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What is The Message of The Quran ?

‘The Message of The Qur'an’, has been acclaimed as one of the best,
English translations and commentary of Quran by ‘Leopold
Weiss’ [Muhammad Asad]. It is  based on his own knowledge of classical
Arabic and on the authoritative classical commentaries, although it
has been criticized by some traditionalists for its Mutazilite
[rationalistic] leanings. He wrote “This Law of Ours “ where he sums
up his views on Islamic law and rejects decisively the notion of
‘Taqlid’, or strict judicial precedent which has been accepted as
doctrine by most Muslim groups. He also makes a plea for rationalism
and plurality in Islamic law, which he sees as the true legacy of the
earliest generations of Muslim.
‘Leopold Weiss’ was born in 1900 in what was then Austro-Hungarian
Lwów in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Lviv in Ukraine; he died
1992. He was Jew who converted to Islam to become a great scholar.  He
was a descendant of a long line of rabbis. However, his father was a
barrister. He received a thorough religious education. He was
proficient in Hebrew from an early age and was also familiar with
Aramaic. He studied the Old Testament, as well as the text and
commentaries of the Talmud, the Mishna and Gemara. Furthermore, he
delved into the intricacies of Biblical exegesis, the Targum. So,
after abandoning university in Vienna, Asad (or Weiss, as he was then
called) had drifted aimlessly around 1920s Germany, even working
briefly for the expressionist film director Fritz Lang.
His traveled and sojourned through Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Iran (he
wrote many insightful articles on Schism), and also Afghanistan and
the southern Soviet Republics, were viewed with great suspicion by the
Colonial Powers. He took a close interest in the many liberation
movements active at that time with the aim of freeing Muslim lands
from colonial rule. He ended up in India where he met and worked
alongside Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, the poet-philosopher, who had proposed
the idea of an independent Muslim state in India, which later became
Pakistan. Later he represented Pakistan in the UN, headed department
of Islamic studies at Punjab University He also contributed in the
formulation of “Objective Resolution”, part of Constitution of Islamic
Republic of Pakistan.
1: “The Message of The Qur'an”, is available as PDF e-Book, Size: 8
MB, download@ https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0Qfx8dX9TCvZWJjMjQ2Zj
QtOWEzNS00MGIyLWJiZjItOTNmMWNiZTcyYWMw&hl=en

2: Quick Guide for the Study of the Qur'an: PDF e-Book, Size: 612 KB,
download @ https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0Qfx8dX9TCvM2IxNTE3YTUtZ
TM1NC00ZTYzLWEyNDMtOWRiNjM2MDNmODUy&hl=en

3: Quran Topical Index:
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0Qfx8dX9TCvM2JiYzE0ZTUtYmU5NC00NTEx
LTg5YzktN2Y2ZWFiNWNjY2Ni&hl=en

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