quran, and in particular his argument that the term Hur refers not to virgins but to grapes.

Author : Abdur Rab
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982586716
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Islam in a New Light written by Abdur Rab and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a bold, modern, and in-depth vision of Islam solely according to the Quran. This Islam is spiritual, humane, and scientific, far from a fanatic and militant image it carries in the West. It is an impassioned call to understand Islam solely in Quranic terms and to reform practiced Islam, distorted by Hadith-based ideas.

Author : Garry Wills
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101981040
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What the Qur'an Meant written by Garry Wills and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America’s leading religious scholar and public intellectual introduces lay readers to the Qur’an with a measured, powerful reading of the ancient text Garry Wills has spent a lifetime thinking and writing about Christianity. In What the Qur’an Meant, Wills invites readers to join him as he embarks on a timely and necessary reconsideration of the Qur’an, leading us through perplexing passages with insight and erudition. What does the Qur’an actually say about veiling women? Does it justify religious war? There was a time when ordinary Americans did not have to know much about Islam. That is no longer the case. We blundered into the longest war in our history without knowing basic facts about the Islamic civilization with which we were dealing. We are constantly fed false information about Islam—claims that it is essentially a religion of violence, that its sacred book is a handbook for terrorists. There is no way to assess these claims unless we have at least some knowledge of the Qur’an. In this book Wills, as a non-Muslim with an open mind, reads the Qur’an with sympathy but with rigor, trying to discover why other non-Muslims—such as Pope Francis—find it an inspiring book, worthy to guide people down through the centuries. There are many traditions that add to and distort and blunt the actual words of the text. What Wills does resembles the work of art restorers who clean away accumulated layers of dust to find the original meaning. He compares the Qur’an with other sacred books, the Old Testament and the New Testament, to show many parallels between them. There are also parallel difficulties of interpretation, which call for patient exploration—and which offer some thrills of discovery. What the Qur’an Meant is the opening of a conversation on one of the world’s most practiced religions.

Author : Andreas Görke
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780198702061
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tafsīr and Islamic Intellectual History written by Andreas Görke and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the first comprehensive attempt at describing the genre of Qur'anic exegesis in its broader intellectual context. Its aim is to provide a framework for understanding the boundaries of tafsīr and its interaction with other disciplines of learning, as well as the subgenres and internal divisions within the genre.