Anthropomorphic Depictions of God In the Shade of the Qur’an the Muslim community began to

the Muslim community began to neglect the Qur’an in favour of narrations of what the Prophet had done and said on the pretext that such narratives “contained” the Qur’an

The Quran commands Muslims

Amongst the collected Hadith

As al-Shura is increasingly associated with democratic participation in a decisionmaking process

This is fully consistent with human nature

Anthropomorphic Depictions of God In the Shade of the Qur’an the Muslim community began toThe Concept of God in Judaic, Christian and Islamic Traditions. Representing the Unrepresentable. [This work] is a masterful, thought provoking, and insightful study by Zulfiqar Ali Shah of anthropomorphism in the conceptions of God in the Bible and the Quran that will be welcomed by scholars and students and all who are interested in the Abrahamic traditions John Esposito, Professor Georgetown University This is an extremely important topic and