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Divine Attributes and Human Emotions in the Qurʾan with Dr. Todd Lawson

Divine Attributes and Human Emotions in the Qurʾan:

Joseph’s Sentimental Education in Sura 12

It is remarkable that so little scholarship has been devoted to the rich topic of emotion in the Qurʾan. The most recent guides or companions to the Qurʾan, edited by leaders in the field, barely refer to the this subject. Perhaps earlier Christian polemics against Islam which tended to see the revelation of the Qur’an as a function the Prophet’s emotional instability has thus left a doubly negative mark.

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