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An accessible and accurate translation of the Quran that offers a
rigorous analysis of its theological, metaphysical, historical, and
geographical teachings and backgrounds, and includes extensive
study notes, special introductions by experts in the field, and is
edited by a top modern Islamic scholar, respected in both the West
and the Islamic world. Drawn from a wide range of traditional
Islamic commentaries, including Sunni and Shia sources, and from
legal, theological, and mystical texts, The Study Quran conveys the
enduring spiritual power of the Quran and offers a thorough
scholarly understanding of this holy text. Beautifully packaged
with a rich, attractive two-color layout, this magnificent volume
includes essays by 15 contributors, maps, useful notes and
annotations in an easy-to-read two-column format, a timeline of
historical events, and helpful indices. With The Study Quran, both
scholars and lay readers can explore the deeper spiritual meaning
of the Quran, examine the grammar of difficult sections, and
explore legal and ritual teachings, ethics, theology, sacred
history, and the importance of various passages in Muslim life.
With an introduction by its general editor, Seyyed Hossein Nasr,
here is a nearly 2,000-page, continuous discussion of the entire
Quran that provides a comprehensive picture of how this sacred work
has been read by Muslims for over 1,400 years.
The Pitfalls of Piety for Married Women shows how problematic the
practice of Buddhist piety could be in late imperial China. Two
thematically related "precious scrolls" (baojuan) from the Ming
dynasty, The Precious Scroll of the Red Gauze and The Precious
Scroll of the Handkerchief, illustrate the difficulties faced by
women whose religious devotion conflicted with the demands of
marriage and motherhood. These two previously untranslated texts
tell the stories of married women whose piety causes them to be
separated from their husbands and children. While these women labor
far away, their children are cruelly abused by murderous
stepmothers. Following many adventures, the families are reunited
by divine intervention and the evil stepmothers get their just
deserts. While the texts in The Pitfalls of Piety for Married Women
praise Buddhist piety, they also reveal many problems concerning
married women and mothers. Wilt L. Idema's translations are
preceded by an introduction that places these scrolls in the
context of Ming dynasty performative literature, vernacular
literature, and popular religion. Set in a milieu of rich
merchants, the texts provide a unique window to family life of the
time, enriching our understanding of gender during the Ming
dynasty. These popular baojuan offer rare insights into lay
religion and family dynamics of the Ming dynasty, and their
original theme and form enrich our understanding of the various
methods of storytelling that were practiced at the time.
There is no question that the Torah is one of the most influential
documents in Western civilization. It is the source of widely known
characters like Joseph, Moses, and Noah, and timeless stories such
as the Garden of Eden and the Exodus. Jointly authored by
professors of Judaism and Christianity, The Torah: A Beginner's
Guide takes a unique approach, exploring the interplay and dynamics
of how these two religions share this common scripture. Drawing on
both scholarly and popular sources, Kaminsky and Lohr examine the
key debates, while simultaneously illustrating the importance of
the Torah in western jurisprudence, ethics, and contemporary
conceptions of the family, morality, and even politics.
Jewish Bible Translations is the first book to examine Jewish Bible
translations from the third century BCE to our day. It is an
overdue corrective of an important story that has been regularly
omitted or downgraded in other histories of Bible translation.
Examining a wide range of translations over twenty-four centuries,
Leonard Greenspoon delves into the historical, cultural,
linguistic, and religious contexts of versions in eleven languages:
Arabic, Aramaic, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian,
Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Yiddish. He profiles many Jewish
translators, among them Buber, Hirsch, Kaplan, Leeser, Luzzatto,
Mendelssohn, Orlinsky, and Saadiah Gaon, framing their aspirations
within the Jewish and larger milieus in which they worked.
Greenspoon differentiates their principles, styles, and
techniques-for example, their choice to emphasize either literal
reflections of the Hebrew or distinctive elements of the vernacular
language-and their underlying rationales. As he highlights
distinctive features of Jewish Bible translations, he offers new
insights regarding their shared characteristics and their limits.
Additionally, Greenspoon shows how profoundly Jewish translators
and interpreters influenced the style and diction of the King James
Bible. Accessible and authoritative for all from beginners to
scholars, Jewish Bible Translations enables readers to make their
own informed evaluations of individual translations and to
holistically assess Bible translation within Judaism.
