What is in the Quran? (Third Revised & Expanded Edition)
What is in the Quran? (Third Revised & Expanded Edition)
Message of the Quran in Simple English
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Bind: Hardback
Year: 2023
Pages: 438
Size: 6.25 x 9.5” Inch
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 third 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 Second Edition
Preface to the Third 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 retired as 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.
