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<p>List of Contributors viii</p> <p>Preface xi<br /><i>Andrew Rippin</i></p> <p>Introduction 1<br /><i>Jawid Mojaddedi</i></p> <p><b>Part I Orientation 5</b></p> <p>1 Introducing 7<br /><i>Tamara Sonn</i></p> <p>2 Discovering 23<br /><i>Christopher Buck</i></p> <p>3 Contextualizing 43<br /><i>Abdullah Saeed</i></p> <p><b>Part II Text 59</b></p> <p>4 Linguistic Structure 61<br /><i>Salwa El‐Awa</i></p> <p>5 Patterns of Address 82<br /><i>Rosalind Ward Gwynne</i></p> <p>6 Language 97<br /><i>Mustansir Mir</i></p> <p>7 Poetry and Language 117<br /><i>Navid Kermani</i></p> <p>8 Foreign Vocabulary 130<br /><i>Michael Carter</i></p> <p>9 Structure and the Emergence of Community 151<br /><i>Angelika Neuwirth</i></p> <p>10 Sacrality and Collection 171<br /><i>Aliza Shnizer</i></p> <p>11 Written Transmission 184<br /><i>François Déroche</i></p> <p>12 Context: Muḥammad 200<br /><i>Herbert Berg</i></p> <p>13 Context: ʿUmar b. al‐Khaṭṭāb 218<br /><i>Avraham Hakim</i></p> <p><b>Part III Content 235</b></p> <p>14 God 237<br /><i>Andrew Rippin</i></p> <p>15 Prophets and Prophethood 248<br /><i>Uri Rubin</i></p> <p>16 Moses 262<br /><i>Brannon Wheeler</i></p> <p>17 Abraham 280<br /><i>Carol Bakhos</i></p> <p>18 Jesus 288<br /><i>Gordon Nickel</i></p> <p>19 Biblical Background 303<br /><i>Gabriel Said Reynolds</i></p> <p>20 Other Religions 320<br /><i>Mun’im Sirry</i></p> <p>21 Argumentation 333<br /><i>Kate Zebiri</i></p> <p>22 Knowing and Thinking 349<br /><i>A. H. Mathias Zahniser</i></p> <p>23 Sex, Sexuality, and the Family 365<br /><i>Khaleel Mohammed</i></p> <p>24 Jihād 376<br /><i>Reuven Firestone</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Interpretation 389</b></p> <p>25 Hermeneutics: al‐Thaʿlabı 391<br /><i>Walid Saleh</i></p> <p>26 Stories of the Prophets 406<br /><i>Marianna Klar</i></p> <p>27 Ṣūfism 418<br /><i>Alan Godlas</i></p> <p>28 Rūmı 430<br /><i>Jawid Mojaddedi</i></p> <p>29 Ibn al‐ʿArabı 442<br /><i>Binyamin Abrahamov</i></p> <p>30 Twelver Shıʿı Taʾwıl 449<br /><i>Diana Steigerwald</i></p> <p>31 Ismāʿılı Taʾwıl 463<br /><i>Diana Steigerwald</i></p> <p>32 Modern and Contemporary Interpretation of the Qurʾān 479<br /><i>Johanna Pink</i></p> <p><b>Part V Application 493</b></p> <p>33 Exegetical Sciences 495<br /><i>Jane Dammen McAuliffe</i></p> <p>34 Theology 512<br /><i>Binyamin Abrahamov</i></p> <p>35 Jurisprudence 526<br /><i>A. Kevin Reinhart</i></p> <p>36 Contemporary Ethical Issues 543<br /><i>Leah Kinberg</i></p> <p>37 Narrative Literature 562<br /><i>Roberto Tottoli</i></p> <p>38 Recitation 577<br /><i>Anna M. Gade</i></p> <p>Bibliography 591</p> <p>Index of People, Places and Topics 632</p> <p>Index of Qurʾān Verses 651</p>

<p><b> Andrew Rippin (d. 2016)</b> was the Emeritus Professor of Islamic History at the University of Victoria, Canada. He was one of the world's leading scholars on the Qur'ān. <p><b> Jawid Mojaddedi</b> is Professor of Religion at Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA. He is a leading scholar of Ṣūfism with a focus on Rūmī.

<p> Fully revised and updated, the second edition of <i>The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Qur'ān</i> offers an ideal resource for anyone who wishes to read and understand the Qur'ān as a text and as a vital component of Muslim life. While retaining the literary approach to the subject, this new edition extends both the theological and philosophical approaches to the Qur'ān. <p> Edited by the noted authority on the Qur'ān, Andrew Rippin, and Islamic Studies scholar Jawid Mojaddedi, and with contributions from other internationally renowned scholars, the book is comprehensive in scope and written in clear and accessible language. New to this edition is material on modern exegesis, the study of the Qur'ān in the West, the relationship between the Qur'ān and religions prior to Islam, and much more. <p><i> The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Qur'ān</i> is a rich and wide-ranging resource, exploring the Qur'ān as both a religious text and as a work of literature.

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