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This introduction to the Qur
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an contains an Introduction, eight chapters, and a short postscript focusing on the understanding of the Qur
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an after 11 September 2001. The Introduction presents various approaches to the Qur
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an by comparing them to approaches to the loved one adopted by various types of lovers. Six chapters situate the Qur
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an in context, describing the place of the Qur
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an in Muslim practice and social life; the process of revelation; the form of the Qur
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an as we have it; the history of its collection; doctrine concerning its theological status; and the various modes of its interpretation. Two chapters treat the content of the Qur
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an--one on theology ("Belief in the Qur
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an"), and the other on ethics and ritual and legal topics ("Righteous Conduct in the Qur
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an"). It is primarily descriptive, with some emphasis on the ways in which the Qur
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an is and has been used and examined in Islamic society.
Overall, the work introduces the non-specialist reader to a number of important features of Islamic tradition and scholarship surrounding the Qur
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an--asbab al-nuzul ; different types of tafsir ; law and theology; and theory of i
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jaz , or the miraculous nature of the Qur
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an--briefly and in accessible language. The references in...