Download or read book Understanding the Qur'an written by M. A. Abdel Haleem and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 2001-02-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tenets of Islam cannot be grasped without a proper understanding of the Qur'an. This examines its recurrent themes - life and eternity, marriage and divorce, peace and war, water and nourishment. Shows the popular conceptions of Islamic attitudes to women, marriage and divorce, war and society, differ radically from the true teachings of the Quar'an.