Includes index.

"Bibliography of translations of the Qur��an into European languages": p. 502-520.

Bibliography: p. 530-539.

Includes index.

Machine derived contents note: Editorial introduction -- Maps -- 1. Background topics A. F. L. Beeston -- 2. Pre-Islamic poetry Abdulla el Tayib -- 3. Early Arabic prose R. B. Serjeant -- 4. The beginnings of Arabic prose literature: the epistolary genre J. D. Latham -- 5. The role of parallelism in Arabic prose A. F. L. Beeston -- 6. The Qur'an - I R. Paret -- 7. The Qur'an - II A. Jones -- 8. Qisas elements in the Qur'an H. T. Norris -- 9. Aspects of the Qur'an today Jacques Jomier -- 10. Hadith literature - I: the development of the science of Hadith Muhammad Abdul Rauf -- 11. Hadith literature - II: collection and transmission of Hadith Nabia Abbott -- 12. Shi'i Hadith E. Kohlberg -- 13. Narrative elements in the Hadith literature Sahair el Calamawy -- 14. European criticism of Hadith literature N. J. Coulson -- 15. The impact of the Qur'an and Hadith on medieval Arabic literature A. M. Zubaidi -- 16. The Maghazi literature J. M. B. Jones -- 17. The Sirah literature M. J. Kister -- 18. The poetry of the Sirah literature James T. Monroe -- 19. Fables and legends in pre-Islamic and early Islamic times H. T. Norris -- 20. Umayyad poetry Salma K. Jayyusi -- 21. Music and verse O. Wright -- 22. The Greek impact on Arabic literature L. E. Goodman -- 23. The Persian impact on Arabic literature C. E. Bosworth -- 24. The Syrian impact on Arabic literature R. Y. Ebied -- Appendix J. D. Pearson -- Glossary -- List of sources -- Index.