The Quran with Christian commentary : a guide to understanding the scripture of Islam / Gordon D. Nickle ; J. Dudley Woodberry, consulting editor ; Quran translation by A. J. Droge.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-32) and indexes.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- 1. The Opening : Al-Fātiḥa -- 2. The Cow : Al-Baqara -- 3. House of 'Imrān : Āl 'Imrān : Abraham in the Quran -- 4. Women : Al-Nisā' : Early Christian exegesis of the Quran -- 5. The Table : Al-Mā'ida : Tampering with the Pre-Islamic Scriptures -- 6. Livestock : Al-An'ām -- 7. The Heights : Al-A'rāf : Salvation in the Quran -- 8. The Spoils : Al-Anfāl -- 9. Repentance : Al-Tawba : Fighting and killing in the Quran -- 10. Jonah : Yūnus : Creation in the Quran -- 11. Hūd : Hūd -- 12. Joseph : Yūsuf -- 13. The Thunder : Al-Ra'd -- 14. Abraham : Ibrāhīm -- 15. Al-Ḥijr : Al-Ḥijr -- 16. The Bee : Al-Naḥl : Calling to Islam (da'wa) -- 17. The Journey : Al-Isrā' -- 18. The Cave : Al-Kahf : Apocryphal details in Quranic stories -- 19. Mary : Maryam : The death of Jesus in the Quran -- 20. Ṭā' Hā' : Ṭā' Hā' -- 21. The Prophets : Al-Anbiyā' -- 22. The Pilgrimage : Al-Ḥajj -- 23. The Believers : Al-Mu'minūn : Son of God in the Quran -- 24. The Light : Al-Nūr -- 25. The Deliverance : Al-Furqān : Jihad In the Quran -- 26. The Poets : Al-Shu'arā' -- 27. The Ant : Al-Naml -- 28. The Story : Al-Qaṣaṣ : Moses in the Quran -- 29. The Spider : Al-'Ankabūt -- 30. The Romans : Al-Rūm : Manuscripts of the Quran -- 31. Luqmān : Luqmān -- 32. The Prostration : Al-Sajda -- 33. The Factions : Al-Aḥzāb : Women in the Quran -- 34. Sheba : Sabā' -- 35. Creator : Fāṭir -- 36. Yā' Sīn : Yā' Sīn -- 37. The Ones Who Line Up : Al-Ṣāffāt -- 38. Ṣād : Ṣād -- 39. The Companies : Al-Zumar -- 40. Forgiver : Ghāfir -- 41. Made Distinct : Fuṣṣilat -- 42. Consultation : Al-Shūrā : The Place of the Scale(s) in the Reckoning -- 43. Decoration : Al-Zukhruf -- 44. The Smoke : Al-Dukhān -- 45. The Kneeling : Al-Jāthiya -- 46. The Sand Dunes : Al-Aḥqāf -- 47. Muḥammad : Muḥammad : Divine punishment of Unbelievers in this world -- 48. The Victory : Al-Fatḥ -- 49. The Private Rooms : Al-Ḥujurāt -- 50. Qāf : Qāf -- 51. The Scatterers : Al-Dhāriyāt -- 52. The Mountain : Al-Ṭūr -- 53. The Star : Al-Najm -- 54. The Moon : Al-Qamar -- 55. The Merciful : Al-Raḥmān : Shi'ite interpretation of the Quran -- 56. The Falling : Al-Wāqi'a -- 57. Iron : Al-Ḥadīd -- 58. The Disputer : Al-Mujādila -- 59. The Gathering : Al-Ḥashr -- 60. The Examined Woman : Al-Mumtaḥana : The language of love in the Quran -- 61. The Lines : Al-Ṣaff -- 62. The Assembly : Al-Jumu'a -- 63. The Hypocrites : Al-Munāfiqūn -- 64. Mutual Defrauding : Al-Taghābun : Allah in the Quran -- 65. Divorce : Al-Ṭalāq -- 66. The Forbidding : Al-Taḥrīm -- 67. The Kingdom : Al-Mulk -- 68. The Pen : Al-Qalam -- 69. The Payment Due : Al-Ḥāqqa -- 70. The Stairways : Al-Ma'ārij -- 71. Noah : Nūḥ -- 72. The Jinn : Al-Jinn -- 73. The Enwrapped One : Al-Muzzammil -- 74. The Cloaked One : Al-Muddaththir -- 75. The Resurrection : Al-Qiyāma -- 76. The Human : Al-Insān : Eschatology in the Quran -- 77. The Ones Sent Forth : Al-Mursalāt -- 78. The News : Al-Naba' -- 79. The Snatchers : Al-Nāzi'āt -- 80. He Frowned : 'Abasa -- 81. The Shrouding : Al-Takwīr -- 82. The Rending : Al-Infiṭār -- 83. The Defrauders : Al-Muṭaffifīn -- 84. The Splitting : Al-Inshiqāq -- 85. The Constellations : Al-Burūj -- 86. The Night Visitor : Al-Ṭāriq -- 87. The Most High : Al-A'lā -- 88. The Covering : Al-Ghāshiya -- 89. The Dawn : Al-Fajr -- 90. The Land : Al-Balad -- 91. The Sun : Al-Shams -- 92. The Night : Al-Layl -- 93. The Morning Light : Al-Ḍuḥā -- 94. The Expanding : Al-Sharḥ -- 95. The Fig : Al-Tīn -- 96. The Clot : Al-'Alaq -- 97. The Decree : Al-Qadr -- 98. The Clear Sign : Al-Bayyina -- 99. The Earthquake : Al-Zalzala -- 100. The Runners : Al-'Ādiyāt -- 101. The Striking : Al-Qāri'a -- 102. Rivalry : Al-Takāthur -- 103. The Afternoon : Al-'Aṣr -- 104. The Slanderer : Al-Humaza -- 105. The Elephant : Al-Fīl -- 106. Quraysh : Quraysh -- 107. Assistance : Al-Mā'ūn -- 108. Abundance : Al-Kawthar -- 109. The Disbelievers : Al-Kāfirūn -- 110. Help : Al-Naṣr -- 111. The Fiber : Al-Masad -- 112. Devotion : Al-Ikhlāṣ -- 113. The Daybreak : Al-Falaq -- 114. The People : Al-Nās -- Analysis index -- Subject index.

"'The Quran with Christian Commentary' offers a unique introduction to the primary religious text of Islam. Alongside a precise modern English translation of the Quran, author Gordon D. Nickel provides in-text notes to explain the meaning of various sūrahs (chapters) and ayat (verses), their interpretive history and significance in Muslim thought, and similarities and differences when compared to biblical passages. Additional articles on important topics are written by an international team of today's leading experts, including Mark Anderson, J. Scott Bridger, George Bristow, Daniel A. Brubaker, David Cook, Linda Darwish, Mateen Elass, Jon Hoover, Ayman S. Ibrahim, Matthew Kuiper, David Marshall, and Peter Riddell."

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