TY  - BOOK
ID  - 5934
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/garcia_voyage_heart_koran
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Voyage to the Heart of the Koran: The Holy Book of Islám for Thinking Minds (By a Non-Muslim)
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A1  - Garcia,David Russell
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Y1  - 2003/10
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M3  - Books; Study
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LA  - English
L3  - https://bahai-library.com/schimmel_deciphering_signs[Deciphering the Signs of God: A Phenomenological Approach to Islam (Annemarie Schimmel)]; https://bahai-library.com/townshend_heart_gospel[Heart of the Gospel: The Bible and the Bahá'í Faith]
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AB  - A lengthy overview of the Qur'án and its themes for a Bahá'í audience; holy war and fighting; reasons behind Islám's reputation as a war-like religion; theology of Islám vs. Christianity; laws and admonitions; spiritual and social principles; apocalypse.
N1  - For more on jinn, see On the Meanings of the Terms 'Angels' and 'Jinn' by Abdu'l-Bahá (provisional translation, 2019).  Also available in Dutch translation.
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KW  - Adam and Eve
KW  - Angels
KW  - Bible
KW  - Book of Enoch
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Clouds
KW  - Context, Taking verses out of
KW  - Creation
KW  - Culture, Western
KW  - Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment)
KW  - Dead Sea scrolls
KW  - Decline and renewal of religion
KW  - Devil (Satan)
KW  - Encouragement
KW  - Evil
KW  - Food
KW  - Forgiveness
KW  - Free will
KW  - God, Fear of
KW  - God, Mercy and compassion of
KW  - God, Will of
KW  - Heaven and hell
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Independent investigation of truth
KW  - Interfaith dialogue
KW  - Intermediary realm
KW  - Islam
KW  - Jesus Christ
KW  - Jihad (Holy war)
KW  - Jinn (genie)
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Justice
KW  - Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude)
KW  - Laws
KW  - Life after death (afterlife)
KW  - Love
KW  - Mary (Mother of Jesus Christ)
KW  - Metaphors and allegories
KW  - Miracles
KW  - Muhammad (Prophet)
KW  - Non-violence
KW  - Peace
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Plato
KW  - Polygamy
KW  - Progressive revelation
KW  - Prophecies
KW  - Prophets
KW  - Purity
KW  - Quran
KW  - Renaissance
KW  - Resurrection
KW  - Return
KW  - Reward and punishment
KW  - Science
KW  - Signs
KW  - Sin
KW  - Soul
KW  - Tests and difficulties
KW  - Trinity
KW  - Two seas
KW  - Ungodly
KW  - Unity of religion
KW  - Violence
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