Approaching the Qur'an : the early revelations / introduced and translated by Michael Sells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sells, Michael Anthony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qurʼan--Commentaries.

Qurʼan.

Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Genre:

Commentaries.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

xv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

4 3/4 in.

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Qur'an

Place of Publication:

Ashland, Or. : White Cloud Press, 2007.

System Details:

1.4 m/s

digital recording

Summary:

Approaching the Qur'án is a major event in religious publishing. Professor Michael Sells has captured the complexity, power, and poetry of the early suras of the Qur'án, the sacred scripture of Islam. In this second edition, Sells introduces important new translations of suras and a new preface that addresses the ongoing controversy over teaching about Islam and the Qur'an in American universities. Approaching the Qur'án presents brilliant translations of the short, hymnic suras associated with the first revelations to the Prophet Muhammad. Most of these early revelations appear at the end of text and are commonly reached only by the most resolute reader of existing English translations. These suras contain some of the most powerful, prophetic and revelatory passages in religious history. They offer the vision of a meaningful and just life that anchors the religion of one-fifth of the world's inhabitants. Approaching the Qur'án is enriched by inclusion of free downloadable audio recordings of Quranic reciters, allowing readers an opportunity to hear the Qur'án in its original form. The book includes Sells' Introduction to the Qur'án, commentaries of the suras, a glossary of technical terms, and chapters discussing the sound nature and gender aspects of the Arabic text.

Contents:

Approaching the Qur'an

Glossary of Arabic terms

The early Suras with commentary

The Sura of the compassionate

Hearing the Qur'an : the call to prayer and six Suras

Sound, spirit, and gender in the Qur'an.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-232).

Includes compact disc.

"Includes audio CD of Qur'an reciters"--Cover.

Contains:

Qurʼan. Selections. English

ISBN:

9781883991692

1883991692

OCLC:

72988623