The Qur'an

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The Qur'an is written by Farid Esack and published by Simon and Schuster. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1780740654 (ISBN 10) and 9781780740652 (ISBN 13).

Get to grips with one of the world’s most powerful books. The Qur’an has spoken to Muslims for over one thousand years; it is seen as law-maker, moral code, and the word of God. Drawing on both contemporary and ancient sources, Esack outlines the key themes and explains the historical and cultural context of this unique work whilst examining its content, language and style, and the variety of approaches, including fundamentalist, feminist, and modernist, that have been used to interpret it. Other areas covered include: the Qu'ran as evocative oral experience; understanding and interpreting the Qu'ran; the major themes of the Qu'ran, including such issues as truth, justice and gender relations.