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Foreword to the Second Edition

This book, an introduction to the Sciences of the Qur’ān, was compiled more than a decade ago and since then it has run into two reprint editions. For some time it has been out of print. The book has received acclamation from many quarters and there was a need to bring out a revised edition, eliminating some of the printing mistakes and standardising the system of transliteration.

In this new edition, therefore, we have tried to correct such mistakes, standardise the transliteration of Arabic and foreign words and have made a few necessary minor additions. Modern researches have been duly credited in a supplementary bibliography. I hope readers of ‘Ulūm al-Qur’ān will find the book of great value and will benefit immensely from the new bibliographical information.

I am grateful to my colleagues, in particular Mokrane Guezzou, for going through the book and suggesting necessary alterations and corrections. May Allah accept this humble contribution of the Foundation and make it a source of reference for students of the Qur’ān.

Rabī‘ al-Awwal 1415	M. Manazir Ahsan
August 1994	Director General