Syed Iqbal Zaheer

A Voice to Hear Syed Iqbal Zaheer

Quite a few non-Muslims wish to know what the Qur'an is about, but are not sure whether they should procure a copy. These passages should give them some idea of the central theme of the Qur'anic message: man's creation by God, sending of Prophets for guidance, end of the trial signified by universal rejection of God's message, destruction of the world, raising up of the dead, accounting and judgment. But we must hasten to add that this collection is an inadequate one. The Qur'an has much more to say on these very topics, not to speak of the other, equally important ones. For that the reader will have to read the Qur'an itself. Thus, the reader has in his hands, in sum, 411 verses, out of a total of over six thousand verses that the Qur'an is composed of. We have also added introductory notes for elucidation. Translation has been simplified, sometimes at the cost of precision, and words have been added in parenthesis where the Qur'an expects the reader's mind to supply them.