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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787591503321

Autore

Darāz Muḥammad 'Abd Allāh

Titolo

Introduction to the Qur'an / / M.A. Draz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2000

ISBN

0-7556-1129-2

0-85773-032-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

London Qur'an studies

Disciplina

297.122601

Soggetti

Islam

Cultural studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Preface -- Part One: Background History -- 1. The Early Life of the Prophet -- 2. The Composition of the Revealed Text -- 3. How the Qur'anic Doctrine was Announced to the World -- Part Two: The Qu'ran from its Three Main Aspects: Religion, Morality and Literature -- 4. Truth, or the Religious Element -- 5. Goodness, or the Moral Element -- 6. Beauty, or the Literary Element -- Part Three: The Origin of the Qu'ran -- 7. Meccan Sources of the Qu'ran -- 8. Medinan Sources of the Qu'ran -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

<">In this book the distinguished Islamic scholar M. A. Draz, one of the Muslim world's most erudite authorities of this century, sets out the fundamental principles of the Qur'an and its much misunderstood and mis"d teachings on gender and women, polygamy, war, faith, Judaism, Christianity and the many other issues on which the Qur'an pronounces.<">--Bloomsbury Publishing.