This book is a succinct but comprehensive presentation of the life and teachings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The first part is a brief biography of the Holy Prophet Muhammad which deals with his exemplary character and details the reasons for the defensive wars of the Holy Prophet and the reasons for his multiple marriages after the wars began.
A highly acclaimed work, first published in 1917, the first generally available English rendering by a Muslim. Revised by the translator & re-published in 1951. Contains the Arabic text & English translation in parallel columns, with explanatory notes underneath. The translation is idiomatic, yet more faithful to the Arabic original than other ......
Was Jesus of Nazareth a real historical person or a fictional character in a religious legend? What do the Dead Sea Scrolls reveal about the origins of Christianity? Has there been a conspiracy to suppress information in the Scrolls that contradicts traditional church teaching? This book addresses these and many other questions.
Brings together critical essays which raise key issues surrounding Islam's holy book, Koran. This anthology begins with Theodor Noldeke's first truly scientific study of the Koran. It focuses on the difficulty of establishing a reliable Koranic text, examining the Jewish, Christian, and Zoroastrian sources of Muhammad's 'revelation'.
Few Muslims realise that there are several Korans in circulation in the Islamic world, with textual variations whose significance, extent, and meaning have never been properly examined. This work contains articles that address the history, linguistics, and religious implications of these not-trifling variants in Islam's sacred book.
The Pandavas believe they have completed the terms of their exile, though Duryodhana claims that they did not live unknown for the full thirteenth year, since Arjuna was recognized in the battle at the end of the preceding book, Virata. This volume constantly highlights the inevitability of conflict and the futility of negotiation.
Presents the events that occurred during the mighty hero Karna's two days as general of the Kaurava army. This title deals with the war's seventeenth and penultimate day.
Reveals that there is no historical, or even theological, basis for the orthodox view that Muhammad or his earliest followers intended the Koran to be treated as the inviolable word of God. This book demonstrates that the Koran itself does not support the literalist claims of Muslim orthodoxy.
Presents the events of the two dramatic days after the defeat of the great warriors and generals Bhishma and Drona, in which Karna - great hero and the eldest Pandava - leads the Kaurava army into combat.
The Pandavas believe they have completed the terms of their exile, though Duryodhana claims that they did not live unknown for the full thirteenth year, since Arjuna was recognized in the battle at the end of the preceding book, Virata. This volume constantly highlights the inevitability of conflict and the futility of negotiation.
Recounts the adventures of the monkey hero Hanuman leaping across the ocean to the island citadel of Lanka. After witnessing Sita's stern rejection of Ravana's blandishments, Hanuman reveals himself to the princess, shows her Rama's signet ring as proof of identity, and offers to carry her back to Rama.
The Pandavas, happily settled in Indraprastha, enjoy one glorious success after another. Yudhishthira, after erecting the most magnificent hall on earth, decides to perform the Royal Consecration Sacrifice, which will raise his status to that of the world's greatest sovereign. His brothers travel far and wide and conquer all known kingdoms.
The skies darken for the exiles, who have taken refuge in forest hermitages. First one demon, then another, attempts to harm or corrupt them. When these efforts fail, an army of demons is sent, and then a bigger one, but each time Rama again defeats them. Finally Ravana, the supreme lord of the demons, decides to cripple Rama by capturing Sita.
Rama goes to the monkey capital of Kishkindha to seek help in finding Sita, and meets Hanuman, the greatest of the monkey heroes. There are two claimants for the monkey throne, Valin and Sugriva; Rama helps Sugriva win the throne, and in return Sugriva promises to help in the search for Sita.
