The Qur’an

About the Book

At the break of dawn, around the globe, more than 1.7 billion men and women, representing one in four of all human beings on this planet, are called to prayer. Among them are Americans and Indians, Russians and Nigerians, Indonesians and Chinese, Africans and Europeans, young and old, men and women. Those who respond recite a few passages from a common Book, glorifying the Name of God, celebrating His munificence and reaffirming the brotherhood of man. The opening recitation is the same whether you pray in Casablanca or Hong Kong, New York or Delhi. The Book that contains the recitations is the Qur’an. The Qur’an is not an ordinary Book. It is a luminescent Lamp that radiates Light. It is Guidance. It is self sustained eloquence where the Word is bigger than itself. It is the Voice from the Heavens, the Word of God. It is with the utmost humility that I have attempted a translation of the Qur’an. It is an honor that Divine Mercy bestows upon a select few and those who do make this attempt dive into an infinite ocean of spiritual bliss that transforms them, overwhelms them and leaves them thoroughly exhausted yet completely satiated.

About the Author

Scientist, educator, inventor, legislator and community leader, Dr. Nazeer Ahmed is Executive Director of the American Institute of Islamic History and Culture based in California. He holds a BS from the University of Mysore, MS and Ae E degrees from the California Institute of Technology, an MBA from Rider University, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Cornell University. Dr. Ahmed was a senior scientist on the Moon Landing and Hubble Space Telescope Projects. His work with the space sciences reinforced his spiritual insights into man and his interrelationship with nature. This pursuit has led him to in depth studies of the meaning of time, spiritual geometry, history and culture. Dr. Ahmed was an elected Member of the Legislative Assembly in Bangalore, India (1978) and was elected as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, GA (1988) from the 46th Congressional District in California. He is an inventor and holds fourteen United States Patents. His articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times and he has conducted extensive lecture tours in the United States, India and Malaysia, speaking on history, science and culture.