The Koran For Dummies - Sultan, Sohaib

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Explains the structure and significance of Islam's sacred scripture as well as its history and place in spiritual life.

Résumé :

Introduction 1

About This Book 1

Conventions Used in This Book 2

Foolish Assumptions 3

How This Book Is Organized 4

Part I: Revealing the Word of God: The Book 4

Part II: Searching for the Soul of the Koran 4

Part III: Seeing the Koranic Worldview 4

Part IV: Living the Koran 5

Part V: Relating the Koran to the World 5

Part VI: The Part of Tens 5

Icons Used in This Book 5

Where to Go from Here 6

Part I: Revealing the Word of God: The Book 7

Chapter 1: Getting to Know the Koran 9

Receiving Revelation Straight from the Source 9

Guiding the Way: Prophet Muhammad 10

Discovering the Basic Messages of the Koran 11

The unity of God 11

Worship and service to God 11

Prophets to teach and guide 11

Completion of past revelations 12

Guidance to a spiritual path 12

Movement for social change 12

Accountability of deeds 13

Naming the Revelation 13

The Guidance 13

The Criterion 14

The Proof 14

The Reminder 15

The Healing 16

Hearing the Words: The Audience of the Koran 16

Knowing the Essentials about Islam and Muslims 17

The Six Pillars of Belief 17

The Five Pillars of Islam 18

Muslims: The followers of Islam 19

Chapter 2: From Revelation to Written Book 21

Revealing the Koran to Muhammad 21

The beginning of revelation 22

The stages of revelation 24

The Meccan and Medinan periods 24

Transmitting revelation to the community 26

Collecting the Koran as a Book 27

Conforming the Koran's dialects 28

The Koran in modern-day print 29

Memorizing Miracles: Preserving the Koran throughout History 31

Experiencing the Koran as Divine Art 32

Recitation 32

Calligraphy 35

Chapter 3: Mapping Out the Structure of the Book 37

Discerning the Structure of the Koran 37

Ayat 37

Surahs 38

Juz' 39

Discovering Surah Names and Themes 40

Finding Your Way through the Moral Narrative 46

Through divine signs 47

Through laws 47

Through stories of the past 48

Simplifying the Moral Narrative of Shorter Surahs 52

Chapter 4: Discovering the Language of the Koran 53

Arabic: Plain, Clear, and Eloquent 53

Digging down to the roots 54

Reading translations of the Koran 56

Literary Style in the Sacred Scripture 57

Key literary elements of the Koran 58

Clear and figurative passages 60

Hearing the Voice of the Koran 62

Chapter 5: Relating the Koran to Abrahamic Revelations 65

Previous Revelations: Between Sacred and Corrupted 65

Linking the Three Faiths: Common Experiences in the Scriptures 66

Uniting faiths with belief in One God 67

Bridging the gap between divine laws 67

Sharing the legacy of prophetic stories 69

Contrasting the Koran with Judeo-Christian Scriptures 70

Finding a worldview of history in the Scriptures 70

Reforming laws 72

Reforming religious rituals 72

Extending God's covenant to all peoples 73

Giving a new angle on prophetic stories 73

Checking the prophetic pulse of Muhammad in the lBiblical Scripture 75

Differing on Mary and the message of Jesus 76

Part II: Searching for the Soul of the Koran 79

Chapter 6: Interpreting the Koran 81

Coming to Know the Guidance 81

Having room for interpretation 82

Knowing the key terms of Koranic interpretation 82

Finding the Tasfir that fits 84

Drawing out Interpretations 85

Biographie:

Sohaib Sultan is a freelance journalist and student of the Islamic tradition who has studied the Koran and Islam extensively with Islamic scholars in the United States and Saudi Arabia....

Sommaire:
Der Koran ist die heilige Schrift von ?ber 2,2 Milliarden Muslimen auf allen Kontinenten. Er ist die Offenbarung Allahs an den Religionsstifter Mohammed, hohe Literatur und zugleich Leitfaden f?r das t?gliche Leben der Gl?ubigen, in manchen L?ndern sogar Grundlage f?r die Rechtsprechung. Was sagt der Koran ?ber den Glauben, ?ber Frauen, ?ber die Familie, ?ber Andersgl?ubige, ?ber Verbrechen und ihre Bestrafung? Sohaib Sultan berichtet ?ber die Entstehung der heiligen Schrift, erl?utert die Sprache des Koran und zeigt leicht verst?ndlich unterschiedliche Interpretationen auf. Er r?umt Missverst?ndnisse ?ber den Koran aus dem Weg und er?ffnet damit M?glichkeiten zu einem besseren Verst?ndnis des Islam....