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Subject(s)

• Islam [Browse]
• Qur'an—Introductions [Browse]

Writer of preface

• Haleem, Abdel [Browse]

Series

London Qur'an studies. [More in this series]

Summary note

<">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.

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Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 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.

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Other format(s)

Also issued in print.

ISBN

• 0-7556-1129-2
• 0-85773-032-0

OCLC

• 851315610
• 1140127204

Doi

• 10.5040/9780755611294

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