What is in the Quran? Revised & Expanded Edition
What is in the Quran? Revised & Expanded Edition
Message of the Quran in Simple English
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Bind: Hardbound
Year: 2020
Pages: 436
Size: 159 x 242 mm
Publisher: Viva Books Originals
Sales Territory: Worldwide
Description:
What is in the Quran? Message of the Quran in Simple English presents the meaning and message of the entire Quran in clear, easy-to-understand English. Apart from the translation of the Quranic text into simple English, it also contains brief explanatory notes for those new to the Quran and Islam, which help in following better the contents of the Quran.
This revised and expanded edition carries more than 400 explanatory notes, including 200 new ones, which elucidate things Quranic. This work introduces to readers the Quranic worldview, particularly, its position on such current issues as gender parity, peaceful coexistence, pluralism, social relationships with family and friends, and reaching out to the underprivileged.
This work stands apart from those generally available English translations of the Quran which, being too literal or sectarian, hinder readers from understanding the Quran, the most widely read book in the world. It has all along been the book of guidance and law for billions of people and stands out as a literary masterpiece par excellence in Arabic, which has set the hallmarks of the Arabic language and literature.
The extensive subject index in this book will help readers locate easily what the Quran says, as for example, on women, social relations, peaceful coexistence, morals and manners, death and the afterlife, messengers of God, Islamic beliefs and practices, religious duties, charity, forgiveness, and the concept and attributes of God in Islam.
Many of the existing translations of the Quran, being literal, fail to convey the message of the Quran. This book attempts to present in simple, fluent English the paraphrase of the meaning and message of the Quran, without claiming to be an exact translation. It, however, does not deviate from the intended meaning of the Quranic text. This new translation, together with its brief explanatory notes and bibliography, will help those who are new to the Quran and Islam.
Target Audience:
It will serve as a reference guide to the students/researchers of Qur?anic Studies and Islamic Studies. It attempts to present in simple, fluent English the paraphrase of the meaning and message of the Quran. It is supplemented with brief explanatory notes especially for those new to the Quran or Islam.
Contents:
Preface
Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition
Surah 1 al-Fatihah
Surah 2 al-Baqarah
Surah 3 Ali-Imran
Surah 4 al-Nisa
Surah 5 al-Maidah
Surah 6 al-Anam
Surah 7 al-Araf
Surah 8 al-Anfal
Surah 9 al-Tawbah
Surah 10 Yunus
Surah 11 Hud
Surah 12 Yusuf
Surah 13 al-Raad
Surah 14 Ibrahim
Surah 15 al-Hijr
Surah 16 al-Nahl
Surah 17 Al-Isra
Surah 18 al-Kahf
Surah 19 Maryam
Surah 20 Ta Ha
Surah 21 al-Anbiya
Surah 22 al-Hajj
Surah 23 al-Muminun
Surah 24 al-Nur
Surah 25 al-Furqan
Surah 26 al-Shu?ara
Surah 27 al-Naml
Surah 28 al-Qasas
Surah 29 al-Ankabut
Surah 30 al-Rum
Surah 31 Luqman
Surah 32 al-Sajdah
Surah 33 al-Ahzab
Surah 34 Saba
Surah 35 Fatir
Surah 36 Ya Sin
Surah 37 al-Saffat
Surah 38 Saad
Surah 39 al-Zumar
Surah 40 al-Mumin
Surah 41 Fussilat
Surah 42 al-Shura
Surah 43 al-Zukhruf
Surah 44 al-Dukhan
Surah 45 al-Jathiyah
Surah 46 al-Ahqaf
Surah 47 Muhammad
Surah 48 al-Fath
Surah 49 al-Hujurat
Surah 50 Qaf
Surah 51 al-Dhariyat
Surah 52 al-Tur
Surah 53 al-Najm
Surah 54 al-Qamar
Surah 55 al-Rahman
Surah 56 al-Waqiah
Surah 57 al-Hadid
Surah 58 al-Mujadalah
Surah 59 al-Hashr
Surah 60 al-Mumtahinah
Surah 61 al-Saff
Surah 62 al-Jumuah
Surah 63 al-Munafiqun
Surah 64 al-Taghabun
Surah 65 al-Talaq
Surah 66 al-Tahrim
Surah 67 al-Mulk
Surah 68 al-Qalam
Surah 69 al-Haqqah
Surah 70 al-Maarij
Surah 71 Nuh
Surah 72 al-Jinn
Surah 73 al-Muzzammil
Surah 74 al-Muddaththir
Surah 75 al-Qiyamah
Surah 76 al-Dahr
Surah 77 al-Mursalat
Surah 78 al-Naba
Surah 79 al-Naziat
Surah 80 Abasa
Surah 81 al-Takwir
Surah 82 al-Infitar
Surah 83 al-Mutaffifin
Surah 84 al-Inshiqaq
Surah 85 al-Buruj
Surah 86 al-Tariq
Surah 87 al-Aala
Surah 88 al-Ghashiyah
Surah 89 al-Fajr
Surah 90 al-Balad
Surah 91 al-Shams
Surah 92 al-Layl
Surah 93 al-Zuha
Surah 94 al-Sharh
Surah 95 al-Tin
Surah 96 al-Alaq
Surah 97 al-Qadr
Surah 98 al-Bayyinah
Surah 99 al-Zilzal
Surah 100 al-Adiyat
Surah 101 al-Qariah
Surah 102 al-Takathur
Surah 103 al-Asr
Surah 104 al-Humazah
Surah 105 al-Fil
Surah 106 Quraysh
Surah 107 al-Maun
Surah 108 al-Kawthar
Surah 109 al-Kafirun
Surah 110 al-Nasr
Surah 111 al-Lahab
Surah 112 al-Ikhlas
Surah 113 al-Falaq
Surah 114 al-Nas
Bibliography
Index
About the Author:
Abdur Raheem Kidwai is Professor of English and Director of the UGC Human Resource Development Centre; and Director of the K.A. Nizami Quranic Centre, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He is also the Visiting Fellow at the School of English, University of Leicester, UK. He has a special interest in the English translations of the Quran. The Ministry of Religious Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, commissioned him to write this substantial work on the subject: The Bibliography of the English Translations of the Quran: 1649-2002: A Critical Study (2007). Moreover, his other significant works on the subject are Translating the Untranslatable: A Critical Guide to 60 English Translations of the Quran (2011) and God's Word, Man's Interpretations: A Critical Study of the 21st Century English Translation of the Quran (2018) offer analytical reviews on all the complete English translations. His other works on Islam and the Quran are: The Quran: Essential Teachings (2006), 365 Sayings of Prophet Muhammad (2014), Daily Wisdom (2013-17) (A series of three books presenting selections from the Quran, Hadith and prayers) and Image of the Prophet Muhammad in English Literature (2018). Prof. Kidwai has previously published six other books with Viva: Literary Orientalism: A Companion (2013), Perspectives on National Integration (2013), New Directions in Higher Education (2014), Orientalism in English Literature: Perception of Islam and Muslims (2016), Believing and Belonging (2016) and Criticism and Counter Criticism (2017).
His reviews on the books on Islam, especially the Quran have appeared in such reputed journals as The Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK; Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies, UK; Islamic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan; The Journal of Quranic Studies, Madina, Saudi Arabia; Insights, Islamabad, Pakistan; Aligarh Journal of Quranic Studies, etc. He has also delivered lectures on the English translations of the Quran at the Universities of Oxford, Birmingham, UK and Mauritius.
