▁affili ated ▁with ▁Hy der abad ▁School ▁( No ble ▁School ) ▁to ▁form ▁N iz am ▁College . ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁University ▁of ▁Bomb ay , ▁followed ▁by ▁study ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Chicago ▁in ▁Education ▁and ▁Soci ology ▁at ▁gradu ate ▁level ▁( 1 9 2 7 – 2 8 ) ▁and ▁mainly ▁at ▁Corn ell ▁University , ▁where ▁he ▁received ▁his ▁Ph . D . ▁in ▁R ural ▁Soci ology ▁( 1 9 2 9 ), ▁his ▁th esis ▁was : ▁" So cial ▁change ▁in ▁the ▁Hy der abad ▁state ▁in ▁India ▁as ▁affected ▁by ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁Western ▁culture ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁Ali ▁came ▁under ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁Mir za ▁Ab ul ▁F az l , ▁who ▁ar oused ▁his ▁interest ▁in ▁and ▁rever ence ▁for ▁the ▁Q ur ' an . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁scholar ▁of ▁wide ▁er ud ition ▁and ▁clear ▁vision , ▁and ▁was ▁gift ed ▁with ▁special ▁insight ▁into ▁the ▁Q ur ' an . ▁He ▁devoted ▁more ▁than ▁thirty ▁years ▁in ▁transl ating ▁the ▁Q ur ' an ▁into ▁po etic ▁English ▁to ▁re capt ure ▁its ▁beauty ▁and ▁rh ythm . ▁He ▁was ▁aware ▁of ▁the ▁significance ▁of ▁the ▁chron ological ▁order ▁of ▁the ▁Q ur ' an ic ▁revel ation ▁and ▁arranged ▁it ▁according ▁to ▁chron ological ▁order . ▁His ▁translation ▁came ▁out ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁with ▁the ▁title , ▁The ▁Message ▁of ▁the ▁Q ur ' an : ▁Pres ented ▁in ▁Pers