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Pub. Date
2015
Description
Reaching beyond Faith: A Modern Mind Reads the Koran" takes the reader beyond the realm of pure faith to explore the Koran from an essentially non-pietistic point of view and in social, historical, geographic, and above all, human contexts. Its 14 chapters, using some 800 verses from the Koran, take a critical look at a wide range of issues: from the audience the message of the Koran was meant for to the role of humans in the compilation of the Koran...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
The Koran is an ancient tome that has been followed by Muslims for thousands of years. This History Channel presentation casts some Western eyes over the book and helps viewers to decipher some of the important passages of the text contained within. The program draws on the wise words of a number of people well versed in the ways of Islam, leading to some fascinating insights on what the Koran means and why it has proved to be so influential.
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
This monumental feat of translation, the product of a ten-year-long collaboration between one of our most respected scholars of Islam (Bruce B. Lawrence) and a poet and scholar of literature (M. A. R. Habib), The Qur'an: A Verse Translation offers readers the first rendering in English to echo, in accessible and fluent verse, the sonorous beauty of the Arabic original as well as the complex nuances of its meaning. Those familiar with the Qur'an in...
5) The Koran
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Presents a translation of the holy scripture of Islam, translated from the Arabic, revealing the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, delivered between A.D. 622 and A.D. 632.
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Series
Description
Understanding Islam (preface to the original edition) -- Spiritual adventures : dream and pilgrimage -- Allah's divine song : inside the Qur'an -- Reality -- Revelation -- A way of living -- The qur'anic vision : worldview of Islam -- Meditations on the Holy Qur'an in their traditional order.
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IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 16
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Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women is the story of Brook's intrepid journey toward an understanding of the women behind the veils, and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their lives. In fundamentalist Iran, Brooks finagles an invitation to tea with the ayatollah's widow - and discovers that Mrs. Khomeini dyes her hair. In Saudi Arabia, she eludes the severe segregation of the sexes...
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Pub. Date
©2008.
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"This introduction to the Qur'an offers an insightful and authoritative description of the book at the heart of Muslim life. Written by a well known Islamic expert, this book is a knowledgeable account of the doctrines contained in the Qur'an and provides a comprehensive explanation of their significance to individual Muslims and the societies in which they live."--BOOK JACKET.
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