The Qur'an Revealed
by Colin Turner, Dale Eickelman
This is a landmark publication in the history of Islamic studies, providing for the first time a comprehensive critical analysis of Bedizuzzaman Said Nursi's 6000-page work of Quranic exegesis, The Epistles of Light.
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Publisher Description
The Qur'an Revealed is a landmark publication in the history of Islamic studies, providing for the first time a comprehensive critical analysis of Bedizuzzaman Said Nursi's 6000-page work of Quranic exegesis, The Epistles of Light. In discussing a wide range of themes, from Divine unity to causation, from love to spirituality, from prophethood to civilization and politics, Colin Turner invites the reader into Nursi's conceptual universe, presenting the teachings of arguably the Muslim world's most understudied theologian in a language that is accessible to both expert and interested layperson alike.
Author Biography
Dr. Colin Turner is Reader in Islamic Thought in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University. His books include: Islam Without Allah? The Rise of Religious Externalism in Safavid Iran (Curzon Press, 2000) and - together with Hasan Horkuc - Makers of Islamic Civilization: Said Nursi (Oxford University Press 2009).
Table of Contents
Foreword By Dale F. EickelmanIntroduction 1. On Divine Unity 2. Existence and Entities 3. On Nature and Causation 4. On Aspects of the Unseen: Life, Spirit and Angels 5. Man in the cosmos: Nursi and the human 'I' 6. Revelation and Prophethood 7. The Quran and Muhammad 8. The Hereafter 9. Belief and Unbelief 10. On Worship and Righteous Action 11. Spirituality 12. On Divine Determining and Free Will 13. On Sincerity and Brotherhood 14. On Love 15. Practical Wisdom and Pastoral Theology 16. Civilization 17. Politics 18. On jihad Notes Index
Long Description
The Qur'an Revealed is a landmark publication in the history of Islamic studies, providing for the first time a comprehensive critical analysis of Bedizuzzaman Said Nursi's 6000-page work of Quranic exegesis, The Epistles of Light. In discussing a wide range of themes, from Divine unity to causation, from love to spirituality, from prophethood to civilization and politics, Colin Turner invites the reader into Nursi's conceptual universe, presenting the teachings of arguably the Muslim world's most understudied theologian in a language that is accessible to both expert and interested layperson alike.
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