This new verse translation of the classic Sanskrit text combines
the skills of leading Hinduist Gavin Flood with the stylistic verve
of award-winning poet and translator Charles Martin. The result is
a living, vivid work that avoids dull pedantry and remains true to
the extraordinarily influential original. A devotional, literary,
and philosophical masterpiece of unsurpassed beauty and imaginative
relevance, The Bhagavad Gita has inspired, among others, Mahatma
Gandhi, J. Robert Oppenheimer, T. S. Eliot, Christopher Isherwood,
and Aldous Huxley. Its universal themes life and death, war and
peace, sacrifice resonate in a West increasingly interested in
Eastern religious experiences and the Hindu diaspora."
The Inner Chapters are the oldest pieces of the larger collection
of writings by several fourth, third, and second century B.C.
authors that constitute the classic of Taoism, the Chuang-Tzu (or
Zhuangzi). It is this core of ancient writings that is ascribed to
Chuang-Tzu himself.
An exploration of storytelling and narrative devices in the
Qur'anIn this book, Leyla Ozgur Alhassen approaches the Qur'an as a
literary, religious and oral text that affects its audience. She
looks at how Qur'anic stories function as narrative: how characters
and dialogues are portrayed; what themes are repeated; what verbal
echoes and conceptual links are present; what structure is
established; and what beliefs these narrative choices strengthen.
And she argues that in the Qur'an, some narrative features that are
otherwise puzzling can be seen as instances in which God, as the
narrator, centres himself while putting the audience in its place.
In essence, this makes the act of reading an interaction between
God and the audience.Qur'anic Stories demonstrates that a
narratological and rhetorical approach to the canonised text can
contribute new insights to our understanding of the Qur'an and its
worldview.
Let the wisdom of Colossians transform relationships in every area
of your life -- home, church, and even the world -- with this study
guide from renowned Bible teacher Joyce Meyer. Paul's letter to the
Colossians reminds us that as we have died with Christ, we also
need to die to our sins. It encourages us that because we have also
been raised in Him, we must submit to Jesus and adopt qualities
motivated by Christian love. In this comprehensive study tool,
Joyce Meyer's commentary on Colossians affirms the Lordship of
Christ and offers practical advice on family, relationships, and
faith.
In a global context of widespread fears over Islamic radicalisation
and militancy, poor Muslim youth, especially those socialised in
religious seminaries, have attracted overwhelmingly negative
attention. In northern Nigeria, male Qur'anic students have
garnered a reputation of resorting to violence in order to claim
their share of highly unequally distributed resources. Drawing on
material from long-term ethnographic and participatory fieldwork
among Qur'anic students and their communities, this book offers an
alternative perspective on youth, faith, and poverty. Mobilising
insights from scholarship on education, poverty research and
childhood and youth studies, Hannah Hoechner describes how
religious discourses can moderate feelings of inadequacy triggered
by experiences of exclusion, and how Qur'anic school enrolment
offers a way forward in constrained circumstances, even though it
likely reproduces poverty in the long run. A pioneering study of
religious school students conducted through participatory methods,
this book presents vital insights into the concerns of this
much-vilified group.
'I have heard the supreme mystery, yoga, from Krishna, from the
lord of yoga himself.' Thus ends the Bhagavad Gita, the most famous
episode from the great Sanskrit epic, the Mahabharata. In its
eighteen short chapters Krishna's teaching leads the warrior Arjuna
from perplexity to understanding and correct action, in the process
raising and developing many key themes from the history of Indian
religions. The Bhagavad Gita is the best known and most widely read
Hindu religious text in the Western world. It considers social and
religious duty, the nature of sacrifice, the nature of action, the
means to liberation, and the relationship of human beings to God.
It culminates in an awe-inspiring vision of Krishna as God
omnipotent, disposer and destroyer of the universe. ABOUT THE
SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made
available the widest range of literature from around the globe.
Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship,
providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable
features, including expert introductions by leading authorities,
helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for
further study, and much more.
