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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Page ix
... Guidance and a mercy. This Scripture confirms it in the Arabic language. It warns the wrong-doers and brings good tidings to those who do right. (S.46:12) We have made the Koran easy to remember, but who remembers [it] now? (S.54:17) ...
... Guidance and a mercy. This Scripture confirms it in the Arabic language. It warns the wrong-doers and brings good tidings to those who do right. (S.46:12) We have made the Koran easy to remember, but who remembers [it] now? (S.54:17) ...
Page xvii
... guidance which is provided in this translation. I urge the reader to follow this guidance if he wants to benefit from this Book. My innovation consists in arranging the chapters of the Koran thematically and chronologically, so that ...
... guidance which is provided in this translation. I urge the reader to follow this guidance if he wants to benefit from this Book. My innovation consists in arranging the chapters of the Koran thematically and chronologically, so that ...
Page 7
... guidance when He found you wandering? 8* Did He not enrich you when He found you in need? 9. So, do not oppress the orphan 10* or drive the beggar away, 11. but proclaim the mercy of your Lord! V. 1: Light and darkness are often ...
... guidance when He found you wandering? 8* Did He not enrich you when He found you in need? 9. So, do not oppress the orphan 10* or drive the beggar away, 11. but proclaim the mercy of your Lord! V. 1: Light and darkness are often ...
Page 14
... Guidance shall be withdrawn and each man will have to justify himself on the strength of his own deeds. Nothing can be hidden from God, and neither from men who, in the Hereafter, will see each other's good and bad deeds. V. 11: The ...
... Guidance shall be withdrawn and each man will have to justify himself on the strength of his own deeds. Nothing can be hidden from God, and neither from men who, in the Hereafter, will see each other's good and bad deeds. V. 11: The ...
Page 19
... Guidance passages. V. 17: The night brings animals and people to their homes. V. 19: “You shall be ascending step by step,” or “from layer to layer” — a reference to the gradual spiritual growth of man. According to the Koran both the ...
... Guidance passages. V. 17: The night brings animals and people to their homes. V. 19: “You shall be ascending step by step,” or “from layer to layer” — a reference to the gradual spiritual growth of man. According to the Koran both the ...
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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