Approaching the Qur'an

The Early Revelations

Ranked #30 in Quran

Approaching the Qur’án is a major event in religious publishing. Professor Michael Sells has captured the complexity, power, and poetry of the early suras of the Qur’án, the sacred scripture of Islam. In this second edition, Sells introduces important new translations of suras and a new preface that addresses the ongoing controversy over teaching about Islam and the Qur’an in American universities. Approaching the Qur’án presents brilliant translations of the short, hymnic suras associated with the first revelations to the Prophet Muhammad. Most of these early revelations appear... more

Similar Books

If you like Approaching the Qur'an, check out these similar top-rated books:


Learn: What makes Shortform summaries the best in the world?