Exploring the subjectivity of the Qur'an's meaning in the world,
this book analyses Qur'anic referencing in Muslim political
rhetoric. Informed by classical Arabic-Islamic rhetorical theory,
the author examines Arabic documents attributed to the 'Abbasid
Caliph al-Ma'mun (r. 813-833), whose rule coincided with the
maturation of classical Islamic political thought and literary
culture. She demonstrates how Qur'anic referencing functions as
tropological exegesis, whereby verses in the Qur'an are
reinterpreted through the lens of subjective experience. At the
same time socio-historical experiences are understood in terms of
the Qur'an's moral typology, which consists of interrelated
polarities that define good and bad moral characters in mutual
orientation. Through strategic deployment of scriptural references
within the logical scheme of rhetorical argument, the Caliph
constructs moral analogies between paradigmatic characters in the
Qur'an and people in his social milieu, and situates himself as
moral reformer and guide, in order to persuade his audiences of the
necessity of the Caliphate and the religio-moral imperative of
obedience to his authority. The Ma'munid case study is indicative
of the nature and function of Qur'anic referencing across
historical periods, and thus contributes to broader conversations
about the impact of the Qur'an on the shaping of Islamic
civilization. This book is an invaluable resource for those with an
interest in Early Islamic History, Islam and the rhetoric of
contemporary Middle East regional and global Islamic politics.
What is the true secret to spiritual growth for couples? Dennis and
Barbara Rainey know from experience that the secret is more moments
together. When you are lifting up your relationship and the rest of
your life together to God, you won't be able to keep the spiritual
growth from happening. In the pages of Moments with You, the
Raineys offer just what couples need to get started or to continue
growing in their quiet times together. These short but poignant
biblical devotions are enjoyable and easy to use, providing a daily
discussion point, prayer and Scripture reference. Married couples
desiring a deeper spiritual connection with God and their spouse
will come to treasure their time spent over Moments with You. For
married couples of all ages and at all stages of life.
Reading the Qur'an in the Twenty-First Century considers the
development of Qur'anic interpretation and highlights modern
debates around new approaches to interpretation. It explores how
Muslims from various theological, legal, socio-political and
philosophical backgrounds think about the meaning and relevance of
the Qur'an, and how their ideas apply in the contemporary world.
The book: reflects on one of the most dominant approaches to
interpretation in the pre-modern period, textualism, and the
reaction to that in Muslim feminist readings of the Qur'an today.
covers issues such as identifying the hierarchical nature of
Qur'anic values, the criteria for the use of hadith in
interpretation, fluidity of meaning and ways of ensuring a degree
of stability in interpretation. examines key Qur'anic passages and
compares pre-modern and modern interpretations to show the evolving
nature of interpretation. Examples discussed include: the authority
of men over women, the death of Jesus, shura and democracy, and
riba and interest. Abdullah Saeed provides a practical guide for
interpretation and presents the principal ideas of a contextualist
approach, which situates the original message of the Qur'an in its
wider social, political, cultural, economic and intellectual
context. He advocates a more flexible method of interpretation that
gives due recognition to earlier interpretations of the Qur'an
while also being aware of changing conditions and the need to
approach the Qur'an afresh today.
This is a book about God, in the cut and thrust of everyday life.
Joshua shows God; dealing with a real conflict; meeting his
people's disappointment; restoring his followers after failure;
operating in real people. From Joshua we learn not only that God is
indispensable; he is also available to those who are available to
him.
Millions of non-Muslims know the name of the Muslim scripture,
whether it is written as "Qur'an" or "Quran" or "Koran." But for
most, that is all they know. Many have fallen victim to the mass of
misinformation that circulates about the Qur'an. Others may have
tried to read the Qur'an, but the text itself is tough to decipher.
With no sense of context, chronology, or interpretive history, many
would-be readers of the Qur'an quickly give up the effort. As for
those trying to find out what the Qur'an says about any particular
subject or issue, they, too, soon discover that this is not a
simple or straightforward undertaking. A clear, concise
introduction to the holy book that guides the lives of 1.6 billion
people on our planet, this brief volume opens the world of the
Qur'an to interested readers who want to know where this scripture
came from and how it has achieved a profound influence in today's
world. Writing in an easy-to-read question-and-answer format, Jane
McAuliffe, one of the world's foremost scholars of the Qur'an,
introduces readers to this important text by discussing its
origins, structure, themes, interpretations, and what it has to say
about a host of critical contemporary issues. Where did the Qur'an
come from? Do Muslims believe that the Qur'an is God's own word?
