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The Saint Gaudens Modern English Version of the Holy Koran is translated from the original Arabic into modern English. It avoids the use of archaic linguistic style and conveys the original meaning in language easily understood by the modern reader of English. This volume is meant to help the general reader to understand the importance of Islam in the modern world and to assist students understand the nuances of the Koranic verse.

The purpose of this work is to provide the English speaking reader with a easily readable version of the Koran. It is curious that most previous English...

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Shaykh Ṣaliḥ al-Ja'fari (d.1979) was one of the most famous scholars of the Azhar, the Muslim world's premier institution of religious learning and its most authoritative voice, in the 20th century. He was also the imam of its mosque and a famous teacher and spiritual guide. He authored 15 works on various Islamic sciences, edited many others, and composed 12 volumes of poetry.

Shaykh Abd al-Ghanial-Jafri (d.2012) followed his father's footsteps, becoming one of the greatest spiritual guides and teachers of his time. He oversaw the building of...

Christians and Muslims both have an abundance of names for God.

e Bible provides Christians with a rich array of names for God,

and the ninety-nine Names that Islam gives traditionally to God are

drawn from the Qur'an. Praise the Name of the Lord is an o ering of

texts, from the Qur'an and the Bible, meant to lead to meditation

and prayer.

A 21st Century English Translation of the Magnificent Quran by Shakespearean scholar Ali Salami, Ph.D. The Magnificent Qur'an is a timeless holy scripture sacred to the religion of Islam.

Das Gulsan-i Raz - Rosenflor des Geheimnisses - von Ma?mud Sabistari wird gemeinhin als eine Einfuhrung in die islamische Mystik betrachtet. Das Lehrgedicht besteht aus Antworten auf funfzehn Fragen, die von Sufi-Say? Amir ?usayni gestellt wurden. Das Werk weist eine gegliederte Struktur mit einer Einfuhrung, einer Analyse der Begriffe und einer Schlussbemerkung auf. In dieser Ausgabe findet der Leser eine uberarbeitete Version des Rosenflors des Geheimnisses, die von dem osterreichischen Pionier der Orientforschung Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ubersetzt wurde, und eine turkische...

With recent Islamic terrorist attacks, it is hard not to wonder what is being conveyed to believers of Islam on how to treat people of the world, especially unbelievers of Islam. Author John J. Isaias had the same curiosity after viewing the 9/11 attacks, spending the next decade studying Islam and Christianity to see what consisted of this fight over religion. His findings embodied his new doctrinal comparison study, What Christians Need to Know About the Quran and Islam, where he presents a comparison study of the Bible and the Quran. Among the topics he compares and contrasts between...

Of the few surviving Nizari Ismaili texts from the Alamut period, the Haft bab (Seven Chapters), which outlines the basic tenets of Ismaili philosophical theology, has proved to be the most popular. One of its many attractive features is its simple recounting of the most complicated Ismaili theological narratives, including the doctrine of the Resurrection (qiyamat). Produced around the year 1203, this small treatise was probably intended as an introduction to the Diwan-i Qa'imiyyat compiled by Hasan-i Mahmud-i Katib (d. after 1242). For many years, the Haft...

Mohammeds Leben ist eine abenteuerliche Geschichte. Er war ein Waisenkind, das aus der Armut heraus zum ersten Herrscher von ganz Arabien heranwuchs. Mohammed erschuf eine neue Religion, neue Kriegsmethoden und ein neues politisches System einschlielich einer universal gUltigen und unverAnderlichen Gesetzgebung, der Scharia.

Mohammed war einer der grOten Krieger der Geschichte. Niemand fUhrt heute noch Kriege im Namen CAsars, Alexanders des Groen, Napoleons oder eines anderen historischen HeerfUhrers. Jedes Jahr sterben jedoch zahlreiche Menschen im Namen Allahs. Mohammed selbst...

Text Linguistics of Qur'anic Discourse: A Text Analysis offers one of the first comprehensive investigations in the new academic discipline of Qu'ranic text linguistics, applying Western linguistics theory to Qur'anic discourse. Its informed and detailed analysis of Qur'anic discourse covers key elements including

(i) the texture of the macro Qur'anic text,

(ii) the cohesion and coherence systems of the Qur'anic text,

(iii) the major notions of the macro Qur'anic text such as intertextuality, semantic relatedness, and thematic sequentiality,

(iv) the macro...

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Ḥamd-Allāh Mustaufī was a fourteenth-century historian and geographer. His Nuzhat al-qulūb (Hearts' delight) sets out to give a description of Iran in the form of a gazetteer. Despite some repetition of previous accounts, there are many snippets of up to date information embedded in his...