A Geographical History of the Qur'an
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9789675062179
Description: The Qur'an is not only a book of law, but also contains historical facts and is replete with names of certain nations, places and persons. Can these names be placed in the context of the present natural geography? Have they undergone any changes? Natural calamities and the human factor mean that historical changes do not keep anything constant, especially when one is referring to a subject which existed thousands of years ago. This work, first published 1936 and based on an earlier work by Sayyid Sulaiman Nadwi, aims to give a basic understanding of the places and peoples mentioned in the Qur'an.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Part I: Geography of Arabia; title: Introduction; title: Arabia in the Old Testament (2500–500 BC); title: Arabia according to Classics (500–200 BC); title: Arabia during the Qur’anic Period; title: Arabia and Colonialism; title: Part II: The Peoples of the Qur’an; title: Introduction; title: The Original Home of the Semites; title: The Migration of the Semites; title: The First Chain of the Semites; title: The ‘Ād; title: Arabs outside Arabia (4000–1900 BC); title: Part III: Peoples of the Qur’an: The Arabs in their Own Country; title: Introduction; title: ‘Ād the Second; title: The Thamūd; title: The Jurhamites; title: The Ṭasm and Jadīs; title: The Minaeans; title: The Liḥyānites; title: Appendix; title: Bibliography; title: Index