Get to grips with one of the world’s most powerful books.

The Qur’an has spoken to Muslims for over one thousand years; it is seen as law-maker, moral code, and the word of God. Drawing on both contemporary and ancient sources, Esack outlines the key themes and explains the historical and cultural context of this unique work whilst examining its content, language and style, and the variety of approaches, including fundamentalist, feminist, and modernist, that have been used to interpret it. Other areas covered include: the Qur’an as evocative oral experience; understanding and interpreting the Qur’an; the major themes of the Qur’an, including such issues as truth, justice and gender relations.