Women and the holy Quran
Subtitle: a sufi perspective
By: Lynn Wilcox.
Publisher: M.T.O. Shahmaghsoudi; M T O Shahmaghsoudi
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Riverside, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Koran -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Women in the Koran.; Women in Islam.; Sufism.; Women -- Religious life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-265) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part I: Background; title: Chapter 1: Background; title: History; title: The Role of the Quran; title: The Hadith; title: Shari'a; title: Books on Women and the Quran; title: Chapter 2: The Text; title: Knowledge; title: Encoding; title: Arabic; title: Textual Orientation; title: The Translation Selected; title: Textual Organization; title: The Sufi Perspective; title: Order of the Text; title: Chapter 3: Reading the Quran; title: Reading; title: Interpretation of Meaning; title: Chapter 4: Revolutionary Changes; title: A Cultural Perspective; title: Female Infanticide; title: Marriage; title: Licentiousness; title: Widows; title: Divorce; title: Zihar; title: Inheritance; title: Slavery; title: Part II: Essentials; title: Chapter 5: Creation; title: Beginning; title: Adam and Eve; title: The Heavens and the Earth; title: Chapter 6: The Goal; title: Chapter 7: Love; title: Chapter 8: Remembrance of God; title: Prayer; title: Ablutions; title: Covering the Body; title: Time; title: Qibla (Direction of Prayer); title: Chapter 9: Principles; title: Unity; title: Prophecy; title: Imamate; title: Judgment Day; title: Hajj (Pilgrimage); title: Chapter 10: Knowledge; title: Chapter 11: Death; title: Part III: Women and Men; title: Chapter 12: The Examples: Model Women; title: Positive Examples; title: Mary; title: The Wife of Pharaoh; title: Negative Examples; title: The Wives of Noah and Lot; title: Additional Models; title: The Mother of Moses; title: The Queen of Sheba; title: The "Barren" Women; title: Eve; title: Zulaikha; title: Chapter 13: Women and Men; title: Chapter 14: Marriage; title: The Relationship; title: Pleas; title: Divorce; title: Wives of the Prophet; title: Chapter 15: Motherhood; title: Chapter 16: Other Depictions of the Female; title: Female Deities; title: Female Animals; title: Part IV: Behavior; title: Chapter 17: The Signs of God; title: Chapter 18: Behavior; title: Relationship with God; title: Charity; title: Rules of Conduct; title: Compassion; title: Kindness; title: Healing; title: Modesty; title: Veiling; title: Sexuality; title: Theft; title: Chapter.19: Sustenance; title: Physical: Food; title: Physical: Drink; title: Physical: Mental and Emotional; title: Fasting; title: Divine Wine; title: postscript; title: Appendix A: Genealogy of Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi; title: Shahmaghsoudi; title: Appendix B: Quranic References to Women; title: biography.