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Anwar Ul Bayan
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Anwar ul Bayan is a five volume commentary ( exegesis ) on the Quran that was written by Ashiq Elahi Bulandshahri . It was written in Urdu .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “five volume commentary on the quran that was written by mufti muhammad aashiq elahi muhajir madani”. Today it says “five volume commentary”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
five volume commentary on the quran that was written by mufti muhammad aashiq elahi muhajir madani
Now
five volume commentary
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