The Qur\'an: A Complete Revelation sheds new and much needed light on the message of the Qur\'an; light hitherto impeded by dogma originating entirely outside the Qur\'anic narrative, but required by Traditionalist Islam.
The Qur\'an: A Complete Revelation also draws the reader\'s attention to the substance of the Qur\'anic narrative in areas long disregarded by the religion which today claims monopoly rights over it, including: - Muhammad as a fallible man, one whose knowledge of God was limited to the Qur\'anic Revelation - The Qur\'an\'s emphasis on piety and good works as desirable irrespective of group affiliation - The absence - contrary to the Traditionalist\'s expectations - of an external saviour figure - The existence and features of God\'s time-honoured protocol for destroying tyrannical systems - The implication that God\'s warranted destruction of evil is contingent upon actions by believers The Qur\'an: A Complete Revelation (Reference Edition - Parallel Text) features: - The Qur\'anic Revelation presen.
The Qur\'an: A Complete Revelation employs a systematic method of lexical evaluation, one which accepts the Qur\'an\'s internal definitions of key words as binding, and derives the meanings of other key terms on the basis of pan-textual comparison and analysis - which values it then enforces with rigid consistency across the entire translated text.
Traditionalist Islam claims: - That the Qur\'an may be understood only by reference to a later literature called the hadith - That, taken together, the Qur\'an and the hadith provide the foundation for what is called Islam - That Islam is a religion in the sense of prescribed dogma, rite and custom - That by adhering to Islam one aligns oneself with the guidance contained in the Qur\'an - That Islam\'s emphasis on a Caliphate under Sharia Law originates in the Qur\'an The Qur\'an: A Complete Revelation illustrates where and how such claims - as well as others Traditionalist Islam makes - are at unambiguous variance with the Qur\'an.
The Qur\'an: A Complete Revelation sheds new and much needed light on the message of the Qur\'an; light hitherto impeded by dogma originating entirely outside the Qur\'anic narrative, but required by Traditionalist Islam
