How to Read the Qur'an

How to Read is a personal master class that brings you face-to-face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging texts in history.

The Qur€an is the scripture of Islam, sacred to over one billion Muslims worldwide. It is regarded by Muslims as the direct word of God, timeless and unchanged. Muslims turn to the Qur€an not only for prayer and worship but also to understand the essence of their relationship with God. Mona Siddiqui considers how the Qur€an has been understood by Muslims in the intellectual traditions of Islam as well as in popular worship. She explores the €œbig themes€ of prophecy, law, sin, and salvation, and what the Qur€an teaches about the particular place of Islam as God€s last revelation in human history. Siddiqui€s central concern is that Muslims must look to the Qur€an to breathe new life into the social and ethical relations between Muslims and non-Muslims.