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Understanding the Qur’an: Themes and Style

By Muhammad Abdel Haleem

Book information

Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Year
1999
ISBN
9780755610310, 9781845117894
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3045821 bytes)
Pages
\237
Library
bloomsburycollections.com
Time added
2023-06-30 22:04:03

Description

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

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