Excerpt from The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Vol. 1 of 2: Translated Into English Immediately From the Original Arabic; With Explanatory Notes, Taken From the Most Approved Commentators But to return to the following work. Though I have freely censured the former translations of the Koran, I would not therefore be suspected of a design to make my own pass as free from faults: I am very sensible it is not and I make no doubt but the few who are able to discern them, and know the difficulty of the under taking, will give me fair quarter. I likewise flatter myself that they, and all considerate persons, will ex cuse the delay which has happened in the publication of this work; when they are informed, that it was carried on at leisure times only, and amidst the neces sary avocations of a troublesome profession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.