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The Qur'an: A New Translation
Khalidi Tarif
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Description for The Qur'an: A New Translation
Paperback. Presents the rules of conduct that remain fundamental to Muslims - the key Islamic values of prayer, fasting, pilgrimage and absolute faith in God, with spiritual guidance on matters of kinship, marriage and family, crime and punishment, rituals, food, warfare and charity. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HRHS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 38. Weight in Grams: 598.
Considered in Islam to be the infallible word of God, The Qur'an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel in a series of divine revelations over many years after his first vision in the cave. In 114 chapters, or surahs, it provides the rules of conduct that remain fundamental to Muslims today - most importantly the key Islamic values of prayer, fasting, pilgrimage and absolute faith in God, with profound spiritual guidance on matters of kinship, marriage and family, crime and punishment, rituals, food, warfare and charity. Through its pages, a fascinating picture emerges of life in ... Read more
Considered in Islam to be the infallible word of God, The Qur'an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel in a series of divine revelations over many years after his first vision in the cave. In 114 chapters, or surahs, it provides the rules of conduct that remain fundamental to Muslims today - most importantly the key Islamic values of prayer, fasting, pilgrimage and absolute faith in God, with profound spiritual guidance on matters of kinship, marriage and family, crime and punishment, rituals, food, warfare and charity. Through its pages, a fascinating picture emerges of life in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
597g
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780143105886
SKU
V9780143105886
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Ref
99-99
About Khalidi Tarif
Tarif Khalidi was born in Jerusalem in 1938. He received degrees from University College, Oxford, and the University of Chicago, before teaching at the American University of Beirut as a professor in the Department of History from 1970 to 1996. In 1985 he accepted a one-year position as senior research associate at St Anthony's College, Oxford, and from 1991 to ... Read more
Reviews for The Qur'an: A New Translation
"An eloquent and eminently readable translation . . . much closer to the way the first Muslims experienced the Qur'an." -Reza Aslan, author of Zealot " While being faithful to the original, [Khalidi] succeeds in conveying linguistic shifts, from narrative to mnemonic, sermons to parables. And there is an innovative component: it is the first translation that ... Read more