Maulana Azad's Tarjuman-al- Qur'an is an earnest attempt in elucidating the message as it was understood by the followers of the Prophet in his lifetime. He maintained that the latter-day commentators had side-tracked the earlier authentic interpretation under the infuence of alien culture and philosophy. The Tarjuman is a classic in Urdu and is regarded as Azad's more outstanding contribution to Islamic learning. At the author's request, Dr. Syed Abdul Latif had magnifcently reproduced the thought-content of the original, preserving in the process the flavour of Azan's style.