The Quran by Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The Quran by Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The Quran, a book which brings glad tidings to mankind along with divine admonition, stresses the importance of man's discovery of truth on both spiritual and intellectual planes.

Every book has its objective, and the objective of the Quran is to make man aware of the Creation plan of God. That is, to tell man why God created this world; what the purpose is of settling man on earth, what is required from man in his pre-death life span, and what he is going to confront after death. The purpose of the Quran is to make man aware of this reality, thus serving to guide man on his entire journey through life into the after-life.

The Qur'an has essentially three qualities that make it universal. Firstly, it is a masterpiece of immense literary value. Secondly, though its message is a continuation of that contained in the earlier Revelations made to Abraham, David, Moses and Jesus, yet this message has a sense of fulfillment and originality that attracts toward it Jews, Christians and Muslims alike. Finally, it has a wealth of information - both worldly wisdom and intellectual conceptions which provides the code of life for mankind.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali was an Indian Islamic scholar who lived from 14 April 1872 to 10 December 1953. Yusuf Ali's Qur'an translation was published in Lahore in 1938. In the English-speaking world, his translation of the Qur'an is one of the most well-known and extensively utilized. He died in London in 1953.