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d CONTENTS A Word from the Author c Contents d GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 Need of a New Translation and a New Commentary 1 Present Translation Fulfils the Need 1 Special Features of this Commentary 2 Other Revealed Books 4 Need of the Quran 5 God of the Bible-A National God 5 Vedas Also a National Scripture 6 God Is One 7 Religion–Not a Product of Human Imagination 7 Revealed Teachings Always Against Current Ideas 9 Why Teachings of Various Religions Differ 11 Islam Teaches Oneness of God and of Humanity 11 Jesus–Not a Universal Teacher 12 Meaning of Civilisation and Culture 14 Different Periods of Civilisation and Culture 16 Jewish and Christian Cultures 18 A Pertinent Question 19 Contradictions in the Old Testament 24 Savage Teaching of the Old Testament 28 Irrational Teaching of the Old Testament 29 Prophets Defamed by the Bible 32 The New Testament Examined 35 Jesus’ Own Admission 37 Testimony of Christian Scholars 37 Contradictions in the New Testament 42 Superstitions in the Gospels 43 Doubtful Ethics of the New Testament 47 Interpolations in the Vedas 50 Savage Teaching of the Vedas 54