Jesus Son of Mary ― In the Quran and According to the Teachings of Ibn Arabi

The book is in ten chapters, the first 7 dealing with a detailed analysis of the characteristics of Islam: universality, unity, shahada, salawat, and then proceeding with the discussion on Jesus, Mary and the Christians in the Qur’an, with commentaries of each relevant chapter of the Qur’an, verse by verse. Chapters 8-10 deal with relevant extracts from Ibn Arabi’s Fusus al-hikam and Futuhat al-makkiyya on John the Baptist, Zachariah, the Prophet Muhammad, Jesus, and Mary. The book is concluded by a detailed documentation of the chronology of the pertinent Qur’anic verses and side comments.

Jane Casewit holds two masters degrees in education and is an independent education consultant, translator and editor in Rockville, Md. She has penned several articles on women and marriage in Islam, translated key books on spirituality from French and Arabic to English, and is the editor of Education in the Light of Tradition, World Wisdom, 20 Dr. Maurice Gloton was born in Paris in 1926. At the peak of his career he left the world of big business in France and devoted himself to diffusing Islamic spiritual writings to the French speaking public. He is a well known French translator of Islamic spiritual works, including the Qur’an. His innovative translation of the latter focuses on the grammar and syntax of Arabic to bring out the deeper meaning of the Qur’an. He currently resides in Venissieux, France. Edin Q. Lohja studied theoretical physics before turning to the study of traditional thought. He has translated and edited over 80 volumes in Albanian, English, and Bosnian in the field of metaphysics, philosophy, and spirituality. His latest translations into English include Setareh Houman’s From philosophia perennis to American Perennialism (2013). He lives in Washington DC. Sara Swetzoff is an assistant editor for the joural Sociology of Islam and a PhD student in Howard University's African Studies program. She holds an MA in Islamic Studies from the School of Oriental and African