Understanding the Qur'an Themes and Style,9781845117894

Understanding the Qur'an Themes and Style

by Haleem, Muhammad Abdel
Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9781845117894
ISBN10: 1845117891
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-10-15
Publisher(s): I. B. Tauris
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Summary

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 Biography

Muhammad Abdel Haleem is King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His major new English translation of the Qur'an with parallel Arabic text, was published in 2010.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. vii
The Qur'anp. 1
Al-Fatiha: The Opening of the Qur'anp. 15
Water in the Qur'anp. 31
Marriage and Divorcep. 44
War and Peace in the Qur'anp. 61
Tolerance in Islamp. 73
Life and Beyondp. 84
Paradise in the Qur'anp. 96
The Face, Divine and Human, in the Qur'anp. 110
Adam and Eve in the Qur'an and the Biblep. 126
The Story of Joseph in the Qur'an and the Biblep. 141
The Qur'an Explains Itself: Surat al-Rahmanp. 161
Dynamic Style: Iltifat and Some Other Featuresp. 187
Conclusionp. 215
Notesp. 217
Indexp. 231
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