Sohaib Sultan is a freelance journalist and student of the Islamic tradition who has studied the Koran and Islam extensively with Islamic scholars in the United States and Saudi Arabia.

Introduction 1 Part I: Revealing the Word of God: The Book 7Chapter 1: Getting to Know the Koran 9
Chapter 2: From Revelation to Written Book 21
Chapter 3: Mapping Out the Structure of the Book 37
Chapter 4: Discovering the Language of the Koran 53
Chapter 5: Relating the Koran to Abrahamic Revelations 65 Part II: Searching for the Soul of the Koran 79Chapter 6: Interpreting the Koran 81
Chapter 7: Understanding Interpretations of the Koran Today 93 Part III: Seeing the Koranic Worldview 107Chapter 8: Meeting God, Prophets, and Mankind 109
Chapter 9: Divining Nature, the Universe, and the Unseen 133
Chapter 10: Taking the Koranic View of Other Faith Traditions 147 Part IV: Living the Koran 157Chapter 11: Following in the Footsteps of Muhammad 159
Chapter 12: Putting Meaning into Ritual 169
Chapter 13: Understanding the Koranic View of Self 191
Chapter 14: Achieving Koranic Ethics and Morality 203
Chapter 15: Raising a Family the Koranic Way 215 Part V: Relating the Koran to the World 231Chapter 16: Connecting the Koran to Society 233
Chapter 17: Purifying Society through Islamic Law 255
Chapter 18: Struggling for God: Jihad 273
Chapter 19: Discussing Women in the Koran 283
Chapter 20: The Koran and Modernity 295 Part VI: The Part of Tens 309Chapter 21: Ten Misconceptions about the Koran 311
Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Dig Deeper into the Koran 321 Appendix A: Glossary of Koranic Terms 331
Appendix B: Finding Prophets in the Koran 339
Index 341