This first English only edition is the product of cumulative experiences gained over the past three decades in publishing the meaning of the Qur an in several languages. Amana publications has been blessed in undertaking publication of this great work of the late Abdullah Yusuf Ali with the highest standard of scholarship and authenticity that his work deserves. In response to repeated requests of readers to publish an explanatory English translation along with commentary and comprehensive index of this work of Abdullah Yusuf Ali, amana publications has devoted its best efforts to bring this first English only edition of The Meaning of The Holy Qur an.