One God, the Everlasting Refuge : Commentary and Vocabulary Reference of Surat al-Ikhlas

AhÌ£mad ZakiÌ MansÌ£uÌ r HÌ£ammaÌ d

ISBN 10: 0965074668 / ISBN 13: 9780965074667

Published by Quranic Literacy Institute, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: One God, the Everlasting Refuge : Commentary and Vocabulary Reference of Surat al-Ikhlas
• Publisher: Quranic Literacy Institute
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0965074668
• ISBN 13: 9780965074667
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Presents the English reader with an authoritative synthesis of one of the Quran's most seminal suras (or chapters), Surat al-Ikhlas. Contains an interpretation of the sura's message, an overview of the background of its revelation, an extensive commentary on God's divine nature, a summary, rules and merits that highlight Surat al-Ikhlas in Muslim worship, and extensive discussion in the vocabulary reference on the words that make up this beautiful sura. (from the dust-jacket)

About the Author

The author, Dr. Ahmad Zaki Hammad, is a leading scholar on the Quran and the principal sources of Islam. He received his Islamic and Arabic training at the world's foremost center of Islamic learning, al-Azhar University, Cairo, and was awarded the graduate degree of 'Alamiyya from the Faculty of Theology. He also holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from the University of Chicago. Dr. Hammad is the author of several well-received volumes on the Quran and Islamic law. They are: Lasting Prayers of the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh); The Opening to the Quran: Commentary & Vocabulary Reference of al-Fatiha; One God, the Everlasting Refuge: Commentary & Vocabulary Reference of Surat al-Ikhlas; and Father of the Flame: Commentary & Vocabulary Reference of Surat al-Masad. He has also written Islamic Law: Understanding Juristic Differences and the study and translation of al-Ghazali's quintessential work on Islamic jurisprudence, al-Mustasfa min 'Ilm al-Usul.