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“EXTRACTS FROM THE CORAN 
IN THE ORIGINAL. WITH ENGLISH RENDERING. 
Compiled by Sir WILLIAM MUIR, K.C.S.I, LL.D., 
Author of “‘ The Life of Mahomet.” 
. The Author originally intended to publish these extracts in a tri-lingual form—Arabic, English, 
and Urdoo—suitable for the use of Schools in India; conceiving that while acceptable to the Mahome- 
| tans they might not be unattractive to others, either Hindoo or Christian, as illustrations at once of the 
| beautiful and nervous diction of the Coran and also of the better parts of Mussulman theology. But 
he was assured by his Mahometan friends that their people would be averse from the use of any such 
manual ; reverence for the ‘divine Coran,” being so intense that the very act of using extracts selected 
from it would be held a desecration. Moreover, some of his own countrymen were startled at the pro- 
posal, thinking that the introduction of such a school-book might be regarded as an undue recognition 
of the Coran. The proposed publication was therefore for a time dropped. Sir Wm. Muir has now 
heen induced to take the matter in hand again. He thinks ‘‘ that the publication of these extracts will 
be beneficial. It may promote amongst us the knowledge of portions of the teaching of Mahomet which 
are in themselves unobjectionable and often edifying. And it may also be useful, as affording a certain 
basis of agreement and common thought, for those who come into contact with the Moslem world. 
Again, in respect of schools in India, the scruples as to the use of such a manual may perhaps be over- 
come ; and if once introduced, it ts likely to be popular. At any rate, for the student of Arabic in 
‘this country, the selection must prove very serviceable. There can be no better introduction to this 
noble tongue, than the eloquent lessons of the Prophet himself, couched as they are in language of 
singular force and beauty, held by Moslems of every agea model unrivalled in its elegance, purity and 
power.” 
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