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Book SynopsisSuitable for students and scholars, this title presents an introduction to one of the richest texts in the history of religious thought, Qur'an. It unravels the Qur'an's complexities with the deep attachment of a Muslim educated in Islamic schools and the clarity of a scholar who taught for decades in the West.
Trade Review"[Rahman] is a mature thinker, at once well informed and basically realistic about the reigning myths of modern secularist society. He is also a clear writer capable of disarming simplicity and tightly reasoned, technically detailed argument." - Patrick D. Gaffney, Journal of Religion "An event that needs to be given close attention. What is more, the book would seem to deserve attention for another reason: its aim to provide an introduction to the content of the Qur'an, something which most would agree has been sorely lacking until now." - Andrew Rippin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies "Here is a painstaking and positive effort to think through the Qur'an beyond the verse by verse, tediously grammatical, scrutiny which many have employed in past centuries." - Kenneth Cragg, Middle East Journal"
