 Mirza Mahmood Ahmad was the second caliph and leader of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam.The first of the 10 volumes this work were published in 1940 by Zia ul Islam Press, Qadian.In the preface to the first volume, explaining need for a modern commentary, Mahmood Ahmad acknowledged the importance of the classical commentators like Ibn Kathir, Zamakhshari, Abu Hayyan etc.