The Islamic Understanding of Death and Resurrection

by Jane Idleman Smith

Book Overview

This book provides a thorough and accessible guide to belief about the afterlife in the Sunni Muslim tradition. Drawing on the Qur'an, traditions, creeds, and theological commentaries, as well as interviews with Muslim clerics, the authors offer an overview of the Islamic eschatological narrative, describing the understanding of events beginning with the death of the individual and ending with habitation in the final abodes of recompense.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195156498
• ISBN13: 9780195156492
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"