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 xiv
... Prophets (thus supporting the idea of a “personal God”), in the Koran, God talks to the Prophet Muhammad through an intermediate “Spirit” (Gabriel). If the theme of the Koran is the relationship between God and man, then the Prophet ...
... Prophets (thus supporting the idea of a “personal God”), in the Koran, God talks to the Prophet Muhammad through an intermediate “Spirit” (Gabriel). If the theme of the Koran is the relationship between God and man, then the Prophet ...
Page xix
... Prophet Muhammad in Mecca. His tribe is the Quraish and his clan, the Hashemites. 612 Beginning of his public life in Mecca among his tribesmen, the Quraish. 622 The hijra: emigration of the Prophet to Yathrib, soon to be renamed Medina ...
... Prophet Muhammad in Mecca. His tribe is the Quraish and his clan, the Hashemites. 612 Beginning of his public life in Mecca among his tribesmen, the Quraish. 622 The hijra: emigration of the Prophet to Yathrib, soon to be renamed Medina ...
Page xxi
... Prophet Muhammad during the two decades of his mission, permanently recorded within fifteen years of his death. Described as “the Mother of Scriptures” (S.13:39) or “the source of Scripture” (S.43:4), the Koran is much more than a ...
... Prophet Muhammad during the two decades of his mission, permanently recorded within fifteen years of his death. Described as “the Mother of Scriptures” (S.13:39) or “the source of Scripture” (S.43:4), the Koran is much more than a ...
Page xxiv
... Prophet Muhammad continued and completed the religion of the Peoples of the Book (as the Christians and Jews are collectively called). For Muslims, the Koran is the recorded Word of God, from its initial stroke of the pen to the last ...
... Prophet Muhammad continued and completed the religion of the Peoples of the Book (as the Christians and Jews are collectively called). For Muslims, the Koran is the recorded Word of God, from its initial stroke of the pen to the last ...
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... Prophet and through him to all Muslims, establishes that Islam is based on the unity of God. The word “say” is used in the Koran some 300 times in order to usher in the words addressed by God to the Prophet Muhammad. This four-verse ...
... Prophet and through him to all Muslims, establishes that Islam is based on the unity of God. The word “say” is used in the Koran some 300 times in order to usher in the words addressed by God to the Prophet Muhammad. This four-verse ...
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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