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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... evil. The existence of God is proven by the perfection of His Creation. The Koranic exortations to faith are not directed to reason as much as to man's longings, emotions, and imagination. The suras of this group are replete with ...
... evil. The existence of God is proven by the perfection of His Creation. The Koranic exortations to faith are not directed to reason as much as to man's longings, emotions, and imagination. The suras of this group are replete with ...
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... evil thoughts. 114.THE PEOPLE Meccan, 6 verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful! 1* Say: “I seek refuge by the Lord of the people, 2. the Ruler of the people, 3. the God of the people, 4* from the evil of the hiding ...
... evil thoughts. 114.THE PEOPLE Meccan, 6 verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful! 1* Say: “I seek refuge by the Lord of the people, 2. the Ruler of the people, 3. the God of the people, 4* from the evil of the hiding ...
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... evil of what He has created, 3. from the evil of spreading darkness, 4* from the evil of those who blow on knots, 5. from the evil of the envious one when he envies.” V. 1: In the Koran, “Lord” is always preceded by a possessive pronoun ...
... evil of what He has created, 3. from the evil of spreading darkness, 4* from the evil of those who blow on knots, 5. from the evil of the envious one when he envies.” V. 1: In the Koran, “Lord” is always preceded by a possessive pronoun ...
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... evil — the Shaitans (Satans) or the Devils. Satan/Iblis seduces people by making evil and sin attractive to their eyes and souls, but only when God allows it. V. 4: The people of Arabia practiced a kind of witchcraft that consisted in ...
... evil — the Shaitans (Satans) or the Devils. Satan/Iblis seduces people by making evil and sin attractive to their eyes and souls, but only when God allows it. V. 4: The people of Arabia practiced a kind of witchcraft that consisted in ...
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... evil people punished. Hence, the need for Paradise and Hell. The Muslim ethics is now expanded to include the duties of prayer and charity. Such religious concepts as prayer, almsgiving, Hell, Heaven, and Day of Judgment belong to ...
... evil people punished. Hence, the need for Paradise and Hell. The Muslim ethics is now expanded to include the duties of prayer and charity. Such religious concepts as prayer, almsgiving, Hell, Heaven, and Day of Judgment belong to ...
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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