In presenting this book my aim and desire is to help people reduce their struggle, frustration and time wasted in finding the truth. Having used most of my time and energy to find real satisfying answers to my questions, such as who and what is Allah. So I know how much of a frustrating battle this can be. In my years of research in this field I was constantly reminded that intelligence begins with such questions, so having finally found some very satisfying answers. My heart tells me to share this knowledge, help others shed light on the inner meaning of the Holy Qur’an, which has puzzled me and lead me to travel around the world in a bid to understand the complete nature of Allah.

After being conditioned to think Allah has no form, is not a person, but is some sort of abstract energy or light, I was so moved and excited, when in my endeavor to obtain the full picture of Allah and all his features, I came across this conversation between two great souls, namely Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and the saint Abdullah Patan. They discussed Allah’s opulence, His personality, His color, His spiritual form, His omniscience and how creation, maintenance and dissolution are all enacted from Him, I was even more joyous when I found all these points are confirmed by verses from the Qur’an.

In realizing the difficulty facing today’s inquisitive souls is in trying to understand the high philosophy of the scriptures and subsequent explanations, I have made a point to render the explanations in easy to understand English, that everyone may follow and understand. After all the concept or idea of the Holy Qur’an is to understand the meaning of serving Allah thus be able to simply and practically cultivate such a process into one’s daily life. There is no use of high philosophy if no one can understand it or worse becomes confused and frustrated by it. This is not healthy for anyone.

For the benefit of unity, peace and elevation of humanity I have tried to bring to our attention the essence of all holy scriptures, the clear common facts which should be understood and used to bring the entire human race and environment into divine harmony, namely

There is only one God;

Everyone is a servant of God;

Goal of life is to serve and love God.

God sends His many messengers and holy books. For example, the Bhagavad-gita, the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Qur’an, for the purpose of uplifting humanity from lower to higher levels of consciousness.

Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad are just a few who devotedly presented God’s guide books to us with practical instructions which they all exemplified in their own behavior, but in due course of time the spiritual knowledge has been lost or perverted due to misinterpretations, misunderstanding either unintentionally or intentionally for the aims of ungodly and unscrupulous leaders to increase political gains and illegal sense gratification. Only by the mercy of great devotees of God who have struggled for our benefit to preserve and make available the real meaning of the revealed scriptures do we have a chance to approach Allah. Those who are sincere can understand. Understanding Allah as complete must mean He is personal as well as impersonal. Of course, for those seeking to love and serve Allah the first of the two would be the intelligent preference.

In this conversation between these two great souls the hidden treasures of the Holy Qur’an are manifested for our benefit. Shree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu removed the barriers between the different religious and various sects of society by advocating and practicing love and devotion to the One Supreme Lord. In his discussion Mahaprabhu detailed that along with the fundamental teachings of the Qur’an, the existence of only one God, there are hidden treasures in the Qur’an which reveals Allah’s personality and His spiritual form. Mahaprabhu beautifully explains that the Holy Qur’an actually advocates love and devotion to the Personality of Allah.

According to the historians Shree Chaitanya had full knowledge of all external and internal meanings of the verses from the Holy Qur’an but we have only seeds of his statements. Therefore using this enlightening discussion and a critical approach, keeping the philosophy on an authentic level I have supported any ideas and concepts presented during this discourse by quoting the fitting verses from the Holy Qur’an. During this discourse the inconceivable nature of Allah was very nicely explained, showing logically and scientifically that as well as being impersonal, ultimately Allah is a personality owning unlimited names or titles according to which aspects of Himself He reveals in His various scriptures, which were revealed to His subjects according to their time, place and circumstances.

Shree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu explains simply that the purpose of the Holy Qur’an is to establish within human society that Allah is the Absolute Truth, the eternal Supreme Being, the origin of everything and the cause of all causes. Mahaprabhu discusses to the joy of saintly Abdullah Patan that to understand these points will bring us under a one true united flag of love and devotion to Allah.

Also discussed within is - mystic power, fruitive activity, speculative knowledge, devotional service, union with Allah, rescued souls, friendship with Allah, personal feelings of Allah, Allah’s face, vision of Allah and much more.

In closing this introduction to this book I hoped to bring into our vision what has been hidden from our sight, but is truly our birthright, to demand and to be given knowledge of Allah’s Personal Nature. For only with such knowledge can we begin to judge for ourselves whether, as the Holy Qur’an establishes, the ultimate goal of life is love of the Supreme Person and whether the different devotional processes mentioned within the Holy Qur’an can rekindle the perfect eternal relationship which we are all looking for in a temporary material world.