Koran

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Der Koran ist die heilige Schrift von über 2,2 Milliarden Muslimen auf allen Kontinenten. Er ist die Offenbarung Allahs an den Religionsstifter Mohammed, hohe Literatur und zugleich Leitfaden für das tägliche Leben der Gläubigen, in manchen Ländern sogar Grundlage für die Rechtsprechung. Was sagt der Koran über den Glauben, über Frauen, über die Familie, über Andersgläubige, über Verbrechen und ihre Bestrafung? Sohaib Sultan berichtet über die Entstehung der heiligen Schrift, erläutert die Sprache des Koran und zeigt leicht verständlich unterschiedliche Interpretationen auf. Er räumt Missverständnisse über den Koran aus dem Weg und eröffnet damit Möglichkeiten zu einem besseren Verständnis des Islam. Zusammenfassung With the turmoil in the Middle East! there is a growing interest about Islam - the world's second largest religion and one of the fastest growing - and its holy book! the Koran (or Qur'an). This English guide explores the history! structure! and basic tenets of Islam's sacred scripture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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...

List of contents

Introduction.
Part I: Revealing the Word of God: The Book.

Chapter 1: Getting to Know the Koran.

Chapter 2: From Revelation to Written Book.

Chapter 3: Mapping Out the Structure of the Book.

Chapter 4: Discovering the Language of the Koran.

Chapter 5: Relating the Koran to Abrahamic Revelations.

Part II: Searching for the Soul of the Koran.

Chapter 6: Interpreting the Koran.

Chapter 7: Understanding Interpretations of the Koran Today.

Part III: Seeing the Koranic Worldview.

Chapter 8: Meeting God, Prophets, and Mankind.

Chapter 9: Divining Nature, the Universe, and the Unseen.

Chapter 10: Taking the Koranic View of Other Faith Traditions.

Part IV: Living the Koran.

Chapter 11: Following in the Footsteps of Muhammad.

Chapter 12: Putting Meaning into Ritual.

Chapter 13: Understanding the Koranic View of Self.

Chapter 14: Achieving Koranic Ethics and Morality.

Chapter 15: Raising a Family the Koranic Way.

Part V: Relating the Koran to the World.

Chapter 16: Connecting the Koran to Society.

Chapter 17: Purifying Society through Islamic Law.

Chapter 18: Struggling for God: Jihad.

Chapter 19: Discussing Women in the Koran.

Chapter 20: The Koran and Modernity.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 21: Ten Misconceptions about the Koran.

Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Dig Deeper into the Koran.

Appendix A: Glossary of Koranic Terms.

Appendix B: Finding Prophets in the Koran.

Index.

Report

"...I was quickly humbled by this guide, which showed me how much I had misunderstood. I would recommend this to anyone interested in Islam..." ( Catholic Herald , 26 November 2004)
"...provides an introduction to Islam s holy book." ( Publishers Weekly , February 9, 2004)

Product details

• Authors: S Sultan, Sohaib Sultan, Sultan Sohaib
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.06.2004
• EAN: 9780764555817
• ISBN: 978-0-7645-5581-7
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 188 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Series: For Dummies; For Dummies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Reference, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Criticism & Exegesis Of Sacred Texts