Symbol of Divine Light presents an overview of the history and significance of the lamp in Islamic culture and other traditions. In addition to describing the numerous variants from different historical periods, it also includes an exploration of the famous Koranic Verse of Light and the symbolism of its constituent elements. Containing ......
Award-winning professor John Kaltner's new work offers a general introduction and orientation to the Qur'an. It surveys the origin, structure, contents, study, and use of Islam's sacred text. Offering selective rather than comprehensive coverage, the work allows for discussion and analysis of specific themes and issues of interest to modern ......
How do Muslims make sense of a scripture they believe was revealed fourteen centuries ago? In Languages of the Qur'an, anthropologist Yunus Dogan Telliel takes readers into the lives of Turkish Muslims grappling with this very question. Following years of ethnographic fieldwork in Turkey, Telliel explores two of the most powerful forces shaping ......
How do Muslims make sense of a scripture they believe was revealed fourteen centuries ago? In Languages of the Qur'an, anthropologist Yunus Dogan Telliel takes readers into the lives of Turkish Muslims grappling with this very question. Following years of ethnographic fieldwork in Turkey, Telliel explores two of the most powerful forces shaping ......
The Islamic Mary explores the figure of Mary/Maryamshared between Christians and Muslims. Maryam is revered throughout the Islamic tradition, beginning already in the scripture of the Qur'an. This book examines the varied appearances of Maryam in different Islamic contexts: extending from the mentions of Maryam in the Qur'an and the biography of ......
Hijab: Word of God or Word of Man? is the most comprehensive and exhaustive study of the subject of the Islamic veil to date. According to Muslim authorities, the Islamic veil is a religious obligation. For them, Muslim women who fail to wear the hijab commit a major sin that merits punishment in hell and even eternal damnation. Since the rise of ......
Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, wielding an authority second only to the Qur'an. The words of Muhammad (d. 11/632), God's messenger and prophet of Islam, have a special place in the hearts of his followers. Wielding an authority second only to the Qur'an, Muhammad's hadith are cited by scholars as testimonial texts in a vast array of ......
How might early Christian Arabic texts aid contemporary research scholars / students of the Qur an? Within a century of the Prophet s death, Christians were writing in Arabic. Although various recensions of the Covenant of Umar prohibit Christians from teaching the Qur an to their children, this very prohibition indicates that Christians were, in ......
This new bi-lingual translation of the Qur'an is the only edition approved by Al-Azhar University in Cairo and offers followers of Islam a fluent and contemporary interpretation of this important text.
