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To followers of Islam, the Qur'an is the literal word of God, revealed through Muhammad, the last of the line of prophets. It is the expression of the will of God. This work presents a comprehensive and accurate rendering of the Qur'an into modern English. It is suitable for those interested in Islam.
This volume gathers together Northrop Frye's lectures and notebooks on the Bible, Dante and Eastern religion. They present new insights into the man, his genius, his methods and his thought.
Mystic Stories from the Mahabharata has distilled from India's greatest spiritual epic a collection of gripping stories filled with adventure, romance, intrigue and timeless wisdom.
Woodham presents the timeless wisdom of the Gita in contemporary English Poetry, bringing to life its ancient yet perennially applicable message.
A courageous attempt to compare and contrast Islamic ideals of prophecy, as found in Muhammad, with the prophetic traditions of the Hebrew Bible. It challenges Muslims, Jews and Christians to understand their own traditions better and to be open to learn from one another.
A guide to the Qur'an for non-Muslims. The text is arranged into themes: God and his praise; man in creation; prophethood in human guidance prior to Muhammad; Muhammad in his Meccan environment; Muhammad in his Medinan locale; religious law and devotion; social law and society; and the Last Things.
This translation of the Mayan creation story, the Popul Vuh , uses the orginal K'iche'-Maya text to describe the five creative attempts to form beings who could speak intelligently, remember their creators and offer them appropriate words of reverence.
The title of this work is taken from Surah 73.5 of the Qur'an, where Muhammad understands that he is to undergo the onset of a weighty word . It attempts to explore an alignment of Prophethood in the Bible and in Islam in one denominator, against the odds of mutual alienation.
This anthology of essays focuses on the interrelationships between myth, religion and theatre. Each chapter examines different interactions between the Holy Scriptures not only of Islam, Christianity and Judaism, but also of other sacred traditions.
The crucial sequence of the Scriptures - alike in the Bible and the Qur'an - is through a cosmos created, for a creaturehood entrusted, by virtue of revelatory direction, mediated by prophet-hoods. This book explores the issues that unify Christianity and Islam.