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Author | : Abdur Rab |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2017-12-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781548657932 |
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We cannot consider humanity's relationship to the Divine without asking questions. How can God exist? What lessons does He have for us? If God is omnipotent, what role is there for human free will? Toward a Quranic Understanding of the Divine seeks the answers to these queries in the wisdom of the Quran. Only the words in the holy book are considered, free from the often-distorting lens of cultural expectations or dogma. Authors Abdur Rab, Farouk A. Peru, and Siraj Islam start from the basic principle that seeking a path to God is humanity's primary goal. They then explore how focusing on our real selves (nafs) helps us meet the Divine (liqa'ullah). They candidly discuss how scientific findings, including evolution, have their place in God's natural laws and interpret scripture as spiritual lessons rather than literal accounts. From there, the book examines the unity of God and important lessons for humanity, the difference between Divine preordination and human predestination, and the many blessed attributes found in God's names as they appear in the Quran. A bold, insightful exploration of Quaranic Islam, this extraordinary book reveals a loving, compassionate God and how His ideals, properly emulated, can transform our spiritual lives.
Author | : Syed Abul ʻAla Maudoodi |
Publisher | : New Era Publications, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780860370536 |
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Author | : Iman Omeed Khan MD |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 141 |
Release | : 2015-06-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1503573451 |
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The history of Islam as the faith of God has been buried and lost to antiquity, but the message in the Quran has been gaining renewed visibility as both a very negative and as a positive influence. In spite of its growing visibility, there are baffling issues, as with all religions, whether the individual, in reality, adheres to the tenets of the Quran and the Faith. There is clearly a phenomenal misunderstanding prevalent about Islam and the Quran. The author undertook a serious study of the Quran over several years and dispassionately stresses the importance and relevance of the text to contemporary times where heated arguments persist as to which is the 'better/true religion. The author presents direct quotes from the Quran and provides explanations thereof based on textual commentaries and her personal understanding with the sincere hope that those who are interested in knowing the basic facts in the Quran get a clearer understanding of this preserved word of God.
Author | : Garry Wills |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2018-12-04 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1101981040 |
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America’s leading religious scholar and public intellectual introduces lay readers to the Qur’an with a measured, powerful reading of the ancient text Garry Wills has spent a lifetime thinking and writing about Christianity. In What the Qur’an Meant, Wills invites readers to join him as he embarks on a timely and necessary reconsideration of the Qur’an, leading us through perplexing passages with insight and erudition. What does the Qur’an actually say about veiling women? Does it justify religious war? There was a time when ordinary Americans did not have to know much about Islam. That is no longer the case. We blundered into the longest war in our history without knowing basic facts about the Islamic civilization with which we were dealing. We are constantly fed false information about Islam—claims that it is essentially a religion of violence, that its sacred book is a handbook for terrorists. There is no way to assess these claims unless we have at least some knowledge of the Qur’an. In this book Wills, as a non-Muslim with an open mind, reads the Qur’an with sympathy but with rigor, trying to discover why other non-Muslims—such as Pope Francis—find it an inspiring book, worthy to guide people down through the centuries. There are many traditions that add to and distort and blunt the actual words of the text. What Wills does resembles the work of art restorers who clean away accumulated layers of dust to find the original meaning. He compares the Qur’an with other sacred books, the Old Testament and the New Testament, to show many parallels between them. There are also parallel difficulties of interpretation, which call for patient exploration—and which offer some thrills of discovery. What the Qur’an Meant is the opening of a conversation on one of the world’s most practiced religions.
Author | : Gabriel Said Reynolds |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 1029 |
Release | : 2018-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0300181329 |
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"While the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament are understood to be related texts, the sacred scripture of Islam, the third Abrahamic faith, has generally been considered separately. Noted religious scholar Gabriel Said Reynolds draws on centuries of Qur'anic and Biblical studies to offer rigorous and revelatory commentary on how these holy books are intrinsically connected."--Dust jacket.
