The Koran For Dummies

With the current turmoil in the Middle East, there is a growing interest about Islam--the world s second largest religion and one of the fastest growing--and its holy book, the Koran (or Qur an). Now, with this easy-to-follow, plain-English guide, you can explore the history, structure, and basic tenets of Islam s sacred scripture.

This guide explains to non-Muslims the structure and significance of Islam's sacred scripture, as well as its history, its basic tenets, its literary significance and its place in Islamic spiritual life.

Autorentext
Sohaib Sultan is a freelance journalist and student of the Islamic tradition who has studied the Koran and Islam extensively with Islamic scholars in the United States and Saudi Arabia.

Klappentext
See what the Koran says about women, family, and law Grasp the wisdom and power of Islam' s sacred Scripture Want to understand the Koran? This straightforward guide explains what the Koran says, how it says it, and how believers live according to its guidance. From how the Koran was revealed to Mohammad to how the Book relates to today' s world, you' ll see how to put the Islamic faith in perspective. The Dummies Way Explanations in plain English ' Get in, get out' information Icons and other navigational aids Tear-out cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humor and fun Discover: How Islam relates to other faiths What the Koran says about God, prophets, humankind, and the self The Koran' s teachings on morality Common misconceptions about the Koran


Zusammenfassung
With the turmoil in the Middle East, there is a growing interest about Islam - the world's second largest religion and one of the fastest growing - and its holy book, the Koran (or Qur'an). This English guide explores the history, structure, and basic tenets of Islam's sacred scripture.

Inhalt
Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 How This Book Is Organized 4 Part I: Revealing the Word of God: The Book 4 Part II: Searching for the Soul of the Koran 4 Part III: Seeing the Koranic Worldview 4 Part IV: Living the Koran 5 Part V: Relating the Koran to the World 5 Part VI: The Part of Tens 5 Icons Used in This Book 5 Where to Go from Here 6 Part I: Revealing the Word of God: The Book 7 Chapter 1: Getting to Know the Koran 9 Receiving Revelation Straight from the Source 9 Guiding the Way: Prophet Muhammad 10 Discovering the Basic Messages of the Koran 11 The unity of God 11 Worship and service to God 11 Prophets to teach and guide 11 Completion of past revelations 12 Guidance to a spiritual path 12 Movement for social change 12 Accountability of deeds 13 Naming the Revelation 13 The Guidance 13 The Criterion 14 The Proof 14 The Reminder 15 The Healing 16 Hearing the Words: The Audience of the Koran 16 Knowing the Essentials about Islam and Muslims 17 The Six Pillars of Belief 17 The Five Pillars of Islam 18 Muslims: The followers of Islam 19 Chapter 2: From Revelation to Written Book 21 Revealing the Koran to Muhammad 21 The beginning of revelation 22 The stages of revelation 24 The Meccan and Medinan periods 24 Transmitting revelation to the community 26 Collecting the Koran as a Book 27 Conforming the Koran's dialects 28 The Koran in modern-day print 29 Memorizing Miracles: Preserving the Koran throughout History 31 Experiencing the Koran as Divine Art 32 Recitation 32 Calligraphy 35 Chapter 3: Mapping Out the Structure of the Book 37 Discerning the Structure of the Koran 37 Ayat 37 Surahs 38 Juz' 39 Discovering Surah Names and Themes 40 Finding Your Way through the Moral Narrative 46 Through divine signs 47 Through laws 47 Through stories of the past 48 Simplifying the Moral Narrative of Shorter Surahs 52 Chapter 4: Discovering the Language of the Koran 53 Arabic: Plain, Clear, and Eloquent 53 Digging down to the roots 54 Reading translations of the Koran 56 Literary Style in the Sacred Scripture 57 Key literary elements of the Koran 58 Clear and figurative passages 60 Hearing the Voice of the Koran 62 Chapter 5: Relating the Koran to Abrahamic Revelations 65 Previous Revelations: Between Sacred and Corrupted 65 Linking the Three Faiths: Common Experiences in the Scriptures 66 Uniting faiths with belief in One God 67 Bridging the gap between divine laws 67 Sharing the legacy of prophetic stories 69 Contrasting the Koran with Judeo-Christian Scriptures 70 Finding a worldview of history in the Scriptures 70 Reforming laws 72 Reforming religious rituals 72 Extending God's covenant to all peoples 73 Giving a new angle on prophetic stories 73 Checking the prophetic pulse of Muhammad in the lBiblical Scripture 75 Differing on Mary and the message of Jesus 76 Part II: Searching for the Soul of the Koran 79 Chapter 6: Interpreting the Koran 81 Coming to Know the Guidance 81 Having room for interpretation 82 Knowing the key terms of Koranic interpretation 82 Finding the Tasfir that fits 84 Drawing out Interpretations 85 Looking at clear and ambiguous passages 85 Interpreting outer meanings 86 Interpreting inner meanings 88 Examining general and specific passages 88 Keeping circumstances behind revelation in mind 90 Abrogating passages 90 Chapter 7: Understanding Interpretations of the Koran Today 93 Getting to Know Famous Commentators of the Koran 93 Among the companions 94 In successive generations 95 Classic works of Koranic interpretation 96 Influential Movements of the Twentieth Century 98 Mawdudi: Framework for a movement 99 Qutub: The controversial revolutionary 101 Muhammad Rida: The influential reformer 103 Muhammad al-Ghazali: Thematic Tafsir 103 Another School of Thought: The Shi'ites 104 Ali 104 Two famous Shi'ite Koranic interpreters 105 Part III: Seeing the Koranic Worldview 107 Chapter 8: Meeting God, Prophets, and Mankind 109 Conceptualizing God 109 "A" is for "Allah" 109 Exploring the concept of God 110 Experiencing God through divine attributes 113 Knowing God 117 Prophets of God: Preaching a Divine Message 119 Prophets and messengers 119 Abraham: Beloved Friend of God and Father of Faith 120 Moses: The Liberator 122 Jesus: The Spirit of God 125 The Status and Nature of Man 128 Human nature through Adam 129 The purpose of human life 131 Chapter 9: Divining Nature, the Universe, and the Unseen 133 The Divine Ways of Nature 133 Patterns of creation 134 God's creations in the skies 134 Earthly creations 136 Inheriting the Earth: The Role of Mankind in Nature 139 The Unseen World: Angels versus Satan 140 The angels: Pure creations of God 141 Satan: An avowed enemy 142 Accounting for the Soul 143 The Day of Judgment 143 The eternal bliss of heaven 144 Hell: Torment of the fire 145 God's Mercy, God's Wrath: Reconciling the two 145 Chapter 10: Taking the Koranic View of Other Faith Traditions 147 Islam: One Religion under God 147 A brot…

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