The Koran Handbook: An Annotated TranslationAlgora Publishing, 2005 - 544 pages This complete yet accessible translation of the Koran is designed as a teaching tool to explain in an analytical fashion the creed of nearly one billion people. Based on the most moderate Sunni tradition, it includes factual descriptions of Shi'ism, Sufism and other important distinctions.--Provided by publisher. |
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... God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful (AYA). Vv. 1-3: In public prayers, Islam favors celebrating God's mercy over asking for personal favors. Indeed, God knows our needs even before we tell Him about them. V. 2: “The Worlds” (al-'alamin) ...
... God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful (AYA). Vv. 1-3: In public prayers, Islam favors celebrating God's mercy over asking for personal favors. Indeed, God knows our needs even before we tell Him about them. V. 2: “The Worlds” (al-'alamin) ...
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An Annotated Translation Nicolas Starkovsky. 1* Say: “God is One, 2* God is steadfast. 3* He didn't give birth nor was He begotten, 4. and no one is equal to Him.” V. 1: The Koran is God's Word transmitted to the Prophet by Gabriel ...
An Annotated Translation Nicolas Starkovsky. 1* Say: “God is One, 2* God is steadfast. 3* He didn't give birth nor was He begotten, 4. and no one is equal to Him.” V. 1: The Koran is God's Word transmitted to the Prophet by Gabriel ...
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... God-inspired — the Torah, the Evangel, and the Koran — brings enlightenment to man. The first three verses of this sura should remind man of the light of God's Revelation that shines in spiritual darkness. V. 4: As the soul is feminine ...
... God-inspired — the Torah, the Evangel, and the Koran — brings enlightenment to man. The first three verses of this sura should remind man of the light of God's Revelation that shines in spiritual darkness. V. 4: As the soul is feminine ...
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... God for protection from the Satan to be stoned (aghuzu bil-lah min ash-shaitan ar-ragim). V. 29: An affirmation of predestination. Theologians of all persuasions have a hard time reconciling man's free will with God's knowledge of the ...
... God for protection from the Satan to be stoned (aghuzu bil-lah min ash-shaitan ar-ragim). V. 29: An affirmation of predestination. Theologians of all persuasions have a hard time reconciling man's free will with God's knowledge of the ...
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... God's teaching should be taken in the broad sense of imparting Knowledge and reli- gious awareness (in Arabic “to teach” and “to know” have the same root 'lm). V. 7: Arrogant self-sufficiency is the desire to escape God's wardship and ...
... God's teaching should be taken in the broad sense of imparting Knowledge and reli- gious awareness (in Arabic “to teach” and “to know” have the same root 'lm). V. 7: Arrogant self-sufficiency is the desire to escape God's wardship and ...
Contents
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IV Attitude Toward the Other Religions | 223 |
V Doxologies | 335 |
VI Legal Matters | 381 |
VII Fighting in the Way of God | 459 |
Addendum | 531 |
List of Arabic Words and Names in this Translation | 537 |
List of the Suras as They Appear in this Book | 541 |
List of the Suras from S1 to S114 | 543 |
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