A thorough examination of Chapter 18 of the Quran exemplifies allegorical interpretation and reconciles common dichotomies like heart and mind, science and religion.
"Having lived a life immersed in physical sciences, I now find myself drawn by an irresistible appeal to the mystical shorelines of the hidden sea," Malik (A Perspective on the Signs of Al-Quran, 2010) writes. Such watery metaphors pervade the author's language as he expounds on various parables in the Surah Kahf.A central story has Moses--the...
KIRKUS REVIEW
A thorough examination of Chapter 18 of the Quran exemplifies allegorical interpretation and reconci...