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330 the one here presented by him but the one presented by me above. He translates the passage as follows: "And they do not assign to Allah the attributes due to Him, when they say, Allah has not revealed anything to a mortal. Say: Who revealed the book which Moses brought, a light and guidance to men, which you make into scattered writings which you show while you conceal much. And you were taught what you did not know, (neither) you nor your fathers. Say, Allah, then leave them sporting in their vain discourses. " [ The Holy Quran, Arabic Text English Translation and Commentary , p. 306] If the meaning of the verse, as given by Maulawi Muhammad Ali in the tract was a correct one, what reason had he to alter it in his own translation of the Quran. The divergence between the interpretations put on the verse in the two places proves either that Maulawi Muhammad Ali knew from the beginning that the interpretation presented by him in his tract Kufr-o-Islam was really incorrect, but he still had recourse to it only to mislead his readers, or that as a result of the objections raised against it he altered it in the text of his translation before it was printed. That