Reflections on the Qur'an: Understanding Surahs Al-Fatihah and Al-Baqarah
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- Author Irfan Ahmad Khan
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Irfan Ahmad Khan
This book is an effort to understand the Qur'an with a modern mind. It provides an in-depth and insightful study of Surahs al-Fatihah and al-Baqarah, with each surah being divided into several sections with study notes or reflections of different lengths.
A welcome contribution in the study of the Qur'an for the English reader. It is one of the very few Commentaries of the Qur'an which has been written in English (most other available tafsirs are translations from Arabic or Urdu).
The Author has an understanding and great respect for the Classical and other recent Commentators of the Qur'an with an added dimension of having lived and experienced the affairs facing Muslims in the World Today.
The Author:
Dr. Irfan Ahmad Khan is a renowned Islamic scholar and author. He is the founder and president of the World Council of Muslims for Interfaith Relations. He is former Professor of Philosophy at Aligarh Muslim University, India, and former editor of The Journal of Islamic Thought. Currently, Dr. Khan serves as Chair of the Interreligious Engagement Project (IEP21).
Readership: For all those interested in the study of the Qur'an, Islamic studies, Comparative Religion, World Faiths, Peace, Philosophy and Islamic Thought.
(9780860374459/315)
This book is an effort to understand the Qur'an with a modern mind. It provides an in-depth and insightful study of Surahs al-Fatihah and al-Baqarah, with each surah being divided into several sections with study notes or reflections of different lengths.
A welcome contribution in the study of the Qur'an for the English reader. It is one of the very few Commentaries of the Qur'an which has been written in English (most other available tafsirs are translations from Arabic or Urdu).
The Author has an understanding and great respect for the Classical and other recent Commentators of the Qur'an with an added dimension of having lived and experienced the affairs facing Muslims in the World Today.
The Author:
Dr. Irfan Ahmad Khan is a renowned Islamic scholar and author. He is the founder and president of the World Council of Muslims for Interfaith Relations. He is former Professor of Philosophy at Aligarh Muslim University, India, and former editor of The Journal of Islamic Thought. Currently, Dr. Khan serves as Chair of the Interreligious Engagement Project (IEP21).
Readership: For all those interested in the study of the Qur'an, Islamic studies, Comparative Religion, World Faiths, Peace, Philosophy and Islamic Thought.
(9780860374459/315)
