INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE HOLY QURAN

Introduction to the study of the holy Quran by Mirza Bashir-Ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad (Khalifatul-Masih II)

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE HOLY QURAN

Book Contents

• Need of a New Translation and a New Commentary
• Present Translation Fulfils the Need
• Special Features of this Commentary
• Other Revealed Books
• Need of the Quran
• God of the Bible-A National God
• Vedas Also a National Scripture
• God Is One
• Religion–Not a Product of Human Imagination
• Revealed Teachings Always Against Current Ideas
• Why Teachings of Various Religions Differ
• Islam Teaches Oneness of God and of Humanity
• Jesus–Not a Universal Teacher
• Meaning of Civilisation and Culture
• Different Periods of Civilisation and Culture
• Jewish and Christian Cultures
• A Pertinent Question
• Contradictions in the Old Testament
• Savage Teaching of the Old Testament
• Irrational Teaching of the Old Testament
• Prophets Defamed by the Bible
• The New Testament Examined
• Jesus’ Own Admission
• Testimony of Christian Scholars
• Contradictions in the New Testament
• Superstitions in the Gospels
• Doubtful Ethics of the New Testament
• Interpolations in the Vedas
• Savage Teaching of the Vedas

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• Superstitions in the Vedas
• Contradictions in the Vedas
• Number of Vedic Gods
• God’s Promise to Abraham
• The Prophecy in Deuteronomy
• Faran—Part of Arabia
• The Quraysh are Ishmael’s Descendants
• The Holy Prophet Mentioned in Habakkuk
• The Prophet’s Advent Foretold by Solomon
• Isaiah’s Prophecies
• Prophecies of Daniel
• Prophecies in the New Testament
• The Holy Prophet—A Life Sketch
• Life of the Prophet an Open Book
• Arabia at the Time of the Prophet’s Birth
• Holy Prophet’s Marriage with Khadijah
• The Prophet Receives His First Revelation
• First Converts
• The Faithful Persecuted
• The Message of Islam
• Emigration to Abyssinia
• ‘Umar Accepts Islam
• Persecution Intensifies
• The Prophet Goes to Ta’if
• Islam Spreads to Medina
• First Pledge of ‘Aqabah
• The Hijrah
• Suraqah Pursues the Prophet
• The Prophet Arrives at Medina
• Abu Ayyub Ansari as Prophet’s Host
• Life Unsafe at Medina
• Pact between Various Tribes of Medina
• Meccans Preparing to Attack Medina
• Battle of Badr
• A Great Prophecy Fulfilled