Online copy of m. a. s. abdel haleem quran

It's beyond apologetic, it's a utopia with no basis in reality. Islam is perfectly compatible with everything modern, even though there are tons of people out there violently protesting against it, women are perfectly equal, etc. There are no difficulties in anything, no contradicting verses get mentioned (the ''everyone gets dark eyed virgins'' part of paradise are now all spouses made virgin again, for whatever reason, ''nobody gets mentioned by name or personally isn't being discussed in the light of Sura 111: 'May the hands of Abu Laheb be ruined! May he be ruined too! Neither his wealth nor his gains will help him: he will burn in the Flaming Fire - and so will his wife, the firewood carrier, with a palm-fibre rope around her neck.'), no orthodox scholars get mentioned, no inter-Islamic ideologies get mentioned, no actual state policies or circumstances get mentioned. In a way that is what Muslims might believe, so in that light it was insightful, but it wasn't what I hoped for when looking at the book. I was expecting a critical analysis, but it's mostly a perfect personal interpretation, that makes the Qur'an and Islam the perfect basis for everything ever, where everything is perfect in every imaginable way. If you want a more historical and deeper insight into Islamic spirituality and what lessons the Qur'an provides, you'll find some nice insights primarily at the beginning of each of the chapters, but I'd look somewhere else. If you are an Islamic/Arabic Language studies major with an interest in Qur'an translations, then I would highly recommend this book.

If you are a Muslim feeling particularly defensive about his/her faith based on someone's statements about the Qur'an and want to educate yourself a little, then I would recommend reading this book, at least certain portions of it. Perhaps I am not the audience intended for this book, but I cannot imagine newbies to this area of study being particularly fascinated by pages of Arabic lexicography and syntax discussions. To be fair, Abdel Haleem does have interesting insights on the place of water, marriage/divorce, and other topics, but I was looking for something a little more profound (a la Tariq Ramadan's books). the Lord's Prayer, contrasting marital misogyny) in 'defending' Islam is also unnecessary. His defensive tone re: certain Christian beliefs/rites(e.g. Instead, Abdel Haleem comes across more of an apologist than a scholar and seems suited for the Muslim looking for interfaith debate tactics than a general audience wanting to gain spiritual insight. This can be a bit tiresome and detracts from positive messages he could be devoting much more time to. Likewise, his other refutations of Orientalist accusations about the Qur'an's origins and organization lack citations and place unnecessary emphasis on the vastness of one Arabic word that prior generations may have missed. I understand that is a belief Muslims are supposed to hold, but it is better to just state that than try to pass it off as historical fact with no supporting citations. If, as an historian, you're conclusively asserting that the Qur'an is clearly the same as it was for Muhammad, supporting this only using the fact that companions of the Prophet 'surely' wouldn't have altered the order of the chapters of the Qur'an because of their self-proclaimed reverence isn't very convincing, particularly when you simultaneously acknowledge that variants had already arisen.

For a professor at SOAS, this book comes off as extremely non-academic and poorly cited. Needless to say, I was a bit disappointed in Abdel Haleem's apologist approach to criticisms of the Qur'an and the always annoying digression of Islam into a lesson on Arabic grammar and syntax.

I've always enjoyed books about Islam's spiritual message as my personal belief is the breadth of the faith cannot simply be confined to a book, at least not what appears superficially in the Qur'an. Muhammad Abdel Haleem is a Professor at the prestigious SOAS so I figured this would be a good book to pick up during Ramadan to delve into the underlying message of the Qur'an (which I honestly find difficult reading as if it's any other English-language chapter book). Got through a third of the book, skimmed through the rest based on what I had read so far.

Online copy of m. a. s. abdel haleem quran