Introduction to the Qur'an / / William Montgomery Watt, Richard Bell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Watt, William Montgomery,; Bell, Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

Surveying the life, aims, character and inspiration of Muhammad, this classic introduction explains the history, form and chronology of the Qur'an, and gives the views of Muslim and Occidental scholars.

Table of Contents

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