Towards Understanding the Qur'an (Tafhim al-Qur'an) Volume 9: Surah 33 (Al-Ahzab) to Surah 37 (Al-Saffat)

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An immense understanding of the Quran is offered here, a vast treasure of knowledge and deep insight and a valuable exposition of some social, political, economic and legal teachings of the Quran. But what makes this work unique is that it presents the Quran as a book to be lived by. With notes, an introduction and comprehensive index.

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"Addressed primarily to a non-Arabic speaking audience this tafsir places great emphasis on the thorough explanation of basic Qur'anic concepts, such as ilah} rabb, ibada and din, and the Qur'an as a 'book of guidance', not least containing guidance for a movement of Islamic re- construction and the Islamic way of life. Numerous notes add to the usefulness of this aid to understanding the Qur'an. This Tafsir is particularly suitable for the young educated Muslim with no direct access to the Arabic original" Muslim Future

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'Sayyid Abul A'la Al-Mawdudui (Maududi) (1903-1979), one of the chief architects of contemporary Islamic resurgence, was the an outstanding Islamic thinker and writer of his time. He devoted his life to expound the meaning and message of Islam and to organise a collective movement to establish the Islamic Order. In this struggle, he had to pass through all kinds of sufferings. Between 1948-67, he spent a total of five years in different prisons of Pakistan. He authored more than one hundred works on Islam, both scholarly and popular, and his writings have been translated into forty languages."