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Publisher’s Note Please note that, in the translation that follows, words given in parentheses ( ) are the words of the Promised Messiah as. If any explanatory words or phrases are added by the translators for the purpose of clarification, they are put in square brackets [ ]. Footnotes given by the publisher are marked ‘[Publisher]’. References to the Holy Quran contain the name of the s u rah [i. e. chapter] followed by a chapter:verse citation, e. g. s u rah al-Ju- mu‘ah, 62:4, and counts Bismill a hir-Ra h m a nir-Ra hi m [In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful] as the first verse in every chapter it appears. The following abbreviations have been used: s as s allall a hu ‘alaihi wa sallam, meaning ‘peace and blessings of Allah be upon him’, is written after the name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as. as ‘alaihis-sal a m, meaning ‘may peace be upon him’, is written after the names of Prophets other than the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as.