Reality of life

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The Quran

The Quran, a book which brings glad tidings to mankind along with divine admonition, stresses the importance of man's discovery of truth on both spiritual and intellectual planes.

Every book has its objective and the objective of the Quran is to make man aware of the Creation plan of God. That is, to tell man why God created this world; what the purpose is of settling man on earth; what is required from man in his pre-death life span, and what he is going to confront after death. The purpose of the Quran is to make man aware of this reality, thus serving to guide man on his entire journey through life into the after-life.

The main themes of the Quran are enlightenment, closeness to God, peace and spirituality. The Quran uses several terms, tawassum, tadabbur, and tafakkur, which indicate the learning of lessons through reflection, thinking and contemplation on the signs of God scattered across the world. The present translation of the Quran has been done keeping in mind these very themes.

The Quran

Translated by

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Edited by

farida khanam

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CONTENTS

Introduction x

The Creation Plan of God xii

A Book of Divine Warning xiii

The Inner Spirit and God Realization xv

The Word of God xvi

Jihad is a Peaceful Ideological Struggle xvii

A Revealed Book xxi

Chronological Table of the Quran xxiii

Map of Arabian Peninsula at the Time of theRevelation of the Quran xxv