[1] First published in Arabic in 2008 from Cairo as al-Tadhkir al-Qawim fi Tafsir al-Quran al-Hakim, the work has also been translated into Hindi and English.

The English version was published by Goodword Books in 2011 as The Quran Translation and Commentary with Parallel Arabic Text.

[3] Maulana Wahiduddin Khan's English translation of the Quran is widely acknowledged as simple, clear and easy-to-read.

[4] According to the Maulana, the holy Qur'an, the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God (Arabic: الله, Allah).,[5] stresses the importance of man's discovery of truth at the level of realization.

Its objective is to explain God's Creation plan, i.e. why God created this world; the purpose of settling man on earth, what is required from man in his pre-death life span, and how his life's record will determine what the post-death period will bring reward or punishment.