‘He is the one who dieth not’

The first edition of this humble service

to

The Holy Book of God

is

Dedicated

To the memory of the Goodness, devotion to God and

Service above self for the welfare of the public in

General and the poor in particular

Of

Marhoom wa Maghfoor

Hajj Dawood Habib Ismail

Who in the forty ninth year of his life

on

23^rd September 1950

Submitted his soul to the Lord at the Holy place of

Mina

In the pilgrim garb of

Ihram

While performing Hajj (Pilgrimage) to the house of the Lord

and was laid to the rest in the holy cemetery of

Jannahul Mo’alla

In the

Holy City of Mecca

Whose unexpected departure has been a loss irreparable.

A Sincere Request

Every Muslim brother or sister who uses this Holy Book, is humbly

requested to present the noble soul to whom this work is dedicated, with a

recital of the Sura al-Fatiha and earn the return for it, from the Lord.

S. V. Mir Ahmad Ali