The Jewels of the Qur'an
Subtitle: Al-Ghazali's Theory
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9789675062971
Description: This work, a translation of Imam al-Ghazali's 'Kitab Jawahir al-Qur'an', contains his views on several broad problems relating to the study of the Qur'an, in which various parts of the Qur'an are comprared to various types of valuables, such as jewels, pearls, rubies, red brimstones, corundums, etc. The book also carries translation of over 1500 verses which al-Ghazali calls the jewels and the pearls of the Qur'an. This classification is unprecendented in the history of Qur'anic studies, presented here in free-flowing modern English which makes the work scholarly and enjoyable.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Contents of the book in detail; title: Part One: Introductory Matters; title: 1 The Qur’an—an ocean with jewels and valuables; title: 2 The aims of the Qur’an and its valuables; title: 3 An explanation of the six aims of the Qur’an; title: 4 Divisions of sciences of the Qur’an; title: 5 Sciences of ancients and moderns from the Qur’an; title: 6 Explaining allegories about the Qur’an; title: 7 The invisible world through the visible world; title: 8 Connection between invisible and visible worlds; title: 9 Meaning of allegories to describe the Qur’an; title: 10 The benefit of employing allegories in the Qur’an; title: 11 Variance in the excellence of Qur’anic verses; title: 12 Secrets of Sūrah al-Fātiḥah; title: 13 Sūrah al-Fātiḥah—key to doors of Paradise; title: 14 The Verse of the Throne; title: 15 Sūrah al-Ikhlāṣ—a third of the Qur’an; title: 16 Sūrah Yā Sīn—heart of the Qur’an; title: 17 Merits of Verse of the Throne and Sūrah al-Fātiḥah; title: 18 The condition of the gnostics; title: 19 Stringing the jewels and pearls of the Qur’an; title: Part Two: The Aims; title: 1 The jewels of the Qur’an; title: 2 The pearls of the Qur’an; title: Conclusion on the two classes of verses; title: Bibliography; title: General index; title: Index of Qur’anic sūrahs and verses