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INDEX t 283 Palestine, 11–12, 15, 189 Paraclete, 24 Paradise, 259 Passion play, 238–239 Passover, 226, 239 Paul, 8, 73, 98, 114, 189 People(s) of the Book, 4, 5, 81, 102– 103, 113, 188, 191, 195–196 Peter, 125 Philo, 111, 122, 243 Pilgrimage, 12, 15–19, 33, 232–233; Jewish, 233 Pillars of Islam, 217, 245 Plato, 171 Polygamy, 83 Polytheism, 60–61, 89 Pope, 249 Prayer (salat), 8, 64, 70, 216–217, 219–221; Friday service, 221–222 Prayer, direction of, 70–71, 73, 220, 221; of the pagans, 45, 47–48 Profession of faith, 196, 199, 217, 248 Promised Land, 7, 11–12 Prophetic reports (hadith), 64, 105– 106, 161, 163–168, 184, 198; criticism of, 167–168 Qadi, 164, 169–170 Qairwan, 147 Qajars, 152 Qarmatians, 143 Qasim, infant son of Muhammad, 83 Qaynuqa, Jewish tribe of Medina 78 Qibla. See Prayer, direction of Qiyama, “Resurrection,” 143, 145 Qom, 151, 152 Quran, 1, 2, 216; background of, 32; divisions of, 94; performance of, 55–57, 116–117; “convincing” or “clear” Arabic, 31, 59, 131, 243; absence of narrative line, 2, 106– 107; biblical quality of 1, 30; Arabian quality of 30–31; Jews in, 20–22; Jesus in, 22–25; Christians and Christianity in 25–29; use of Scriptures 107–109; style of 115– 118; ambiguities in, 113; message of, 57–59; legal material in, 163; and the End Time 261–262; and history 118–119; and Muslim life, 216–217; and tradition, 161–162; as “criterion” (furqan) 254; as “warning,” 107; as Book or Scripture, 56–57, 93, 99 ff.; as prayer, 104; oral transmission 92; collection of 90–93; compared to Bible and Gospels, 100–101; created or uncreated 123–124; inimitability of, 115–116 Quraysh, 35, 37, 42, 44, 54, 58, 79– 80, 85; their boycott of Muhammad, 65–66 Qurayza, Jewish tribe of Medina, 78 Qusayy, 35 Radi, al-, caliph, 145 Rahman, 49 Ramadan (fast), 71, 72, 216–217 Rayhana, concubine of Muhammad, 84 Recitation, the (al-Quran), 1, 30, 56, 93, 101, 116–117 Religion, Arabian, 41–43, 46–48 Religious Orders, 248–250 Renan, Ernest, 31 Resurrection of the dead, 60, 261– 262 Ribat, 248 Rosary, 3 Ruqayya, daughter of Muhammad 83 Saadya Gaon, 62 Sacrifice of Isaac, 10, 229 Sacrifice, pre-Islamic, 46–47; Islamic, 225 Sadat, Anwar, 214
284 t INDEX Safa, 15, 36, 44, 224 Safavids, 148, 150–152, 205 Safi al-Din, 150 Safiyya, wife of Muhammad, 84 Sahaba. See Companions of the Prophet Saints, Muslim, 236–237; devotion to, 235–237 Salah al-Din (Saladin), 12, 231, 234 Saljuq Turks, 146 Salvation, 203, 253–254 Sama, 252 Samarra, 141 Saracen, 14 Sarah, 12–13 Sarai. See Sarah Satan, stoning of, 224–225 Satanic Verses, 61–62 Saudis, 41, 237 Saul, 4 Sawda, wife of Muhammad, 83 Sayyid, 148 Sects and Sectarianism, 201–203 Septuagint, 112–113 “Sevener” Shiites. See Ismaili Shiites Shafii, 165, 180, 204, 207–208 Shah Abbas, 152 Shahada. See Profession of faith Sharia, 146, 153–154, 162–163, 174–175; Shiite 179–180 Sharif, 148 Shaybani, al-, 207 Shiat Ali, “Party of Ali.” See Shiites Shiites, 133, 134, 136–139, 238; and Sunnis, 139–141, 203–206; and Roman Catholics, 140–141 Siffin, 135 Silsila, 249 Sin, 171 Sinai, 8, 39 Solomon, 2, 4, 5, 227 Soul, 257 South Arabia, 48 Spain, 144, 146–147, 180, 190, 196, 217 Spirit, 257 Spiritual director, 251–252 Sri Lanka, 259 State, Muslim and Islamic, 212 States, Sufi, 251 Stations, Sufi, 251 Stoics, 171 Subha, 3, 250 Sudan, 272 Sufi(s), Sufism, 150–151, 246 ff.; their associations and communities, 248–250; their convents, 248 Sukkot, 226 Sultan, sultanate, 145–146 Sunna. See Custom Sunnis, 204; and Shiites, 139–141, 203–206 Sura(s), 2, 99–100; arrangement of 91, 93–94, 97; Meccan, 26, 55– 56, 70, 94 116–117; Medinan 26, 28, 56–57, 70, 95, 116–117, 128; Sura Joseph, 91. See also Fatiha Syria, 87, 145, 188, 230 Syrian Aramaic, 33, 50 Tabari, al-, 15, 27, 33, 121–122 Tabuk, 88 Tafsir. See Exegesis Taif, 32, 55 Tajsim. See Anthropomorphism Talbiya, 44 Talha, 135 Talmud, 49, 161, 182 Tampering with Scripture, 103–106 Taqiyya (“dissembling”), 180, 205, 217 Taqlid (“adherence”), 181–182 Taqqanot, 179 Tariqa, 150–151, 248–250 Tasawwuf. See Sufi(s), Sufism Tashbih. See Anthropomorphism
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Contents Introduction xi 1. Discove
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CONTENTS t ix Prophetic Reports; Fr
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1. Discovering Scripture in Scriptu
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THE MUSLIM SCRIPTURE t 109 precisel
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THE MUSLIM SCRIPTURE t 111 tion of
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THE MUSLIM SCRIPTURE t 113 many of
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THE MUSLIM SCRIPTURE t 115 Quran (2
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THE UMMA t 149 of single and unique
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THE UMMA t 151 ical territory in no
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THE UMMA t 153 believers” (muminu
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