{"product_id":"a-fresh-look-at-the-syed-ghulam-sarwar-9781490361383","title":"A fresh look at The Quran: Unmasking the truth","description":"\u003cp\u003eRELIGIOUS movements, led by inspired individuals called prophets or apostles of God, were socio-political upheavals based on lofty moral principles meant to better man's secular life. They took birth in different societies and had reference to the makeup of those societies, but their moral import was universal. They were champions of \u003cb\u003ethe unity of mankind\u003c\/b\u003e, not of its division.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman life is a dynamic affair. Innumerable factors, known and unknown, keep on changing it from moment to moment. \u003cb\u003eReligious movements undergo a spectacular transformation with the change of time\u003c\/b\u003e. Their new champions, product of their particular environments, have their own character, outlook and interests. Retaining the original nomenclature, they suppress the essential features, meanings and purpose of these movements. Some messages of the apostles exist only as translations or retranslations, edited and re-edited. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is not the case with the Quran. It exists in its original language, Arabic, intact. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eYet, distortions have occurred, and lasted for centuries, in its meanings and import.\u003c\/b\u003e Many terms and expressions used in the Quran have been grossly distorted. \u003cb\u003eThe author has dealt with a number of such expressions in the first chapter on a rational basis.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second, third and forth chapters explain the sense of a very commonly used term, 'malaekah', generally translated as 'angels.' It has, however, more than one meaning. All the meanings have been explained in the various contexts in which they occur. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe fifth chapter deals with the \u003cb\u003e ceaseless creativity of God\u003c\/b\u003e. In the spatio-temporal world, this creativity manifests itself in the birth and death of the old and birth of new realities. The birth of new realities is resurrection. In the human world it takes place as the destruction of communities or empires and the birth and prevalence of new forces. The Arabic word used for resurrection is 'qiamah'. Many 'qiamahs' occur in human history as stages in the forward march of man to the final goal -- the conquest of time and space -- the final resurrection. \u003cb\u003eThe resurrection of Jesus\u003c\/b\u003e has been dealt with in a separate chapter (chapter 8) under the heading, \u003cb\u003e'Was Jesus killed?'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 deals with the question of \u003cb\u003ethe Oneness of God\u003c\/b\u003e. God is not one in the sense in which material things are one. Material things are divisible into many ones, but the oneness of God is indivisible. It is the Infinite, the Unfathomable One.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapters 7 and 10 deal with \u003cb\u003ethe missions of Moses and Noah\u003c\/b\u003e. In chapter 9, entitled, \u003cb\u003e'Miracles or myths?'\u003c\/b\u003e, the significance of Jonah's mission, and partly that of Abraham's, has been brought out. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere is a common pattern in the struggle of the prophets. But this commonness has remained buried under the debris of misrepresentations and distortions for centuries. The unmasking of the truth in the Quran will also unmask the truth of the teachings of all the prophets and show the common platform for mankind to stand on.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe last chapter traces briefly the journey of mankind from their peaceful primitive past to the present through bloodshed and points to its final destiny, the conquest of time and space -- \u003cb\u003eTHE ULTIMATE RESURRECTION\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Syed Ghulam Sarwar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1490361383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781490361383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.35d","brand":"Syed Ghulam Sarwar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45478727418111,"sku":"9781490361383","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4adc017c-8509-4b1a-b2dc-2eae55da053c.jpg?v=1715935640","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-fresh-look-at-the-syed-ghulam-sarwar-9781490361383","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}