The Quran: a Biography

✍ Scribed by Lawrence, Bruce

• Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 111 KB
• Series: Books that shook the world
• Category: Fiction
• City: New York
• ISBN: 1782392181

✦ Synopsis

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Acknowledgements; A Note on Translations; A Note on Romanization; Introduction; ARAB CORE; 1 The Prophet Muhammad: Merchant and Messenger; 2 The Prophet Muhammad: Organizer and Strategist; 3 'A'ishah: Muhammad's Wife and Custodian of His Memory; 4 The Dome of the Rock: Jerusalem Landmark, Qur'anic Icon; EARLY COMMENTARIES; 5 Ja'far as-Sadiq: Shi'ite Imam and Qur'anic Exegete; 6 Abu Ja'far at-Tabari: Sunni Historian and Qur'anic Exegete; LATER INTERPRETATIONS; 7 Robert of Ketton: Polymath Translator of the Qur'an.;Few books in history are as poorly read or understood as the Qur'an. Sent down in a series of revelations to the Prophet Muhammad, it is regarded by the faithful as the unmediated word of Allah. It is revered by Muslims throughout the world, it inspires unparalleled levels of devotion, passion, fear and, sometimes, incomprehension. In this book, the distinguished scholar Bruce Lawrence shows precisely why the Qur'an is Islam. He describes the origins of the faith in seventh-century Arabia and looks at why the Qur'an needs to be both memorized and recited by its followers. Lawrence also di.

✦ Subjects

Authority -- Religious aspects