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Understanding the Qur'an: Themes and Styles

By Muhammad Abdel Haleem

Book information

Publisher
I.B. Tauris, Distributed by Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2011
ISBN
1845117891, 978-1-84511-789-4, 9781441681362, 1441681361, 978-0-85773-037-4
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4057354 bytes)
Series
London Qur'an Studies Series
Edition
Reprint
Pages
235\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Description

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.

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