Foreword

Maulana Muhammad Taqi Usmani
  "Ma'ariful-Qur'an is the name of a detailed Urdu commentary of the Holy Qur'an written by my father Maulan Mufti Muhammad Shafi one of the eminent scholars who served as a professor and as a grand Mufti of Darul-Uloom Deoband, the well-known university of the Islamic Sciences in the sub-continent of India. In 1943, he resigned from Darul-Uloom, due to his active involvement in the Pakistan movement, and when Pakistan came into existence, he migrated to Karachi where he devoted his life for this new homeland of the Muslims and served the country in different capacities. He also established  Darul-Uloom Karachi, an outstanding institute of Islamic Sciences on the pattern of Darul-Uloom Deoband, which is regarded today as the biggest private institute of higher Islamic education in Pakistan."
Written by Maulana Mufti Muhammad Shafi
Translated by Prof. Muhammad Hasan Askari, Prof. Muhammad Shamim
Revised by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani