Allah : God in the Qur'an /
The central figure of the Qur'an is not Muhammad but Allah. The Qur'an, Islam's sacred scripture, is marked above all by its call to worship Allah, and Allah alone. Yet who is the God of the Qur'an? What distinguishes the qur'anic presentation of God from that of the Bible?...
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| Taal: | Engels |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2020]
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| Online toegang: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2384244 |
Inhoudsopgave:
- Acknowledgments
- Conventions
- Introduction: God of mercy and vengeance
- Part I: Allah and his book. 1. The Qur'an and the Bible
- 2. God and the prophets
- 3. Heaven and Hell
- Part II: Mercy. 4. Divine mercy
- 5. Allah and the fate of sinners
- 6. Allah and the fate of unbelievers
- Part III: Vengeance. 7. Divine wrath
- 8. The avenger
- Part IV: A personal god. 9. God of the Bible and the Qur'an
- 10. Rereading the Qur'an
- Epilogue: The Qur'an on peaceful coexistence
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of Qur'an passages
- Index of Bible passages
- General index.