Introduction to the Qur'an

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD TO THE REVISED EDITION -- THE CONTENTS -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. The Historical Context -- 1. The international situation -- 2. Life in Arabia -- 3. Muḥammad's career -- Annex A. Chronology of Muḥammad's career -- Annex B. Ḥanīf -- CHAPTER TWO. Muḥammad's...
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Frontmatter -- FOREWORD TO THE REVISED EDITION -- THE CONTENTS -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. The Historical Context -- 1. The international situation -- 2. Life in Arabia -- 3. Muḥammad's career -- Annex A. Chronology of Muḥammad's career -- Annex B. Ḥanīf -- CHAPTER TWO. Muḥammad's Prophetic Experience -- 1. Criticisms of the claim to prophethood -- 2. Qur'ānic descriptions of revelation and prophethood -- 3. The conception of the prophetic function -- 4. The writing down of the Qur'ān -- CHAPTER THREE. The History of the Text -- 1. The collection' of the Qur'ān -- 2. The pre-'Uthmānic codices -- 3. The writing of the Qur'an and early textual studies -- 4. The authenticity and completeness of the Qur'ān -- CHAPTER FOUR. The External Form of the Qur'ān -- 1. Its name and liturgical divisions -- 2. The suras and verses -- 3. The mysterious letters -- 4. The dramatic form -- CHAPTER FIVE. Features of Qur'ānic Style -- 1. Rhymes and strophes -- 2. Various didactic forms -- 3. The language of the Qur'ān -- CHAPTER SIX. The Shaping of the Qur'ān -- 1. The theory of abrogation and the possibility of revision -- 2. Evidences of revision and alteration -- 3. Bell's hypothesis o f written documents -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Chronology of the Qur'ān -- 1. Traditional Islamic views of dating -- 2. European theories of dating -- 3. The sequence of ideas as a guide to chronology -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Names of the Revealed Message -- 1. Signs -- 2. Stories of punishment; al-mathānī -- 3. The Qur'ān -- 4. The Book -- 5. Other names -- CHAPTER NINE. The Doctrines of the Qur'ān -- 1. The doctrine o f God -- 2. Other spiritual beings -- 3. Prophethood; other religions -- 4. The doctrine of the Last Judgement -- 5. Regulations for the life o f the community -- CHAPTER TEN. Muslim Scholarship and the Qur'ān -- 1. Interpretation and exegesis -- 2. The theologians -- CHAPTE ELEVEN. The Qur'ān and Occidental Scholarship -- 1. Translations and studies -- 2. Problems facing the non-Muslim scholar -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Table for converting verse-numbers -- Table o f suras with chronology, etc. -- Index to the Qur'ān -- Index to the Introduction Ausführliche Beschreibung