The Quran : translation and commentary -- How to read the Quran / Ingrid Mattson -- The Quran in translation / Joseph Lumbard -- The Islamic view of the Quran / Muhammad Mustafa al-Azami -- Quranic Arabic : its characteristics and impact on Arabic language and literature and the languages and literatures of other Islamic peoples / Muhammad Abdel Haleem -- Quranic commentaries / Walid Saleh -- Traditions of esoteric and sapiential Quranic commentary / Toby Mayer -- Scientific commentary on the Quran / Muzaffar Iqbal -- The Quran as source of Islamic law / Aḥmad Muḥammad al-Ṭayyib -- The Quran and schools of Islamic theology and philosophy / Muṣṭafā Muḥaqqiq Dāmād -- The Quran and Sufism / William C. Chittick -- The Quran and Islamic art / Jean-Louis Michon -- The Quranic view of sacred history and other religions / Joseph Lumbard -- Quranic ethics, human rights, and society / Maria Massi Dakake -- Conquest and conversion, war and peace in the Quran / Caner K. Dagli -- Death, dying, and the afterlife in the Quran / Hamza Yusuf -- Essay author biographies -- Appendix A. Ḥadīth citations -- Appendix B. Time line of major events related to the Quran -- Appendix C. Biographies of commentators.