How do Muslims study the Qur'an? What does the Qur'an say about
God? About family? About ethics? About violence? By answering the
questions that many people have about the Qur'an and its role in
Muslim faith, this book offers an invaluable resource for anyone
who is curious about one of the world's most important faiths.
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Salawat of Tremendous Blessings
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Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani; Commentary by Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil Haqqani, Shaykh Abdallah Ad-Daghestani
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"Salawat of Tremendous Blessings" is a compilation of daily and
weekly supplications and invocations devoted to Prophet Muhammad
that contain specific, immense benefits for supplicants. Taken from
authentic Arabic sources, prayers featured in this work have been
recited for centuries by Muslims around the world. This book
provides easy-to-pronounce English transliteration of Arabic text,
along with English explanations of their benefits as mentioned by
renowned Islamic scholars and mystics. Includes supplications
(salawat, darood) recited for specific purposes, such as to heal
from ailments and afflictions, to lessen burdens, or to see Prophet
Muhammad in a dream.
This definitive sourcebook presents more than sixty authoritative
new translations of key Islamic texts. Edited and translated by
three leading specialists, Classical Islam features eight
thematically-linked sections covering the Qur'an and its
interpretation, the life of Muhammad, hadith, law, theology,
mysticism and Islamic history. The new edition has been expanded to
cover a fuller range of material illustrating the growth of Islamic
thought from its seventh-century origins through to the end of the
medieval period. It includes illustrations, a glossary, extensive
bibliography and explanatory prefaces for each text. Classical
Islam is an essential resource for the study of early and medieval
Islam and its legacy.
This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikaya, or
"Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha," one of the major
collections of texts in the Pali Canon, the authorized scriptures
of Theravada Buddhism. This collection--among the oldest records of
the historical Buddha's original teachings--consists of 152
"suttas" or discourses of middle length, distinguished as such from
the longer and shorter "suttas" of the other collections. The
Majjhima Nikaya might be concisely described as the Buddhist
scripture that combines the richest variety of contextual settings
with the deepest and most comprehensive assortment of teachings.
These teachings, which range from basic ethics to instructions in
meditation and liberating insight, unfold in a fascinating
procession of scenarios that show the Buddha in living dialogue
with people from many different strata of ancient Indian society:
with kings and princes, priests and ascetics, simple villagers and
erudite philosophers. Replete with drama, reasoned argument, and
illuminating parable and simile, these discourses exhibit the
Buddha in the full glory of his resplendent wisdom, majestic
sublimity, and compassionate humanity.
The translation is based on an original draft translation left by
the English scholar-monk Bhikkhu Nanamoli, which has been edited
and revised by the American monk Bhikkhu Bodhi, who provides a long
introduction and helpful explanatory notes. Combining lucidity of
expression with accuracy, this translation enables the Buddha to
speak across twenty-five centuries in language that addresses the
most pressing concerns of the contemporary reader seeking
clarification of the timeless issues of truth, value, and the
proper conduct of life.
Winner of the 1995 "Choice" Magazine Outstanding Academic Book
Award, and the "Tricycle Prize" for Excellence in Buddhist
Publishing for Dharma Discourse.
This book challenges the dominant scholarly notion that the Qur'an
must be interpreted through the medieval commentaries shaped by the
biography of the prophet Muhammad, arguing instead that the text is
best read in light of Christian and Jewish scripture. The Qur'an,
in its use of allusions, depends on the Biblical knowledge of its
audience. However, medieval Muslim commentators, working in a
context of religious rivalry, developed stories that separate
Qur'an and Bible, which this book brings back together. In a series
of studies involving the devil, Adam, Abraham, Jonah, Mary, and
Muhammad among others, Reynolds shows how modern translators of the
Qur'an have followed medieval Muslim commentary and demonstrates
how an appreciation of the Qur'an's Biblical subtext uncovers the
richness of the Qur'an's discourse. Presenting unique
interpretations of 13 different sections of the Qur'an based on
studies of earlier Jewish and Christian literature, the author
substantially re-evaluates Muslim exegetical literature. Thus The
Qur'an and Its Biblical Subtext, a work based on a profound regard
for the Qur'an's literary structure and rhetorical strategy, poses
a substantial challenge to the standard scholarship of Qur'anic
Studies. With an approach that bridges early Christian history and
Islamic origins, the book will appeal not only to students of the
Qur'an but of the Bible, religious studies and Islamic history.
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