
Introduction to the Qur'an
M.A. Draz(Author)
I.B. Tauris (Publisher)
Published on 22. September 2000
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-86064-421-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text, written by a distinguished Islamic scholar, sets out the fundamental principles of the Qur'an and its much misunderstood and misquoted teachings on gender and women, war, polygamy, faith and other issues on which the Qur'an pronounces.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86064-421-4 (9781860644214)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Part 1 Background history: the early life of the prophet; the composition of the revealed text; how the Qur'anic doctrine was announced to the world. Part 2 The Qur'an from its three main aspects - religion, morality and literature; truth, or the religious element; goodness, or the moral element; beauty, or the literary element. Part 3 The origin of the Qur'an; Meccan sources of the Qur'an; Medinan sources of the Qur'an; conclusion.