The Obligations Muslims Owe to the Qur’an - Foreword

The Obligations Muslims Owe to the Qur’an

by 
Dr. Israr Ahmad

Translated by 
 Prof. Mohammad Ibrahim, M. A.

Markazi Anjuman Khuddam-ul- 

Qur’an Lahore

2005

First Edition

1st Printing        July, 1973        2000 Copies

2nd Printing        July 1979         2000 Copies

3rd Printing         July, 1982        2200 Copies

4th Printing      Aug., 1987        3000 Copies

5th Printing         Feb., 1992       1100 Copies

Second Revised Edition

1st Printing        Aug, 1998        1100 Copies

2nd Printing       Oct, 2003         1100 Copies

3rd Printing        May, 2005        1100 Copies

Printed at: Shirkat Printing Press, Lahore

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Ahmad, Israr

The Book and the Believer

1. Koran-Criticism, Interpretation, etc. I. Title

297’.1226 BP130.4

ISBN 0-907461-59-X

Price Rs: 60

The  Anjuman  does  not  reserve  to  itself  any  copyright  for  the publication  of  this  tract.  It  may  be  published  by  any  person  who happens to be inspired by the same purpose as the writer.

FOREWORD

This article, which appeared in Urdu under the title Musalmanon per Qur’an-e-Majeed Kay Huqooq, is based on two addresses delivered by Dr. Israr Ahmad to the Congregations in Jami‘ah Khazra, Samanabad (Lahore) on two consecutive Fridays in January 1968, at a time when the Muslims of Pakistan were celebrating the 1400th anniversary of the commencement of the Revelation of the Holy Qur’an to Prophet Muhammad (SAW). During the following month, speeches on similar topics were delivered by Dr. Israr Ahmad at the Ajmal Bagh College, Sadiqabad, Ta‘meer-e-Millat High School, Sukkur, and Government College, Jhang. The text of these addresses and speeches was edited and published in the monthly Meesaq in its May and June issues of the same year. In November 1969, it appeared in  the  form of a booklet under the title mentioned above, and in July 1972 its second edition of ten thousand copies was published by the Markazi Anjuman Khuddam-ul-Qur’an, Lahore.

Musalmanon per Qur’an-e-Majeed Kay Huqooq is an impassioned call to the Muslims “to return to the Qur’an,” to rededicate themselves to its study, and make it the sole guide for their lives. Considering the profound purpose behind the book, I felt that it should be rendered into English for the benefit of our English-reading public as well as for approaching the minds of the people abroad. Accordingly, I was thinking of seeking Dr. Israr Sahib’s permission for the translation of the book when, one day, to my delightful surprise he himself suggested that I should translate the Huquq — that being the brief and popular sobriquet of this book. Hence the translation now appears under the title The Obligations Muslims Owe to the Qur’an.

This translation has already been published in the form of an article by the All Pakistan Islamic Education Congress in a recent issue of their journal Islamic Education under the title: “What Does the Qur’an Demand from its Followers?” and now, through their courtesy and cooperation, it is reappearing under a new title in the form of a regular booklet. I pray that it may prove helpful in the fulfillment of the great purpose which Dr. Israr Ahmad, the author of the original book, has set before himself and which he is pursuing with a single-minded devotion, Ameen.

MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM

Source:The Obligations Muslims owe to The Quran (Book by Dr. Israr Ahmad)