Love in the Holy Quran
In this translation of the sixth edition of Prince Ghazi s al-Azhar dissertation (undertaken after a first doctorate at Cambridge), English readers are helped to explore love in the Quran, assisted by extensive resources of a rich Islamic tradition bearing on the Qur anic texts. Displaying an organization friendly to western readers and redolent of the author s academic journeys to Princeton and Cambridge before al-Azhar, this study respects the parameters of academia while moving beyond them to engage searchers in other faith traditions.  Though this work .... readers will discover the poignancy of Quranic expression as well as a rich commentary tradition. Non-Muslim readers will be treated to what Islamic tradition celebrates as the inimitability of the Quran ... [which] could address all human beings, allowing those in diverse stages of intellectual and spiritual development each to profit from its teaching. And Ghazi s work shares some of that amplitude: readers will be inspired, and by virtue of that be moved to ponder more deeply the realities of human existence in this case, of human love so as to allow those very realities to become signs of the presence of the creating God.  David Burrell, C.S.C. Professor of Comparative Theology, Tangaza College, Nairobi, Kenya Hesburgh Professor Emeritus Philosophy and Theology, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA --Love in the Holy QuranLove in the Holy Qur an is, to my knowledge, the first systematic treatment of the recurrent theme of love both divine and human in the Quran. It reflects classical training in Islamic sciences, yet is a prime example of the contemporary genre of thematic tafsirs. As such, it is of extraordinary importance for our time. Both inspiring and reassuring, the text focuses on love and mercy as reciprocals of more commonly discussed themes of justice and judgment. Love in the Holy Quran is bound to become a classic.  Tamara Sonn Kenan Professor of Humanities; Department of Religious Studies; College of William & Mary --Love in the Holy QuranThe Open Letter A Common Word Between Us and You (2007) was probably the single most important initiative ever taken by Muslim scholars and authorities towards Christians. Its subject was love of God and love of neighbour, and now Prince Ghazi has produced the ideal follow-up: a definitive study of love in the Quran. Ghazi has achieved not only an account of the subject that engages with and goes beyond what others have said; he explores too the many-splendoured reality of love itself. So this remarkable volume is not just for scholars, but is also for anyone who values love.  David F. Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, U.K. Director, Cambridge Inter-faith Programme. --Love in the Holy Quran