The Study Quran, released in November 2015, is one of the most useful reference works to have been produced on the Quran. Edited by a team led by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, and published by HarperOne, this work includes a new translation of the Quran and a series of scholarly essays, in addition to a commentary on the entire Quran that is compiled from works across the entire tradition of Quranic exegesis, from the early centuries of Islam until the 20th century. This commentary provides access to diverse perspectives on each verse, drawn from Sunni, Shii, and Sufi interpretive traditions.
Since we will be using The Study Quran at several points in this course, beginning today with the essay by Ingrid Mattson, 'How to Read the Quran', we have included the following guide to this work.
A substantial sample of the book, covering the introduction and the first two chapters of the Quran, is also available.
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