Author | : Syed Abul ʻAla Maudoodi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Qurʼan |
ISBN | : 9780860372561 |
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Author | : Syeda Hina Mustafa |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2012-04-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781470199081 |
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Quran is the Last Divine book and is full of wisdom. It contains knowledge from the past and also tells us about the future. It guides us through different walks of life and trains us through the corridors of Spiritualism. It gives us the news about the life hereafter and tells us about the Jannah and the Jahannum. While reading Quran it would be realized that Quran has objectives towards what we are being invited and there are motivations in Quran towards what our attention is drawn again and then. This is the wisdom of Quran. These references that are scattered throughout the Quran have been gathered under appropriate headings. Thus it gives a fair good idea that we are again and again being reminded or commanded certain things. Moreover having seen the same reference at different places strengthens our faith about the importance of the commandment. Towards understanding Quran remember, it is the eternal guidance for Humanity. This Book is especially helpful in understanding the Quranic verses. The perspective is that to understand better it requires an effort to read different versions of “TAFASEER” and books from different scholars so as to reach the true spirit of the Commandments. Besides there are explanations in Ahadees related to the same subject. These Ahadees when read in conjunction help better understand the teachings. In these writings all the matter in support of a topic has been gathered that makes it more appropriate and understandable and thus prevents individual efforts on part of each one of us and would facilitate the state of Emaan to be created through this gust of Deen. This book is valuable for new Muslims as this will make available for them handy information from different sources in one writing. Insha'Allah if they completely read this several times they will have a fair good idea what Allah want us to be like and what the shape of Emaan is to be. For our Non-Muslims brethren this book is of paramount importance as this will give them fair good and first hand information about Islam in the pattern that would be easy for them to assimilate . The enthusiasm about Quran, the last Divine book is growing. To read this book they will get the perspective of a common practicing Muslim towards the teachings of Quran. This would be their guidance towards making the just decision.
Author | : Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi |
Publisher | : Kube Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2013-10-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0860375870 |
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A simple, comprehensive introduction to Islam by a noted Muslim of the 20th Century, Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi.
Author | : Bruce Lawrence |
Publisher | : Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2008-03-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1555849288 |
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A “timely and provocative” biography of Islam’s foundational text: “The history of the book is a map of the world we live in today” (Tribune-Review). Few books in history have been as poorly understood as the Qur’an. Sent down in a series of revelations to the Prophet Muhammad, the Qur’an is the unmediated word of Allah: a ritual, political, and legal authority; an ethical and spiritual guide; and a literary masterpiece that inspires devotion, passion, fear, and sometimes incomprehension. In The Qur’an, historian and Islamic Studies professor Bruce Lawrence shows precisely how the Qur’an is the embodiment of Islam. He describes the origins of the faith in seventh-century Arabia and explains why the Qur’an is memorized and recited by devout Muslims. Lawrence also discusses the Qur’an’s commentators and doubters and assesses its tremendous influence on today’s societies and politics. Above all, Lawrence emphasizes that the Qur’an is a sacred book of signs that cannot be reduced to a single, obvious message. It is a book that demands interpretation and one that can be properly understood only through its long and storied history. “An important work for those seeking to understand—and defend—Islam.” —Kirkus Reviews
Author | : Amina Wadud |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 1999-06-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0198029438 |
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Fourteen centuries of Islamic thought have produced a legacy of interpretive readings of the Qu'ran written almost entirely by men. Now, with Qu'ran and Woman, Amina Wadud provides a first interpretive reading by a woman, a reading which validates the female voice in the Qu'ran and brings it out of the shadows. Muslim progressives have long argued that it is not the religion but patriarchal interpretation and implementation of the Qu'ran that have kept women oppressed. For many, the way to reform is the reexamination and reinterpretation of religious texts. Qu'ran and Woman contributes a gender inclusive reading to one of the most fundamental disciplines in Islamic thought, Qu'ranic exegesis. Wadud breaks down specific texts and key words which have been used to limit women's public and private role, even to justify violence toward Muslim women, revealing that their original meaning and context defy such interpretations. What her analysis clarifies is the lack of gender bias, precedence, or prejudice in the essential language of the Qur'an. Despite much Qu'ranic evidence about the significance of women, gender reform in Muslim society has been stubbornly resisted. Wadud's reading of the Qu'ran confirms women's equality and constitutes legitimate grounds for contesting the unequal treatment that women have experienced historically and continue to experience legally in Muslim communities. The Qu'ran does not prescribe one timeless and unchanging social structure for men and women, Wadud argues lucidly, affirming that the Qu'ran holds greater possibilities for guiding human society to a more fulfilling and productive mutual collaboration between men and women than as yet attained by Muslims or non-Muslims.