Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1999) Understanding the Qur'an: themes and style. London: I.B. Tauris.
Abstract
The tenets of Islam cannot be grasped without a proper understanding of the Qur'an. In this introduction, Dr Muhammad Haleem, a noted scholar of Islamic studies, examines its major recurrent themes - life and eternity, marriage and divorce, peace and war, and water - and sets out these in the context of the Qur'an's linguistic style. Dr Haleem examines the background to the development of the "surahs" (chapters) and the "ayahs" (verses) and the construction of the Qur'an in itself. He shows that popular conceptions of Islamic attitudes towards women, marriage and divorce, war and society, differ radically from the true teachings of the Qur'an.
| Item Type: | Authored Books |
|---|---|
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Legacy Departments > Faculty of Languages and Cultures > Department of the Languages and Cultures of the Near and Middle East |
| ISBN: | 9781860640094 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755610310 |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2007 13:25 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/1542 |
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