The Koran (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140449205 ISBN 13: 9780140449204

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2003

Synopsis

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, pilgrimage to Mecca and absolute faith in God.

About this title

Review:

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

About the Author:

Born in Baghdad, N J Dawood came to England as an Iraq State Scholar and graduated from London University. His translation of the Tales from the Thousand and One Nights was first published as Penguin No.1001 in 1954 and has since been printed in eighteen various editions. He is best known for his translation of the Koran, the first in contemporary English idiom, which was published as a Penguin Classic in 1956.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0140449205
• ISBN 13: 9780140449204
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464