Discovering the Qur'an: A Contemporary Approach to a Veiled Text, 2nd Edition

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
List of Transliterations......Page 12
List of Maps and Illustrations......Page 13
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
Part One: Phenomenology......Page 24
1. The Qur\'an as Experienced by Muslims......Page 26
Part Two: Chronology......Page 42
2. Anchoring the Revelations in Space and Time......Page 44
3. An Alternative Account of the Rise of Islam......Page 64
4. Traditional Resources for Determining the Chronological Order of the Surahs......Page 77
5. Western Attempts at Dating the Revelations......Page 93
Part Three: Morphology, Structure and Coherence......Page 114
6. The Formal Elements in the \'Early Meccan\' Surahs......Page 116
7. The Structure of the Meccan Surahs......Page 142
8. The Interrelation of Structure, Sound and Meaning in Three Meccan Surahs......Page 179
9. The Integrative Role of Sound and Intertextuality......Page 194
10. The Madinan Surahs......Page 213
11. The Dynamics of the Qur\'anic Discourse......Page 241
12. The Order of the Surahs: The Decreasing-Length Rule......Page 273
13. The Order of the Surahs: Islahi\'s Explanation......Page 288
Postscript......Page 301
Appendix A......Page 305
Appendix B......Page 308
(b) By Ahmadiyya......Page 309
Arabic and Urdu texts......Page 310
Books, articles and translations in European languages......Page 311
1. The Qur\'an as Experienced by Muslims......Page 319
2. Anchoring the Revelations in Space and Time......Page 321
3. An Alternative Account of the Rise of Islam......Page 322
4. Traditional Resources for Determining the Chronological Order of the Surahs......Page 324
5. Western Attempts at Dating the Revelations......Page 325
7. The Structure of the Meccan Surahs......Page 328
8. The Interrelation of Structure, Sound and Meaning in Three Meccan Surahs......Page 331
9. The Integrative Role of Sound and Intertextuality......Page 333
10. The Madinan Surahs......Page 336
11. The Dynamics of the Qur\'anic Discourse......Page 337
12. The Order of the Surahs: The Decreasing-Length Rule......Page 339
13. The Order of the Surahs: Islahi\'s Explanation......Page 341
2. Index of Qur\'anic Passages......Page 342
3. Index of Persons......Page 344
4. Subject Index......Page 346
Back Cover......Page 350