ABSTRACT
Maarif Al Jadida, 1992); 600 pages; no index; no general bibliography. □ Critique This bilingual anthology aligns quotations from the Qur’an under sixty rubrics concerning human biology and hu man rights. There is no COMMENTARY, only quotations of thousands of passages skill fully arranged and supplied in both the Hamidullah French version and the Yusuf Ali English version. Social scientists will applaud the rubrics: those on biology in clude skin, menses, pregnancy, old age and death, while those on human rights include the poor, parents, neighbors, wayfarers and education. Although the English (albeit not the French) can be quaint, this anthol ogy abounds in provocative juxtapositions. A companion volume, Kharchaf, Lexique des versets comniques scientifiques/Lexicon of the Comnic Scientific Verses (Rabat: Datapress, 1989) winnows the Q ur’an concerning biology, mathematics, geogra phy and astronomy. Both works repay browsing. □ Sum m ary This novel anthology arrays Qur’anic passages around sixty topics of human biology and human rights. Absence of commentary stimulates pondering.
