Understanding the Qur'an : themes and style / by Muhammad Abdel Haleem, M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abdel Haleem, M. A., author.

Series:

London Qur'an studies.

London Qur'an studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Qurʼan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The tenets of Islam cannot be grasped without a proper understanding of the Qur'an. In this important new introduction, Muhammad Haleem examines its recurrent themes - life and eternity, marriage and divorce, peace and war, water and nourishment - and for the first time sets these in the context of the Qur'an's linguistic style. Professor Haleem examines the background to the development of the surahs (chapters) and the ayahs (verses) and the construction of the Qur'an itself. He shows that popular conceptions of Islamic attitudes to women, marriage and divorce, war and society, differ radically from the true teachings of the Qur'an."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Preface

The Qur'an

Al-Fatiha: the Opening of the Qur'an

Water in the Qur'an

Marriage and Divorce

War and Peace in the Qur'an

Tolerance in Islam

Life and Beyond

Paradise in the Qur'an

The Face, Divine and Human, in the Qur'an

Adam and Eve in the Qur'an and the Bible

The Story of Joseph in the Qur'an and the Bible

The Qur'an Explains Itself: Surat al-Rahman

Dynamic Style: Iltifat and Some Other Features

Conclusion

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Originally published: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612931925

9780755610310

0755610318

9780857730374

0857730371

9781282931923

128293192X

9781441681362

1441681361

9780857717658

0857717650

9786000040888

6000040881

OCLC:

721194004