Readings in the Qur'an

by Kenneth Cragg

Book Overview

Familiarity with the Qur'an is essential to an understanding of Islam. This lucid translation, in accessible modern English, opens the way to a fuller understanding of the Qur'an, and for those more familiar with the text offers a deeper account of the themes, the rationale of the translation and a discussion of the place of the Qur'an in contemporary political and religious concerns. The Qur'an is abridged to about two-thirds of its original length...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190221031X
• ISBN13: 9781902210315
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 389 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Useful arrangement of verses by topic

Wish I'd had one of these years ago. One of the big difficulties of investigating any particular Qur'anic view or story is that the relevant verses are scattered throughout the book. So one spends a lot of time with an index or concordance. Fortunately, Cragg has organized about 2/3rds of the Qur'anic text according to subject matter in a very readable format.