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Qur'anic Geography
A survey and evaluation of the geographical references in the Qu'ran with suggested solutions for various problems and issues.
by Dan Gibson
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A review of all of the geographical references in the Qur'an. Some amazing conclusions that challenge the traditional view of Islam.
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Qur'anic Geography: A survey and evaluation of the geographical references in the Qu'ran with suggested solutions for various problems and issues.
2012, Independent Scholars Press
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in English
0973364289 9780973364286
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Table of Contents
| Abbreviations | ix | |
| Acknowledgements | xi | |
| Introduction | 1 | |
| PART I Geographical Background to Arabia | ||
| Chapter 1 Geographical Locations in the Qur'ān | 7 | |
| Chapter 2 The Founding of the Nations | 17 | |
| PART II The People of ’Ad | ||
| Chapter 3 The People of ’Ad | 30 | |
| Chapter 4 ’Ad in the Bible | 40 | |
| Chapter 5 The Kings of ’Ad | 55 | |
| Chapter 6 ’Ad and the Book of Job | 61 | |
| Chapter 7 ’Ad and the Pharaohs | 73 | |
| Chapter 8 ’Ad, Edom and the Hyksos | 97 | |
| PART III The People of Midian | ||
| Chapter 9 The People of Midian | 118 | |
| PART IV The People of Thamud | ||
| Chapter 10 The Kingdom of Thamud | 131 | |
| Chapter 11 Thamudic Trade Routes | 146 | |
| Chapter 12 The Thamudic Golden Age | 166 | |
| Chapter 13 The Thamudic Kingdom Crumbles | 173 | |
| Part V Pre-Islamic Arabia | ||
| Chapter 14 The Tribes of Arabia | 187 | |
| Chapter 15 The City of Medina | 213 | |
| Part VI Islam’s Holy City | ||
| Chapter 16 The Holy City | 221 | |
| Chapter 17 The Qibla | 238 | |
| Chapter 18 Archeological Evidence | 251 | |
| Chapter 19 Literary Evidence | 275 | |
| Chapter 20 Historical Evidence | 302 | |
| Chapter 21 Navigation and Pre-Islamic Poetry | 333 | |
| Chapter 22 The Abbāsid Writers | 346 | |
| Chapter 23 The Case for Aqaba and Al-Aqṣa | 357 | |
| Chapter 24 Qur'ānic Geography | 370 | |
| Part VII Appendices | ||
| A Timeline of Early Islamic History | 382 | |
| B Annotated Bibliography of Early Islamic Sources | 414 | |
| C Early Qur'āns | 435 | |
| D Bibliography of Secondary Source | 442 | |
| E Index | 460 |
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| August 22, 2020 | Edited by ISBNbot2 | normalize ISBN |
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| February 18, 2012 | Edited by Dan Gibson | Added Amazon.ca number |
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