
The Quran with Christian Commentary
A Guide to Understanding the Scripture of Islam
- 736 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Be Equipped to Interact More Fruitfully and Thoughtfully with Muslims
The Quran with Christian Commentary offers a unique introduction to the primary religious text of Islam. Alongside a precise modern English translation of the Quran, author Gordon D. Nickel provides in-text notes to explain the meaning of various surahs (chapters) and ayat (verses), their interpretive history and significance in Muslim thought, and similarities and differences when compared to biblical passages. Additional articles on important topics are written by an international team of today's leading experts including:
- Abraham in the Quran by George Bristow
- Early Christian Exegesis of the Quran by J. Scott Bridger
- Tampering with the Pre-Islamic Scriptures by Gordon Nickel
- Salvation in the Quran by Peter Riddell
- Fighting and Killing in the Quran by Ayman S. Ibrahim
- Creation in the Quran by Jon Hoover
- Calling to Islam (da‘wa) by Matthew Kuiper
- Apocryphal Details in Quranic Stories by Mateen Elass
- The Death of Jesus in the Quran by Gordon Nickel
- Son of God in the Quran by Gordon Nickel
- Jihad in the Quran by David Cook
- Moses in the Quran by Gordon Nickel
- Manuscripts of the Quran by Daniel A. Brubaker
- Women in the Quran by Linda Darwish
- The Place of the Scale(s) in the Reckoning by Daniel A. Brubaker
- Divine Punishment of Unbelievers in This World by David Marshall
- Shi‘ite Interpretation of the Quran by Linda Darwish
- The Language of Love in the Quran by Gordon Nickel
- Allah in the Quran by Mark Anderson
- Eschatology in the Quran by David Cook
Factual, respectful of Muslims, and insightful on issues about which Muslims and Christians disagree, The Quran with Christian Commentary equips Christians to interact more fruitfully with Muslim believers. Professors and students in courses on Islam and the Quran will find this to be an invaluable resource, as will pastors and missionaries who minister among Muslims. Written at a readable level, any Christian who wants to learn more about Islam and the Quran will find it to be a rich and informative introduction.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Bibliography
- 1. The Opening: Al-Fātiḥa
- 2. The Cow: Al-Baqara
- 3. House of ‘Imrān: Āl ‘Imrān
- 4. Women: Al-Nisā’
- 5. The Table: Al-Mā’ida
- 6. Livestock: Al-An‘ām
- 7. The Heights: Al-A‘rāf
- 8. The Spoils: Al-Anfāl
- 9. Repentance: Al-Tawba
- 10. Jonah: Yūnus
- 11. Hūd: Hūd
- 12. Joseph: Yūsuf
- 13. The Thunder: Al-Ra‘d
- 14. Abraham: Ibrāhīm
- 15. Al-Ḥijr: Al-Ḥijr
- 16. The Bee: Al-Naḥl
- 17. The Journey: Al-Isrā’
- 18. The Cave: Al-Kahf
- 19. Mary: Maryam
- 20. Ṭā’ Hā’: Ṭā’ Hā’
- 21. The Prophets: Al-Anbiyā’
- 22. The Pilgrimage: Al-Ḥajj
- 23. The Believers: Al-Mu’minūn
- 24. The Light: Al-Nūr
- 25. The Deliverance: Al-Furqān
- 26. The Poets: Al-Shu‘arā’
- 27. The Ant: Al-Naml
- 28. The Story: Al-Qaṣaṣ
- 29. The Spider: Al-‘Ankabūt
- 30. The Romans: Al-Rūm
- 31. Luqmān: Luqmān
- 32. The Prostration: Al-Sajda
- 33. The Factions: Al-Aḥzāb
- 34. Sheba: Sabā’
- 35. Creator: Fāṭir
- 36. Yā’ Sīn: Yā’ Sīn
- 37. The Ones Who Line Up: Al-Ṣāffāt
- 38. Ṣād: Ṣād
- 39. The Companies: Al-Zumar
- 40. Forgiver: Ghāfir
- 41. Made Distinct: Fuṣṣilat
- 42. Consultation: Al-Shūrā
- 43. Decoration: Al-Zukhruf
- 44. The Smoke: Al-Dukhān
- 45. The Kneeling: Al-Jāthiya
- 46. The Sand Dunes: Al-Aḥqāf
- 47. Muḥammad: Muḥammad
- 48. The Victory: Al-Fatḥ
- 49. The Private Rooms: Al-Ḥujurāt
- 50. Qāf: Qāf
- 51. The Scatterers: Al-Dhāriyāt
- 52. The Mountain: Al-Ṭūr
- 53. The Star: Al-Najm
- 54. The Moon: Al-Qamar
- 55. The Merciful: Al-Raḥmān
- 56. The Falling: Al-Wāqi‘a
- 57. Iron: Al-Ḥadīd
- 58. The Disputer: Al-Mujādila
- 59. The Gathering: Al-Ḥashr
- 60. The Examined Woman: Al-Mumtaḥana
- 61. The Lines: Al-Ṣaff
- 62. The Assembly: Al-Jumu‘a
- 63. The Hypocrites: Al-Munāfiqūn
- 64. Mutual Defrauding: Al-Taghābun
- 65. Divorce: Al-Ṭalāq
- 66. The Forbidding: Al-Taḥrīm
- 67. The Kingdom: Al-Mulk
- 68. The Pen: Al-Qalam
- 69. The Payment Due: Al-Ḥāqqa
- 70. The Stairways: Al-Ma‘ārij
- 71. Noah: Nūḥ
- 72. The Jinn: Al-Jinn
- 73. The Enwrapped One: Al-Muzzammil
- 74. The Cloaked One: Al-Muddaththir
- 75. The Resurrection: Al-Qiyāma
- 76. The Human: Al-Insān
- 77. The Ones Sent Forth: Al-Mursalāt
- 78. The News: Al-Naba’
- 79. The Snatchers: Al-Nāzi‘āt
- 80. He Frowned: ‘Abasa
- 81. The Shrouding: Al-Takwīr
- 82. The Rending: Al-Infiṭār
- 83. The Defrauders: Al-Muṭaffifīn
- 84. The Splitting: Al-Inshiqāq
- 85. The Constellations: Al-Burūj
- 86. The Night Visitor: Al-Ṭāriq
- 87. The Most High: Al-A‘lā
- 88. The Covering: Al-Ghāshiya
- 89. The Dawn: Al-Fajr
- 90. The Land: Al-Balad
- 91. The Sun: Al-Shams
- 92. The Night: Al-Layl
- 93. The Morning Light: Al-Ḍuḥā
- 94. The Expanding: Al-Sharḥ
- 95. The Fig: Al-Tīn
- 96. The Clot: Al-‘Alaq
- 97. The Decree: Al-Qadr
- 98. The Clear Sign: Al-Bayyina
- 99. The Earthquake: Al-Zalzala
- 100. The Runners: Al-‘Ādiyāt
- 101. The Striking: Al-Qāri‘a
- 102. Rivalry: Al-Takāthur
- 103. The Afternoon: Al-‘Aṣr
- 104. The Slanderer: Al-Humaza
- 105. The Elephant: Al-Fīl
- 106. Quraysh: Quraysh
- 107. Assistance: Al-Mā‘ūn
- 108. Abundance: Al-Kawthar
- 109. The Disbelievers: Al-Kāfirūn
- 110. Help: Al-Naṣr
- 111. The Fiber: Al-Masad
- 112. Devotion: Al-Ikhlāṣ
- 113. The Daybreak: Al-Falaq
- 114. The People: Al-Nās
- Analysis Index
- Subject Index