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The Excellent Qualities of the Holy Quran By Imam Muhammed Bin Abdul Wahab Rendered into English by Muhammed Iqbal Siddique • Foreword • The Recitation of the Holy Quran and the Virtues of its Knowledge • The Excellence of the Followers of the Holy Quran • The Obligation to Acquire Knowledge and Reflect upon the Holy Qur’an, and a Warning to the Heedless • Suspicion of Hypocrisy regarding the Heedless • The Word of Allah • Disobedience of the Holy Quran • Recitation of the Holy Quran in a Hypocritical Spirit • Making the Holy Quran a Source of Livelihood • Faithfulness to the Holy Quran • The Fate of those Who Seek Guidance from other than the Holy Quran • Exaggerated Statement about the Holy Qur’an • The Mandate of the Holy Prophet in respect of Allegorical Verses • Admonition to those Who Express their Opinion in the Holy Quran without Knowledge • Disputation about the Quranic Revelations • The Consequence of Dispute Regarding the Words and Meanings of the Holy Quran • Disperse When Any Difference of Opinion Arise • The Fate of those Who Turneth Away from the Revelations of Allah • The Recitation of the Holy Qur’an in Trial FOREWORD This is an English version of the book entitled Fada il-e-Quran originally written in Arabic by the Imam Muhammad bin 'Abdul Wahb, an eminent Muslim Scholar, and translated into Urdu by Maulana Mahmud Ahmad Ghazanfar, Mab'uth, Dar al-Ifta, Government of Saudi Arabia. Strictly speaking it is not a literal rendering of the original; rather it is the presentation of the meaning of the original in easy English language; in presenting the meaning, however, an attempt has been made to be very close to the original. All footnotes are added by the Translator to clarify difficult phrases and words, and to provide the reader with more relevant information. It is hoped that this small book will be of great help to the Englishknowing reader in his understanding of the Holy Quran. I must record my sincere thanks to Maulana Ghazanfar for carefully going through the manuscript and making valuable suggestions for improving the rendering. May Allah accept this humble effort of a worker who is neither a well versed Scholar nor a reputed Writer, and forgive him for the mistakes and shortcomings due to his ignorance and lack of knowledge. Muhammad Iqbal Siddiqi