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The essential Koran : the heart of Islam : an introductory selection of readings from the Qurʼan translated and presented by Thomas Cleary
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks BP 110 .C543 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Qurʼan. Selections. English
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qurʼan.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 203 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- 1st HarperCollins pbk. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco, Calif.] : HarperSanFrancisco, 1994.
- Summary:
- Finally the riches of Islam are offered to the West in this accessible, annotated translation of the heart of the Koran's spiritual wisdom. Cleary's translation reveals the depths of Islamic spirituality.
- Contents:
- The opening
- The cow
- The family of Imraan
- Women
- The table
- Cattle
- The heights
- T̲aa Haa
- The prophets
- Light
- Rome
- Luqmaan
- Sheba
- Yaa Siin
- Iron
- The spirits
- Those sent forth
- The highest
- Daybreak
- The city
- Night
- The forenoon
- The expansion
- Recite
- The night of power
- The shock
- The charging mares
- The calamity
- Vying for more and more
- The epoch
- The slanderer
- The elephants.
- The quraish
- Needs
- Flame
- Pure truth
- The dawn
- Humankind.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 203).
- ISBN:
- 0062501984
- 0062501968
- 9780062501981
- 9780062501967
- OCLC:
- 813391864
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