lix, 1988 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : maps ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
The Quran : translation and commentary How to read the Quran / Ingrid Mattson The Quran in translation / Joseph Lumbard The Islamic view of the Quran / Muhammad Mustafa al-Azami Quranic Arabic : its characteristics and impact on Arabic language and literature and the languages and literatures of other Islamic peoples / Muhammad Abdel Haleem Quranic commentaries / Walid Saleh Traditions of esoteric and sapiential Quranic commentary / Toby Mayer Scientific commentary on the Quran / Muzaffar Iqbal The Quran as source of Islamic law / Ahmad Muhammad al-Ṭayyih The Quran and schools of Islamic theology and philosophy / Muṣṭafā Muhaqqiq Damad The Quran and Sufism / William C. Chittick The Quran and Islamic art / Jean-Louis Michon The Quranic view of sacred history and other religions / Joseph Lumbard Quranic ethics, human rights, and society / Maria Massi Dakake Conquest and conversion, war and peace in the Quran / Caner K. Dagli Death, dying, and the afterlife in the Quran / Hamza Yusuf