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Voyage to the Heart of the Koran

Author	David Russell Garcia
Title of item	Voyage to the Heart of the Koran
Subtitle of item	The Holy Book of Islám for Thinking Minds (By a Non-Muslim)
Date of this edition	2003-10
Language	English
Permission	author
Posted	2022-01-07 by Jonah Winters
Classified in	Books and Study Guides
URL	bahai-library.com/garcia_voyage_heart_koran
Abstract	A lengthy overview of the Qur'án and its themes for a Bahá'í audience; holy war and fighting; reasons behind Islám's reputation as a war-like religion; theology of Islám vs. Christianity; laws and admonitions; spiritual and social principles; apocalypse.
Notes	For more on jinn, see On the Meanings of the Terms 'Angels' and 'Jinn' by Abdu'l-Bahá (provisional translation, 2019). Also available in Dutch translation.
Tags	Adam and Eve; Afterlife; Allegories and metaphors; Angels; Bible; Book of Enoch; Christianity; Civilization; Clouds; Creation; Day of Judgment (or Day of Resurrection); Dead Sea Scrolls; Decline and renewal of religion; Devil (Satan); Encouragement; Evil (general); Fear of God; Food; Forgiveness; Free will; Heaven and hell; Hinduism; Human rights; Independent investigation of truth; Interfaith dialogue; Intermediary realm; Islam; Jesus Christ; Jihad (Holy War); Jinn (genie); Judaism; Justice (general); Kitab-i-Iqan (Book of Certitude); Laws; Love (general); Mary (Mother of Jesus Christ); Mercy (general); Miracles; Muhammad (Prophet); Non-violence; Peace; Philosophy; Plato; Polygamy; Progressive revelation; Prophecies; Prophets; Purity; Quran; Renaissance; Resurrection; Return; Reward and punishment; Science; Signs; Sin (general); Soul; Taking verses out of context; Tests and difficulties; Trinity; Two seas; Ungodly; Unity of religion; Violence; Western culture; Will of God
Cross-references	See also Deciphering the Signs of God: A Phenomenological Approach to Islam (Annemarie Schimmel), and Heart of the Gospel: The Bible and the Bahá'í Faith.
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Last edited	2022-12-21 15:53 EST. See previous versions [archive.org].

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