Love in the Holy Qur'an :
Expanded 7th Edition,
*[A5+] Large Paperback - 430 pages,
by HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad,
Published by The Islamic Texts Society,
Cambridge, UK.

Description :


The author treats in a simple and accessible style, with reader-friendly and teaching-friendly features, not only of love of God and love of the neighbour, but also of family love; friendship; the stages of falling in love; sexual love; extra-marital love; beauty; taste and much more – all based entirely on the Holy Qur’an. At least one verse from every chapter – and over one fifth of the total text of the Holy Qur’an – is cited. Love in the Holy Qur’an is written and structured both to be read in its totality or as individual ‘stand-alone’ chapters to be sampled at will. This work is thus essential reading not only for Muslims and those interested in Islam and the Holy Qur’an, but for all those interested in the secrets and mysteries of love as such.



H.R.H. Prince Ghazi of Jordan is a Professor of Islamic Philosophy, and is well known as an interfaith activist and author. He obtained his BA from Princeton University in 1988 Summa cum laude, his first PhD from Cambridge University, UK, in 1993, and his second PhD from Al-Azhar University in Cairo.  In 2001 he established the Great Tafsir Project, the largest online project for exegesis of the Holy Qur’an, and in 2008 he founded the World Islamic Sciences and Education University. He is the author of ‘Three Articles of the Amman Message’ in 2005; the author of the historic open letter ‘A Common Word Between Us and You’ in 2007, and the author of the World Interfaith Harmony Week United Nations General Assembly Resolution in October 2010. Love in the Holy Qur’an is a translation of (the expanded 7th edition of) his Al-Azhar University PhD thesis.



_Reviews:

    ‘What the world should understand when it hears the Qur’an.’
    _{---Sheikh Ali Gomaa, Grand Mufti of Egypt}.

    ‘Prince Ghazi has produced a definitive study of love in the Qur’an.’
    _{---Professor David F. Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge}.


    ‘Love in the Holy Qur’an is bound to become a classic.’
    _{---Tamara Sonn, Kenan Professor of Humanities, College of William and Mary}.


    ‘A masterwork of scholarship and of inspiration.’
    _{---H.E. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Distinguished Senior Scholar, the Library of Congress}.





Table of Contents :

---Epigraph,
---Dedication,
---Acknowledgements,
---About the Author.

---Foreword,
---Executive Summary.


Introductory Chapters,
---[1] Prologue: The Goals and Methodology of this Work,
---[2] Introduction: The Secret of Love,
---[3] The Definition of Love.


Part I : Divine Love
---[4] God and Love,
---[5] Love is the Root of Creation,
---[6] The Universe and Love,
---[7] God's Love for Humanity,
---[8] God's Love for His Messengers and Prophets,
------The Prophets,
------The Messengers,
------The Five Resolute Messengers,
------God's Beloved, May Allah bless him & Grant him peace,
---[9] Those Whom God does Not Love.


Part II : The Messenger of God's,  May Allah bless him & Grant him peace, Love,
---[10] The Messenger of God's Love for God,
---[11] The Messenger of God's Love for the Believers.


Part III : Human Love,
---[12] Humanity's Love for God,
---[13] The Believer's Love for The Messenger of God,
---[14] Love for the Family and Kin of The Messenger of God,
---[15] Effects of Love of God on Human Beings,
---[16] Family Love,
---[17] Love of Others,
---[18] Conjugal and Sexual Love,
---[19] Love and Extra-marital Sex,
---[20] Love and The Eyes.


Part IV : Love,
---[21] The Different Kinds of Love,
---[22] The Stages of Love,
---[23] Falling in Love,
---[24] The Growth of Love,
---[25] The Two Circles of Love,
---[26] The Triangle of Love,
---[27] The Hierarchies of Beauty and Love,
---[28] The Opposites of Beauty and Love,
---[29] The End of Love,
---[30] The Nature of Love,
---[31] Love and Happiness,
---[32] Love and Beauty in Paradise.


Part V : The Beloved,
---[33] Beauty and it's Components,
---[34] Taste,
---[35] The Nature of Beauty,
---[36] Love and Death,
---[37] The Meeting with God and Beatitude,
---[38] The True Intended Object Behind All Love.


Summary,
---[39] Conclusion,
---[40] Synopsis.

---Notes,
---Bibliography,
----[a] The Holy Qur'an,
----[b] Primary Sources in Arabic,
----[c] Secondary Sources in Arabic,
----[d] Primary Sources on Love in English and French,
----[e] Secondary Sources on Love in English and French,
---Index of Qur'anic Verses Cited by Chapter,
---Index of Qur'anic Verses Cited by Qur'anic Chapter,
---Index of Prophetic Verses Cited by Chapter,
---Alphabetical Index of Prophetic Hadiths Cited,
---General Index,
---Postscript,
---Reviews of the English Edition,
---Reviews of the Arabic edition.

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Ideal Gift for Non-Muslims [Does Not Contain Arabic Text]