The Koran: With Parallel Arabic Text

(N J Dawood trans)

ISBN 10: 014139384X / ISBN 13: 9780141393841

Editore: Penguin Classics London (this edition first transl, 2015

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23.5 x 15.0cms 614pp very good paperback & cover This transaltion 'has been assiduously revised over the years; it presents the reader with a clear fluent & authoritative rendering while reflecting the characteristic flavour and rhythm of the original'. It has parallel English and Arabic text (in the customary calligraphic style). Codice articolo 30005273

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Titolo: The Koran: With Parallel Arabic Text

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics London (this edition first transl

Data di pubblicazione: 2015

Legatura: Brossura

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N. J. Dawood's masterful translation of the Koran, with parallel Arabic text

'Across the language barrier Dawood captures the thunder and poetry of the original' The Times

The Koran is universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible Word of God as first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel nearly fourteen hundred years ago. Its 114 chapters, or surahs, recount the narratives central to Muslim belief, and together they form one of the world's most influential prophetic works and a literary masterpiece in its own right. But, above all, the Koran provides the rules of conduct that remain fundamental to the Muslim faith today: prayer, fasting, almsgiving, pilgrimage to Mecca and absolute faith in God and His apostle.

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Across the language barrier Dawood captures the thunder and poetry of the original (The Times)