To Muslims, the Quran is the true revelation of GOD and the ultimate authority in Islam. It serves as a manual and guide for humanity, outlining how one's life should be lived. It promises those who embrace its tenets—faith in the oneness of GOD, good deeds, acts of charity, kindness to parents, neighborliness, and fairness, to name a few—not only a fulfilling life on Earth, but also eternal bliss in the hereafter.

The Quran affirms that earlier revelations were not preserved as they were originally revealed. By contrast, the Quran has been safeguarded in the language of the Prophet—memorized verbatim by millions of people across 14 centuries. This book seeks foremost to convey the meaning of the Quran faithfully. Direct word-for-word translations fail to fully capture this meaning, ignoring the roles of linguistic context, nuance, and idiom.

This book makes use of archaic terms and colloquial jargon to most closely reflect intention. Additionally, it retains words without a direct English equivalent in their phonetic Arabic form, with explanations provided in the accompanying dictionary.