Informationen zum Autor Muhammad Abdel Haleem, OBE, is King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies at SOAS, University of London, UK. He is a world-leading authority on the Qur'an and the author of a highly-regarded English translation (2004-2016) in addition to Understanding the Qur'an: Themes and Style (I.B.Tauris, 1999) and Exploring the Qur'an: Context and Impact (I.B.Tauris, 2017). He is currently Editor of the Journal of Qur'anic Studies. Klappentext 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.Examines the background to the development of the surahs (chapters) and the ayahs (verses) and the construction of the Qur'an itself. Author 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. Zusammenfassung Examines the background to the development of the surahs (chapters) and the ayahs (verses) and the construction of the Qur'an itself. Author 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...

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Examines the background to the development of the surahs (chapters) and the ayahs (verses) and the construction of the Qur'an itself. Author 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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Muhammad Abdel Haleem, OBE, is King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies at SOAS, University of London, UK. He is a world-leading authority on the Qur'an and the author of a highly-regarded English translation (2004-2016) in addition to Understanding the Qur'an: Themes and Style (I.B.Tauris, 1999) and Exploring the Qur'an: Context and Impact (I.B.Tauris, 2017). He is currently Editor of the Journal of Qur'anic Studies.

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt

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