The Essence Of The Quran

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The Essence Of The Quran We are glad to present the readers this selection from the Holy Quran on the occasion of the auspicious birthday of Apostle Mohammad. Acharya Vinoba Bhave has studied the Quran for the last twenty-five years and it was during the last year and a half that the present volume took final shape and form. As stated by Shri Vinoba himself in his Foreword, the object behind its compilation is “to unite the hearts of men.” ‘The Essence of the Quran’ is a valuable addition to the spiritual lore of humanity.

The selections have been made from the original Arabic. The English rendering is adopted from the ‘Glorious Quran’ by Mr. Mohammad Marmaduke Pickthall. References to the respective numbers of Suras and the Avats (verses) are shown in ths tables included in the end of the book. Vinobaji has grouped these verses under appropriate captions to highlight the Message of the Quran Orginally, he gave these headings in Marathi, his mothertongue, which have subsequently been translated into English by some of our esteemed friends. But, the entire responsibility for the translations is, of course, ours.

We are grateful to the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the holders of the Copyright of the translation of the ‘Glorious Quran’ by Mr. Pickthall, for permitting us to use it for the purpose of these selections. Our thanks are also due to all those friends who have helped us in the publication of this book, particularly to Achyut Deshpande, lovingly addressed by Vinoba as ‘Mian’, who was specially summoned by the latter to assist him in this work and whose contribution has been most valuable