The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 1) — Page v
PUBLISHER'S NOTE (1988 Edition) This five volume commentary of the Holy Quran is an English translation of the commentary on the Holy Quran by the Second Head of the Ahmadiyya Community, Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih II. His published work on the Holy Quran comprises a ten volume commentary in Urdu (Tafseer-e-Kabir) covering the following Surahs: Al-Fatihah & Al-Baqarah, Yunus to Al-Ankabut and from Al-Naba to Al-Nas. The present English commentary is based on that commentary. As far as the remaining Surahs are concerned, that is chapters: Al-i-Imran to Al-Taubah and from Al-Ahqaf to Al-Mursalat, the compiling Editors have made use of the extensive notes prepared by the late Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II in preparing a detailed and comprehensive commentary which he was unfortunately unable to complete in his life time. The commentary of such chapters is nonetheless based on his own deliberations. This commentary is a unique masterpiece. It is an excellent exegesis on the true meaning of the Holy Quran. Although no commentary can ever claim to encompass the final interpretation of the Holy Quran, the manner in which this rich treasure has been prised open by an author who had deep insight into the meaning of the Holy Quran, has certainly set the standard by which all future commentaries ought to be judged. An index and the following listings have been added in the present edition at the end of the fifth volume: Table of contents of the Index Alphabetical listing of chapters of the Holy Quran. Important Arabic words and expressions explained in the commentary The Index of subjects. The Publishers acknowledge and sincerely thank the following members of U. S. A. Jamaat in particular and their helpers in general for the very careful and hard work in preparing these listings and the index so exhaustively: Aisha Sharif, Nyceemah Yaqub, Aisha Hakim, Shakura Nooriah, Salma Ghani, Kadija el Hadi, Rafia Ramah, Khulat Alladin, Dhiya Tahira, Uzma Saeed, Farzana Qader and Fatima Haneef. The Publishers also wish to acknowledge the work of M. Zafar