The Quran with Christian Commentary
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The Quran with Christian Commentary

A Guide to Understanding the Scripture of Islam

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eBook - ePub

The Quran with Christian Commentary

A Guide to Understanding the Scripture of Islam

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

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. Bibliography
  8. 1. The Opening: Al-Fātiḥa
  9. 2. The Cow: Al-Baqara
  10. 3. House of ‘Imrān: Āl ‘Imrān
  11. 4. Women: Al-Nisā’
  12. 5. The Table: Al-Mā’ida
  13. 6. Livestock: Al-An‘ām
  14. 7. The Heights: Al-A‘rāf
  15. 8. The Spoils: Al-Anfāl
  16. 9. Repentance: Al-Tawba
  17. 10. Jonah: Yūnus
  18. 11. Hūd: Hūd
  19. 12. Joseph: Yūsuf
  20. 13. The Thunder: Al-Ra‘d
  21. 14. Abraham: Ibrāhīm
  22. 15. Al-Ḥijr: Al-Ḥijr
  23. 16. The Bee: Al-Naḥl
  24. 17. The Journey: Al-Isrā’
  25. 18. The Cave: Al-Kahf
  26. 19. Mary: Maryam
  27. 20. Ṭā’ Hā’: Ṭā’ Hā’
  28. 21. The Prophets: Al-Anbiyā’
  29. 22. The Pilgrimage: Al-Ḥajj
  30. 23. The Believers: Al-Mu’minūn
  31. 24. The Light: Al-Nūr
  32. 25. The Deliverance: Al-Furqān
  33. 26. The Poets: Al-Shu‘arā’
  34. 27. The Ant: Al-Naml
  35. 28. The Story: Al-Qaṣaṣ
  36. 29. The Spider: Al-‘Ankabūt
  37. 30. The Romans: Al-Rūm
  38. 31. Luqmān: Luqmān
  39. 32. The Prostration: Al-Sajda
  40. 33. The Factions: Al-Aḥzāb
  41. 34. Sheba: Sabā’
  42. 35. Creator: Fāṭir
  43. 36. Yā’ Sīn: Yā’ Sīn
  44. 37. The Ones Who Line Up: Al-Ṣāffāt
  45. 38. Ṣād: Ṣād
  46. 39. The Companies: Al-Zumar
  47. 40. Forgiver: Ghāfir
  48. 41. Made Distinct: Fuṣṣilat
  49. 42. Consultation: Al-Shūrā
  50. 43. Decoration: Al-Zukhruf
  51. 44. The Smoke: Al-Dukhān
  52. 45. The Kneeling: Al-Jāthiya
  53. 46. The Sand Dunes: Al-Aḥqāf
  54. 47. Muḥammad: Muḥammad
  55. 48. The Victory: Al-Fatḥ
  56. 49. The Private Rooms: Al-Ḥujurāt
  57. 50. Qāf: Qāf
  58. 51. The Scatterers: Al-Dhāriyāt
  59. 52. The Mountain: Al-Ṭūr
  60. 53. The Star: Al-Najm
  61. 54. The Moon: Al-Qamar
  62. 55. The Merciful: Al-Raḥmān
  63. 56. The Falling: Al-Wāqi‘a
  64. 57. Iron: Al-Ḥadīd
  65. 58. The Disputer: Al-Mujādila
  66. 59. The Gathering: Al-Ḥashr
  67. 60. The Examined Woman: Al-Mumtaḥana
  68. 61. The Lines: Al-Ṣaff
  69. 62. The Assembly: Al-Jumu‘a
  70. 63. The Hypocrites: Al-Munāfiqūn
  71. 64. Mutual Defrauding: Al-Taghābun
  72. 65. Divorce: Al-Ṭalāq
  73. 66. The Forbidding: Al-Taḥrīm
  74. 67. The Kingdom: Al-Mulk
  75. 68. The Pen: Al-Qalam
  76. 69. The Payment Due: Al-Ḥāqqa
  77. 70. The Stairways: Al-Ma‘ārij
  78. 71. Noah: Nūḥ
  79. 72. The Jinn: Al-Jinn
  80. 73. The Enwrapped One: Al-Muzzammil
  81. 74. The Cloaked One: Al-Muddaththir
  82. 75. The Resurrection: Al-Qiyāma
  83. 76. The Human: Al-Insān
  84. 77. The Ones Sent Forth: Al-Mursalāt
  85. 78. The News: Al-Naba’
  86. 79. The Snatchers: Al-Nāzi‘āt
  87. 80. He Frowned: ‘Abasa
  88. 81. The Shrouding: Al-Takwīr
  89. 82. The Rending: Al-Infiṭār
  90. 83. The Defrauders: Al-Muṭaffifīn
  91. 84. The Splitting: Al-Inshiqāq
  92. 85. The Constellations: Al-Burūj
  93. 86. The Night Visitor: Al-Ṭāriq
  94. 87. The Most High: Al-A‘lā
  95. 88. The Covering: Al-Ghāshiya
  96. 89. The Dawn: Al-Fajr
  97. 90. The Land: Al-Balad
  98. 91. The Sun: Al-Shams
  99. 92. The Night: Al-Layl
  100. 93. The Morning Light: Al-Ḍuḥā
  101. 94. The Expanding: Al-Sharḥ
  102. 95. The Fig: Al-Tīn
  103. 96. The Clot: Al-‘Alaq
  104. 97. The Decree: Al-Qadr
  105. 98. The Clear Sign: Al-Bayyina
  106. 99. The Earthquake: Al-Zalzala
  107. 100. The Runners: Al-‘Ādiyāt
  108. 101. The Striking: Al-Qāri‘a
  109. 102. Rivalry: Al-Takāthur
  110. 103. The Afternoon: Al-‘Aṣr
  111. 104. The Slanderer: Al-Humaza
  112. 105. The Elephant: Al-Fīl
  113. 106. Quraysh: Quraysh
  114. 107. Assistance: Al-Mā‘ūn
  115. 108. Abundance: Al-Kawthar
  116. 109. The Disbelievers: Al-Kāfirūn
  117. 110. Help: Al-Naṣr
  118. 111. The Fiber: Al-Masad
  119. 112. Devotion: Al-Ikhlāṣ
  120. 113. The Daybreak: Al-Falaq
  121. 114. The People: Al-Nās
  122. Analysis Index
  123. Subject Index