Books by Hussein (University of Leeds Abdul-Raof

Explores the history, disciplines, order and pragmatic functions of Arabic speech acts. This book offers an understanding of Arabic rhetoric and employs examples from modern standard Arabic. It also provides a glossary of over 448 rhetorical expressions listed in English with their translations.

Qur'anic exegesis has become the battleground of political Islam and theological conflict among various Muslim schools of thought. Using comparative and contrastive methodology, this title investigates examples from the Qur'an in the light of various theological views to delineate the birth, development and growth of Qur'anic exegesis.