Introduction to the Study
of The Holy Qur’an
Maulana Muhammad ‘Ali
Introduction to the Study
of The Holy Qur’an
Maulana Muhammad ‘Ali
AUTHOR OF
an English Translation of the Holy Qur’an with Commentary (with Arabic text), The Religion of Islam, Muhammad the Prophet, Early Caliphate, Living Thoughts of the Prophet Muhammad, The Babi Movement, A Manual of Hadith (English); Bayan al-Qur`an - Urdu Translation and Commentary of the Qur’an in three volumes, Fadl al’Bari Translation and Commentary of al·Sahih al-Bukhari (Urdu), etc.
APPROVAL CERTIFICATE
This book has been reviewed and approved by Al-Azhar Al-Sharif of the Islamic Research Academy, General Department for Research, Writing and Translation.
Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem
December 1st, 2002
Al-Azhar Al-Sharif
Islamic Research Academy
General Department for
Writing and Translation
Mrs. Samina Malik
P.O. Box 3370
Dublin Oh 43016
Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
Book Review
Referring to your request submitted to the Department of Research, Writing and Translation at the Islamic Research Academy Al-Azhar Al-Sharif in regard to reviewing, evaluating and providing the opinion of Al-Azhar regarding the following books:
1) The Early Caliphate
2) Introduction to the Study of the Holy Quran
3) The New World Order
4) A Manual of Hadith
5) Muhammad the Prophet
written in English language by Maulana Muhammad Ali.
The Department hereby confirms that the above mentioned books contains useful knowledge and do not include anything that contradicts the Religion of Islam
Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
General Director
of the Department of Research,
Writing and Translation
Ali Abdel Baky
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E-book Publisher’s Note
“And when the books are spread” (81:10)
It gives us great pleasure to present Maulana Muhammad Ali’s Introduction to the Study of The Holy Qur’an in this e-book format. With the increasing popularity of e-readers, e-books have, by many accounts, become a preferred means to read literature. In order to continue to have the world-renowned literary treasures written by Maulana Muhammad Ali and other Lahore Ahmadiyya authors easily accessible to the general public, we have ventured to generate e-books of our standard publications.
This e-book of Introduction to the Study of The Holy Qur’an by Maulana Muhammad Ali is a result of this new venture. Additional titles converted to e-book format include, English Translation and Commentary of the Holy Quran, Teachings of Islam, Muhammad the Prophet, The Religion of Islam, The Manual of Hadith, The Early Caliphate, Living Thoughts of Prophet Muhammad, and others.
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August 2011, Dublin, Ohio
Transliteration of Arabic Words
The transliteration system adapted for the e-book format from the standard transliteration system is given below. Due to the limitations of the e-book format in producing some of the diacritical signs, alternative diacritical signs have been used. These changes are indicated by red type.
Consonants
Arabic Letter — Sound — Represented by
hamzah — (sounds like h in hour — a sort of catch in the voice) — ’
ba — (same as b) — b
ta — (the Italian dental, softer than t) — t
tha — (between th in thing and s) — th
jim — (like g in gem) — j
ha — (very sharp but smooth guttural aspirate) — h
kha — (like ch in the Scotch word loch) — kh
dal — (Italian