April Books 30) The Koran

[nwhyte]

The Koran is a tough read. It is of course meant to be read in the original Arabic - and meant to be read out loud, recited, memorised, so that every detail of the text sinks into the memory; it helps also if you are familiar with the career of the Prophet and thus able to relate particular passages to particular issues face by him and his

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[inuitmonster]

One thing with the Koran is the individual suras were often revealed to the Prophet in response to particular crises that were occurring in the religious community. I have often thought that it would be worth bringing out an edition of the book that gave the suras in chronological order, with footnotes as to what was going on when they emerged.