Anthology of Qur'anic Commentaries Volume 1: on the Nature of the Divine

Name: Anthology of Qur'anic Commentaries Volume 1: on the Nature of the Divine
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ISBN: 9780197200001

ISBN-10: 0197200001

ISBN-13: 9780197200001

Edition: 2004

Authors: F. Hamza, S. Rizvi

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The vast and varied corpus of Islamic scriptural commentary is attracting much interest from contemporary western scholarship. Of seminal value within the Muslim tradition, Qur'an interpretation has been and continues to be the expression of diverse theological, legal, and mystical understandings of the letter and meanings of God's word. In this first volume, the interpretations of a selection of Sunni, Shi'i, Ibadi, Mu'tazili, and Sufi scholars on six key Qur'anic verses arepresented as a chronological and doctrinal cross-section stretching from the second century of Islam to the present day. This selection represents thirteen centuries of exegetical activity from the principal theological…

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List price: $135.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/30/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 9.40" wide x 6.40" long x 1.70" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgements


Note on translation and conventions


List of abbreviations


Introduction


Map of centres of learning in the Islamic world


The commentators and their commentaries



Seeking the face of God (Q. 2:115)




God's throne and the seat of knowledge (Q. 2:255)




Incumbent mercy (Q. 6:12)




Light of the heavens and the earth (Q. 24:35)




The measure (Q. 54:49)




Oneness (Q. 112)



Prosopographical appendix


Bibliography


Index


Index of Qur'&abar;nic citations