This anthology of 365 quotations from the Quran, with brief explanatory notes, enables readers to gain a clear idea as to what the Quran says on: • the purpose behind the creation of man and the universe • concept and attributes of God in Islam • man’s obligations toward God • man’s obligations toward fellow human beings • the ideal way of life • man’s social relations • husband-wife relationship • man’s final end (Death and the Afterlife) • gender equality • how to co-exist peacefully with others • how to win God’s pleasure and Paradise • the immense reward for charity, justice and good conduct • God’s creative wonders ABOUT THE COMPILER AND TRANSLATOR ABDUR RAHEEM KIDWAI is Professor of English at the Aligarh Muslim University, India and Visiting Fellow, School of English, University of Leicester, UK. He obtained 2 doctorate degrees in English from the Aligarh and Leicester (UK) universities. He has published 22 books on Islam, the Quran, and English Literature, including The Quran: Essential Teachings, 365 Sayings of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), and What is in the Quran?: Meaning of the Quran in Simple English. His latest, commissioned work in progress is From Impostor to Hero: Representation of Prophet Muhammad in English Literature (Islamabad, Islamic Research Institute)