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Trbners Oriental Series

A COMPREHENSIVE COMMENTARY ON THE QURN

Trbners Oriental Series

ISLAM
In 8 Volumes

I	Selections from the Kur-n Edward William Lane
II	The Mesnev of Mevln (Our Lord) Jellu-d-Dn, Muhammed, er-Rm James W Redhouse
III	The Faith of Islm Edward Sell
IV	A Comprehensive Commentary on the Qurn Vol I E M Wherry
V	A Comprehensive Commentary on the Qurn Vol II E M Wherry
VI	A Comprehensive Commentary on the Qurn Vol III E M Wherry
VII	A Comprehensive Commentary on the Qurn Vol IV E M Wherry
VIII	Masnavi I Manavi E H Whinfield

A COMPREHENSIVE COMMENTARY ON THE QURN

COMPRISING SALES TRANSLATION AND PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE

VOL I

E M WHERRY

First published in 1882 by
Trbner & Co Ltd

Reprinted in 2000 by
Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN

Transferred to Digital Printing 2007

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

1882 E M Wherry

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A Comprehensive Commentary on the Qurn
ISBN 0-415-24527-3
Islam: 8 Volumes
ISBN 0-415-24292-4
Trbners Oriental Series
ISBN 0-415-23188-4

A COMPREHENSIVE COMMENTARY

ON

THE QURN:

COMPRISING SALES TRANSLATION

AND

PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE,

WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES AND EMENDATIONS.

TOGETHER WITH

A Complete Index to the Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes,

BY THE REV. E. M. WHERRY, M.A.

VOL. I.

LONDON:
TRBNER & CO., LUDGATE HILL.
1882.

[All rights reserved.]

PREFACE.

IN presenting to the public the first-volume of A Comprehensive Commentary on the Qurn, I think it necessary to make a brief statement as to the reasons which have led to the publication of this work, and the object sought to be attained thereby.

The idea of preparing such a work grew out of the wants which I felt in the pursuit of my own study of the Qurn, and in the work of a missionary among Muslims. The time required to gather up the results of the labours of various writers on Islm; the difficulty of preserving these results in a form suitable for convenient reference; and the still greater difficulty of bringing the truth thus acquired to bear on the minds of Muslims, owing to the absence of any medium whereby the proof-texts, referred to in the English works by chapter and verse, may be found in the original copies current among Muhammadans, where no such mode of reference is used;all these suggested the great need of a work which would remove in some degree at least these obstacles to the study of the Qurn, and thus promote a better knowledge of Islm among missionaries.

It will thus be seen that I have not laboured simply to make a book. I have endeavoured to provide for a felt want. My object has been to gather up in a few volumes the results of the labours of those who have endeavoured to elucidate the text of the Qurn, adding the results of my own study. It is in this sense that this work is entitled a Comprehensive Commentary. Though primarily intended for the use of those who, like myself, are engaged in missionary work among Muhammadans, it is hoped that it will render valuable service to others.

The plan adopted in the preparation of this work is as follows:

I. To present Sales translation of the Qurn in the form of the Arabic original, indicating the Sipra, Srat, Ruq, of the Sipra, Ruq of the Srat, &c, as they are in the best Oriental editions.

II. To number the verses as they are in the Roman Urd edition of Maulvi Abdul Qdirs translation. This arrangement will be of special benefit to missionaries in India.

III. To exhibit in the notes and comments the views of the best Muslim commentators. For these I am indebted for the most part to Sale, the Tafsr-i-Raufi, the Tafsr-i-Hussaini, the Tafsr-i-Fatah-ar-Rahmn, and the notes on Abdul Qdirs Urd translation of the Qurn. Sales notes have been almost entirely drawn (with the aid of Maraccis work in Latin) from the standard writings of Baidhwi, the Jallan, and Al Zamakhshari I have also culled much from some of the best European writers on Islm, a list of whose works may be found below.

IV. To the above is prefixed Sales Preliminary Discourse, with additional notes and emendations. And the last volume will contain a complete Index, both to the text of, and the notes on, the Qurn, which will enable the reader to acquaint himself with the teaching of the Qurn on any particular subject, with a very small amount of labour.

In regard to the spelling of proper names, I have invariably Romanised the original form of the words, except when quoting from living authors, in which case I have felt obliged to retain the spelling peculiar to each writer.

In order to facilitate the study of individual chapters, and to help a better understanding of the various revelations, I have prefixed to each chapter a brief introduction, showing the circumstances under which the revelations were made, the date of their publication by Muhammad, and also giving a brief analysis of each chapter as to its teaching.

As to the matter of the notes, the reader will perceive occasional repetition. This is due in part to the repetitions of the text, and partly in order to call special attention to certain doctrines of the Qurn, e.g., its testimony to the genuineness and credibility of the Christian Scriptures current in the days of Muhammad; the evidence it affords to its own character as a fabrication; its testimony to the imposture of the Arabian prophet, in his professing to attest the Former Scriptures, while denying almost every cardinal doctrine of the same,in his putting into the mouth of God garbled statements as to Scripture history, prophecy, and doctrine, to suit the purposes of his prophetic pretensions,and in his appealing to Divinity to sanction his crimes against morality and decency.

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