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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... Medina. The beginning of the Muslim era. 623, 1 H Consolidation of Islam in Medina with the help of the Emigrants from Mecca (the Muhajjirun) and the local faithful (the Ansar). 624, 2 H Victory over the Meccans at Badr south of Medina ...
... Medina. The beginning of the Muslim era. 623, 1 H Consolidation of Islam in Medina with the help of the Emigrants from Mecca (the Muhajjirun) and the local faithful (the Ansar). 624, 2 H Victory over the Meccans at Badr south of Medina ...
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... Medina. Re-statements increase in frequency; the verses increase in length, lose their haunting rhythm, and gradually merge into rhymed prose. V. DOXOLOGIES This short set of nine suras, reputedly of the late Meccan period, does not ...
... Medina. Re-statements increase in frequency; the verses increase in length, lose their haunting rhythm, and gradually merge into rhymed prose. V. DOXOLOGIES This short set of nine suras, reputedly of the late Meccan period, does not ...
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... Medina, some commen- tators think that S.111 belongs to a much later period (2-4 H). However, it is more reasonable to count C.111 and similar suras, in which the Prophet is defended against slander (e.g., SS. 104 and 86) among the ...
... Medina, some commen- tators think that S.111 belongs to a much later period (2-4 H). However, it is more reasonable to count C.111 and similar suras, in which the Prophet is defended against slander (e.g., SS. 104 and 86) among the ...
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Contents
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41 | |
89 | |
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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