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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... hears such observations as: “Why should we read the Koran? Who can make sense of it, if many Arabs and Muslims do not read and understand it? Should we invest our time in reading a forbidding religious text when even the Bible is not ...
... hears such observations as: “Why should we read the Koran? Who can make sense of it, if many Arabs and Muslims do not read and understand it? Should we invest our time in reading a forbidding religious text when even the Bible is not ...
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... hears. Such attributes are to be understood metaphorically: they are not meant to create an anthropomorphic image of the Supreme Being. Islam forbids to make any kind of images of God and Muhammad, and at first it was for- bidden to ...
... hears. Such attributes are to be understood metaphorically: they are not meant to create an anthropomorphic image of the Supreme Being. Islam forbids to make any kind of images of God and Muhammad, and at first it was for- bidden to ...
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... hear about “that Day.” The short “poetical” suras are followed by longer suras dealing with the end of the world and life beyond the grave. 95. T H E F I G Meccan, 8 verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful! 1* [I ...
... hear about “that Day.” The short “poetical” suras are followed by longer suras dealing with the end of the world and life beyond the grave. 95. T H E F I G Meccan, 8 verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful! 1* [I ...
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... hear its Lord as ordained. 6. O man! Strive strenuously to your Lord and you shall meet Him! 7* Whoever receives his record in his right hand 8. shall have his record readily accepted 9* and shall return to his people fulfilled. 10* But ...
... hear its Lord as ordained. 6. O man! Strive strenuously to your Lord and you shall meet Him! 7* Whoever receives his record in his right hand 8. shall have his record readily accepted 9* and shall return to his people fulfilled. 10* But ...
Page 44
... hear no idle talk. 12. Therein is a gushing spring 13. and raised couches. 14. Therein are goblets within reach, 15. cushions in rows 16. and carpets spread out. 17* Let them consider the camels — how they were created, 18* the ...
... hear no idle talk. 12. Therein is a gushing spring 13. and raised couches. 14. Therein are goblets within reach, 15. cushions in rows 16. and carpets spread out. 17* Let them consider the camels — how they were created, 18* 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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