God in the Qur'an

God in Three Classic Scriptures

By: Jack Miles

Narrated by: Peter Altschuler

Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

Who is Allah? What does he ask of those who submit to his teachings? Pulitzer Prize-winner Jack Miles gives us a deeply probing, revelatory portrait of the world’s second largest, fastest-growing, and perhaps most tragically misunderstood religion. In doing so, Miles illuminates what is unique about Allah, his teachings, and his resolutely merciful temperament, and he thereby reveals that which is false, distorted, or simply absent from the popular conception of the heart of Islam.

So, too, does Miles uncover the spiritual and scriptural continuity of the Islamic tradition with those of Judaism and Christianity, and the deep affinities among the three by setting passages from the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Qur’an side by side. In the spirit of his two previous books, God and Christ, and with his characteristic sensitivity, perspicacity, and prodigious command of the subject, Miles calls for us all to read another’s scriptures with the same understanding and accommodating eye that we turn upon our own.

©2018 Jack Miles (P)2018 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

“A highly readable, unbiasedly comparative, and elegantly insightful study of the Quran.... Miles gets to the core of the Abrahamic matrix.” (Mustafa Akyol, The New York Times Book Review)

“Miles’ unique talent for writing about religion won him a Pulitzer Prize for God: A Biography, and now the scholar has written a study of Allah.... Miles’ book is a road map toward interfaith understanding.” (The National Book Review)

“Keenly interesting, incisive...[An] illuminating critique.” (Booklist starred review)

“In its stunning scope, its forensic analysis, and its lofty message, God in the Qur’an has no predecessor and no competitor among books that scan the horizon of Abrahamic scriptures. At once accessible and challenging, the Biblical/Qur'anic narratives are recounted here with clarity and conviction. The reader - whether religious or non-religious, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or atheist - is offered a new vista into divine-human encounters evoked by one of their most skilled interpreters, Jack Miles. A milestone of literary and theological scholarship.” (Bruce Bennett Lawrence, author of The Koran in English)

Good Book

The Quran is 100% the direct speech of Allah. Miles performs a worthwhile analysis, although "Prophet" is not synonymous with "Messenger."

Helps to have the physical book for parsing block quotations.

Enjoyed it.

Appreciated the opportunity for a comparison of similar content found in both the Quran and the Bible. Inspired to hear the author's other book on the subjects.

Refreshing

This was actually a refreshing review of the Quran and the Bible.
It was less about God, but more about how God is portrayed (acts through the history) from the lenses of the two/three Abrahamic faiths. As a christian, he did a superb job of suspending his biases.
Kudos to that.
Happy readings!!!

Comparison between the Holy Bible and Holy Qur'an

A very well written and narrated comparison between the Holy Bible and the Holy Qur'an. The author is non biased in his comparison . A great study guide.