Qur'anic Geography in PDF format. This file is 80 MB in size, so please allow plenty of time for downloading.
Description:
A survey and evaluation of the
geographical references in the Qur'an with suggested solutions for
various problems and issues.
This reference book examines the various geographical references made in
the Qur'an. It looks extensively at "the people of 'Ad," the people of
Thamud," the Midianites, Medina and Mecca. This is the is the book that
first suggested that the Holy City of Islam is really Petra in Jordan
rather than Mecca in Saudi Arabia. (Note from Publishers)
Highly
interesting! Both from the method as well as from the presentation with
the many illustrations. It is a refreshing approach which is worth
being commented in detail.
Dr. Gerd-R. Puin, Germany, author of The hidden origins of Islam : new research into its early history
This remarkable work investigates in great detail the history and
evolution of many of the tribes and cultures of Arabia and adjacent
lands and their contact and trade with regions as distant as China.
Gibson presents new, but well-researched, theories on many historical
events which still affect our world today. These range from the
development of navigation, overland and maritime trade routes and,
perhaps, most controversially, his convincingly argued proposal that
Petra was the original Holy City of Islam which was later shifted to
Mecca.John E. Hill, author of Through the Jade Gate to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dynasty, 1st to 2nd Centuries CE, Cooktown, Queensland, Australia
His work is well researched, drawing
evidence from a broad field of scholarship, particularly Islamic,
including early primary sources - listed bibliographically in a separate
appendix. Carefully laying the groundwork, he develops his arguments,
augmented by a welcome complement of photographs, illustrations,
drawings, charts, tables, and chronologies. Further, Gibson employs a
profusion of maps- satellite and cartographic. These all, wonderfully
illustrated, are so numerous that they could well merit their own index
for the avid researcher. (In fact, a glossary would also be helpful for
non-Arabic speakers.) Detailed appendices provide an annotated timeline
of Islam, particularly its first 500 years, plus extensive citations of
textual variants in early Qur’anic manuscripts. Ronald P. Hood, PhD, Wesleyan University, Marion Indiana |
