Table of Contents

The Qur'an; "al-Fatiha" - the opening of the Qur'an; water in the Qur'an; marriage and divorce; war and peace in the Qur'an; tolerance in Islam; life and beyond; paradise in the Qur'an; the face, divine and human, in the Qur'an; Adam and Eve in the Qur'an and the Bible; the story of Joseph in the Qur'an and the Bible; the Qur'an explains itself - "Surat al-Rahman"; dynamic style.

About the Author

Muhammed Abdel Haleemis Professor of Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Reviews

[It] has a breadth of reading and attention to style that readers will welcome...Chapters on such topics as women, Adam and Eve, the afterlife and war and peace articulately present ways in which contemporary Muslims understand their scriptures. Choice ...in the present reviewer's view, is the most interesting and illustrative of qur'anic themes and style...
-Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations