Speaking Qur'an

Speaking Qur'an
Title Speaking Qur'an PDF eBook
Author Timur R. Yuskaev
Publisher Univ of South Carolina Press
Pages 192
Release 2017-10-18
Genre Religion
ISBN 1611177952

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An exploration of how Muslims in the United States have interpreted the Qur'an in ways that make it speak to their American realities In Speaking Qur'an: An American Scripture, Timur R. Yuskaev examines how Muslim Americans have been participating in their country's cultural, social, religious, and political life. Essential to this process, he shows, is how the Qur'an has become an evermore deeply American text that speaks to central issues in the lives of American Muslims through the spoken-word interpretations of Muslim preachers, scholars,and activists. Yuskaev illustrates this process with four major case studies that highlight dialogues between American Muslim public intellectuals and their audiences. First, through an examination of the work of Fazlur Rahman, he addresses the question of how the premodern Qur'an is translated across time into modern, American settings. Next the author contemplates the application of contemporary concepts of gender to renditions of the Qur'an alongside Amina Wadud's American Muslim discourses on justice.Then he demonstrates how the Qur'an becomes a text of redemption in W. D. Mohammed's oral interpretation of the Qur'an as speaking directly to the African American experience. Finally he shows how, before and after 9/11, Hamza Yusuf invoked the Qur'an as a guide to the political life of American Muslims. Set within the rapidly transforming contexts of the last half century, and central to the volume, are the issues of cultural translation and embodiment of sacred texts that Yuskaev explores by focusing on the Qur'an as a spoken scripture. The process of the Qur'an becoming an American sacred text, he argues, is ongoing. It comes to life when the Qur'an is spoken and embodied by its American faithful.

The Principles of Islam

The Principles of Islam
Title The Principles of Islam PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 94
Release 1995
Genre Faith (Islam)
ISBN

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The principles of Islam translated by Mahmood Murad.

Contemporary Bioethics

Contemporary Bioethics
Title Contemporary Bioethics PDF eBook
Author Mohammed Ali Al-Bar
Publisher Springer
Pages 273
Release 2015-05-27
Genre Medical
ISBN 3319184288

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This book discusses the common principles of morality and ethics derived from divinely endowed intuitive reason through the creation of al-fitr' a (nature) and human intellect (al-‘aql). Biomedical topics are presented and ethical issues related to topics such as genetic testing, assisted reproduction and organ transplantation are discussed. Whereas these natural sources are God’s special gifts to human beings, God’s revelation as given to the prophets is the supernatural source of divine guidance through which human communities have been guided at all times through history. The second part of the book concentrates on the objectives of Islamic religious practice – the maqa' sid – which include: Preservation of Faith, Preservation of Life, Preservation of Mind (intellect and reason), Preservation of Progeny (al-nasl) and Preservation of Property. Lastly, the third part of the book discusses selected topical issues, including abortion, assisted reproduction devices, genetics, organ transplantation, brain death and end-of-life aspects. For each topic, the current medical evidence is followed by a detailed discussion of the ethical issues involved.

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica
Title Encyclopaedia Britannica PDF eBook
Author Hugh Chisholm
Publisher
Pages 1090
Release 1910
Genre Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN

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This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.

The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam

The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam
Title The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam PDF eBook
Author Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Publisher Islam International
Pages 263
Release 1996
Genre Religion
ISBN 185372193X

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"Originally written for the Conference of Great Religions held at Lahore on December 26-29, 1896, the Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam has since served as an introduction to Islam for seekers after the truth and religious knowledge in different parts of the world. The present issue includes several "lost" pages not included in the essay that was read out at Lahore. It deals with the following five broad themes, set by the moderators of the Conference: 1. The physical, moral and spiritual states of man 2. The state of man after death 3. The object of man's life and the means to its attainment 4. The operation of the practical ordinances of the Law in this life and the next 5. Sources of Divine knowledge."--Publisher's description.

Understanding Islam

Understanding Islam
Title Understanding Islam PDF eBook
Author Frithjof Schuon
Publisher Collins Educational
Pages 176
Release 1976
Genre Religion
ISBN

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"Islam confronts what is immutable in God with what is permanent in man".

Towards Understanding Islam

Towards Understanding Islam
Title Towards Understanding Islam PDF eBook
Author Syed Abdul ʻAla Maudoodi (Maulana)
Publisher
Pages 179
Release 1980
Genre Islam
ISBN

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