Understanding the Quran: Themes and Style
The tenets of Islam cannot be grasped without a proper understanding of the Qur’an. In this important new introduction, Muhammad Haleem examines its recurrent themes – life and eternity, marriage and divorce, peace and war, water and nourishment – and for the first time sets these in the context of the Qur’an’s linguistic style.
Professor Haleem examines the background to the development of the surahs (chapters) and the ayahs (verses) and the construction of the Qur’an itself. He shows that popular conceptions of Islamic attitudes to women, marriage and divorce, war and society, differ radically from the true teachings of the Qur’an.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. The Qur’an
2. Al-Fatiha: The Opening of the Qur’an
3. Water in the Qur’an
4. Marriage and Divorce
5. War and Peace in the Qur’an
6. Tolerance in Islam
7. Life and Beyond
8. Paradise in the Qur’an
9. The Face, Divine and Human, in the Qur’an
10. Adam and Eve in the Qur’an and the Bible
11. The Story of Joseph in the Qur’an and the Bible
12. The Qur’an Explains Itself: Surat al-Rahman
13. Dynamic Style: Iltifat and Some Other Features
Conclusion
Notes
Index
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem is the King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies and director of the Centre for Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of London University, as well as editor of the Journal of Qur’anic Studies. Born in Egypt, he learned the Qur’an by heart during childhood. Haleem has published two translations of the Qur’an: The Qur’an: English Translation with Parallel Arabic Text (2010) and The Qur’an: A New Translation (2004). He has also published several other works in this field, including Understanding the Qur’an: Themes and Style (2001) and, together with Elsaid M. Badawi, Arabic-English Dictionary of Qur’anic Usage (2008).
Source: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/people/muhammad-a-s-abdel-haleem
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