Correct Qur"an Translation (The Correct Qur'an Translation, #1)
by Samy Mahdy
The Mathnawi of Jalal'uddin Rumi, Vol 1, Persian Text (Gibb Memorial Trust Persian Studies)
by Jalalu'ddin Rumi and Reynold a Nicholson
Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi's great poem, the Mathnawi, is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. Nicholson's critical edition is based on the oldest know manuscripts, including the earliest, dated 1278 and preserved in the Mevlana Museum at Konya. It remains the standard text and is provided with diacritical marks to assist the student. The prose translation, similarly, is intended to be an exact and faithful guide to the Persian. The three volumes of English trans...
Combining vast erudition with a refusal to bow before the political pressures of the day, Muhammad's Mission: Religion, Politics, and Power at the Birth of Islam by Professor Tilman Nagel, one of the world's leading authorities on Islam, is an introduction to three inseparable topics: the life of Muhammad (570-632 CE), the composition of the Koran, and the birth of Islam. While accessible to a general audience, it will also be of great interest to specialists, since it is the first English trans...
Abrogation in the Qur'an and Islamic Law (Routledge Studies in Religion)
by Louay Fatoohi
This book examines in detail the concept of "abrogation" in the Qur’an, which has played a major role in the development of Islamic law and has implications for understanding the history and integrity of the Qur’anic text. The term has gained popularity in recent years, as Muslim groups and individuals claim that many passages about tolerance in the Qur’an have been abrogated by others that call on Muslims to fight their enemies. Author Louay Fatoohi argues that this could not have been derived...
The Qur'an and the Aramaic Gospel Traditions (Routledge Studies in the Qur'an)
by Emran El-Badawi
This book is a study of related passages found in the Arabic Qur’ān and the Aramaic Gospels, i.e. the Gospels preserved in the Syriac and Christian Palestinian Aramaic dialects. It builds upon the work of traditional Muslim scholars, including al-Biqā‘ī (d. ca. 808/1460) and al-Suyūṭī (d. 911/1505), who wrote books examining connections between the Qur’ān on the one hand, and Biblical passages and Aramaic terminology on the other, as well as modern western scholars, including Sidney Griffith who...
Josef - Wandlung der Bilder. Bilder der Wandlung (Biblisch-Theologische Studien, #189)
by Nora Schmidt
The story of Joseph is one of the most famous stories in the Hebrew Bible. As early as ancient and late antiquity, numerous commentators not only interpreted it, but also continued it and added it to the story. This also includes the story of Joseph in the Koran. This book describes the story of Joseph With the help of the hermeneutic principles of depth psychology, the Joseph story shows itself as the individuation process of a traumatized child who, after phases of loneliness and humiliation i...
Il Corano Non Puo' Essere Assolutamente Un Libro Sacro Ne' Dettato Da Maometto
by Mike Sierra
The first group of Surahs (al-Fatihah, al-Baqarah, al 'Imran, al-Nisa' and al-Ma'idah) are introduced and examined in this volume, with the author looking at their structure and major themes. The central theme of which is conferring the status of Muslim ummah on the believers, to which a new Shariah was given; a complete code of life was promulgated. Written in a clear and simple manner this book offers much valuable material, as well as explanatory notes and key words.
Islam is one of the world's great monotheistic religions. Islamic culture, spanning 1,500 years, has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. Yet the religion followed by a fifth of humankind, including millions from diverse ethnic backgrounds in the US and Europe, is largely seen in the West in terms of fundamentalism, bigotry and violence, a perception reinforced by the terrorist atrocities in New York and Washington in 2001 and subsequent outrages. But the real message of Islam i...
Commentaries on Selected Chapters of the Qu'ran.
Sahih Muslim (Volume 1) (Al-Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim)
by Imam Abul-Husain Muslim
Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Quran in the English Language
by Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Muhammad Taqi-Ud-Deen Al-Hilali
