Project Gutenberg 2013-12-26 Public domain in the USA. 113 Lane, Edward William 1801 1876 Lane, E. W. (Edward William) Lane-Poole, Stanley 1854 1931 Poole, Stanley Lane Selections from the Kur-an Produced by Fritz Ohrenschall, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Selections from the Kur-án" by Edward William Lane and Stanley Lane-Poole is a scholarly work that compiles significant extracts from the Qur'an, written in the late 19th century. This collection aims to introduce readers to the core teachings and stories of Islam, presenting key themes such as the nature of God, the role of the prophet Muhammad, and reflections on morality and faith. It serves as an accessible guide for a general audience interested in understanding the Qur'an without the challenge posed by its complete text. The opening of the book provides a preface that outlines the rationale behind the selections made by Lane, addressing the common difficulties in reading the Qur'an due to its structure and language. Lane emphasizes that his intention is to satisfy the curiosity about Islamic teachings while presenting them in an engaging manner. He describes the book's organization, which splits the selections into discussions on the foundational aspects of Islam and its perspectives on other religions. The preface illustrates how the work has served both academic circles and Muslims unfamiliar with Arabic, thus underscoring its significance as a bridge between cultures and knowledge systems. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44515/44515-h/images/cover.jpg en Qur'an BP Text Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 763595 763605 2024-09-18T15:19:09.567586 2023-09-19T10:53:55.597301 text/html text/html 770165 2013-12-26T06:39:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 463179 2013-12-26T06:40:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 494033 2024-09-18T15:19:22.731541 application/epub+zip 502247 2024-09-18T15:19:11.615651 application/epub+zip 312912 2024-09-18T15:19:10.533665 application/epub+zip 741681 2024-09-18T15:19:29.598508 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 684779 2024-09-18T15:19:21.596538 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 495940 2022-09-20T09:46:34.475425 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 571173 2024-09-18T15:19:07.042621 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 575306 2013-12-26T06:39:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 215885 2013-12-26T06:40:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 570169 2013-12-26T06:40:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 214429 2013-12-26T06:40:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 570178 2013-12-26T06:40:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 214049 2013-12-26T06:40:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21944 2024-09-18T15:19:29.764485 application/rdf+xml 35462 2024-09-18T15:19:10.767601 image/jpeg 4675 2024-09-18T15:19:10.635596 image/jpeg 462743 2024-09-18T15:19:09.636601 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia