Introduction to the Qur'an
1st Edition
Published on 24. June 2021
273 pages
978-1-4744-9700-8 (ISBN)
Description
Surveying the life, aims, character and inspiration of Muhammad, this classic introduction explains the history, form and chronology of the Qur''an, and gives the views of Muslim and Occidental scholars.
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William Montgomery Watt | Richard Bell
Introduction to the Qur'an
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02/1995
Edinburgh University Press
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- CHAPTER ONE. The Historical Context
- 1. The International situation
- 2. Life Arabia
- 3. Mu?ammad's career
- Annex A. Chronology of Mu?ammad's career
- Annex B. ?anif
- CHAPTER TWO. Mu?ammad's Prophetic Experience
- 1. Criticisms of the claim to prophethood
- 2. Qur'anic descriptions of revelation and prophethood
- 3. The conception of the prophetic function
- 4. The writing down of the Qur'an
- CHAPTER THREE. The History of the Text
- 1. The 'collection' of the Qur'an
- 2. The pre-'Uthmanic codices
- 3. The writing of the Qur'an and early textual studies
- 4. The authenticity and completeness of the Qur'an
- CHAPTER FOUR. The External Form of the Qur'an
- 1. Its name and liturgical divisions
- 2. The suras and verses
- 3. The mysterious letters
- 4. The dramatic form
- CHAPTER FIVE. Features o f Qur'anic Style
- 1. Rhymes and strophes
- 2. Various didactic forms
- 3. The language of the Qur'an
- CHAPTER SIX. The Shaping of the Qur'an
- 1. The theory of abrogation and the possibility of revision
- 2. Evidences of revision and alteration
- 3. Bell's hypothesis of written documents
- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Chronology of the Qur'an
- 1. Traditional Islamic views of dating
- 2. European theories of dating
- 3. The sequence of ideas as a guide to chronology
- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Names of the Revealed Message
- 1. Signs
- 2. Stories of punishment
- al-mathani
- 3. The Qur'an
- 4. The Book
- 5. Other names
- CHAPTER NINE. The Doctrines of the Qur'an
- 1. The doctrine of God
- 2. Other spiritual beings
- 3. Prophethood
- other religions
- 4. The doctrine of the Last Judgement
- 5. Regulations for the life of the community
- CHAPTER TEN. Muslim Scholarship and the Qur'aN
- 1. Interpretation and exegesis
- 2. The theologians
- CHAPTE ELEVEN. The Qur'an and Occidental Scholarship
- 1. Translations and studies
- 2. Problems facing the non-Muslim scholar
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Table for converting verse-numbers
- Table of suras with chronology, etc.
- Index to the Qur'an
- Index to the Introduction
