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
... reward in the Hereafter. The Koran calls to strict monotheism, expressed in five acts of faith, the so- called “pillars” of Islam: belief in one God, prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage to Mecca (the hajj) at least once in a ...
... reward in the Hereafter. The Koran calls to strict monotheism, expressed in five acts of faith, the so- called “pillars” of Islam: belief in one God, prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage to Mecca (the hajj) at least once in a ...
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... reward is [in store] for them! 7. What makes you deny theJudgment? 8. Is not God the wisest of judges? V. 1: The ... rewards that are in store for the believers. 100.THOSE WHO RACE Meccan, 11 verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate ...
... reward is [in store] for them! 7. What makes you deny theJudgment? 8. Is not God the wisest of judges? V. 1: The ... rewards that are in store for the believers. 100.THOSE WHO RACE Meccan, 11 verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate ...
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... reward he will earn for fulfilling them. That is uncommon among the longer suras which are usuallyreplete with unrelated stories and appeals. According to vv. 5-10 God leads to happiness those who do good and to misery those who do evil ...
... reward he will earn for fulfilling them. That is uncommon among the longer suras which are usuallyreplete with unrelated stories and appeals. According to vv. 5-10 God leads to happiness those who do good and to misery those who do evil ...
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... reward. So ask for God's forgiveness! Verily, God is forgiving and merciful! V. 1: While the Prophet was receiving the Revelation on the mountain, he was wrapping himself in a mantle not only because of the cold, but also because of his ...
... reward. So ask for God's forgiveness! Verily, God is forgiving and merciful! V. 1: While the Prophet was receiving the Revelation on the mountain, he was wrapping himself in a mantle not only because of the cold, but also because of his ...
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... reward will become meaningless. Only God will be left as the One Reality, capable of creating anew in a void which might be filled by God's will with a new world with new properties. V. 39: Heaven is conceived as consisting of seven ...
... reward will become meaningless. Only God will be left as the One Reality, capable of creating anew in a void which might be filled by God's will with a new world with new properties. V. 39: Heaven is conceived as consisting of seven ...
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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