Open AccessA Response to Shabbir A. Abbas’ Review of The Words of God to Prophet Muhammad
Author(s) -
Shabbir A. Abbas
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v34i4.807
Subject(s) - arabic , islam , literature , classics , history , philosophy , theology , art , psychology , linguistics
Shabbir A. Abbas, a graduate student from Rutgers University, completeda thorough and thoughtful review of my work, The Words of God to ProphetMuhammad: Forty Sacred Sayings, in the American Journal of Islamic SocialsSciences 34, no. 2 (spring 2017): 102-04.Abbas provides relevant biographical and bibliographical informationabout Sayyid Hasan Shirazi, the compiler of Kalimat Allāh from which Idrew the Forty Hadith and presented in Arabic along with my English translation.I am pleased that the reviewer described my translation as “refreshinglyaccurate… and … perfectly intelligible.” I am also honored that hedescribed my preface as “excellent.” ...