Matter of Faith
GUIDE For Muslims (Indexed To The Qur'an) authored by Barrister Salauddin Ahmed is yet another milestone in the literary works in the broad spectrum of Islam. Last year I had the privilege to write a review for his remarkable work, Guidance From The Qu'ran, in this daily.
Regarding the title of the book, the author asserts 'it is not intended that it would be looked upon as a comprehensive guide for the Muslims, rather a tool for achieving one's own sincere efforts to study the Quran deeply and reflect upon it, only to please Allah.'
The present book is intended to serve the purpose of using it as a guide to the Qur'an to find a topic-wise discussion and analysis. It will be a step forward in helping Muslims to be aware of the duties enjoined upon them as mentioned in it and equip them for discharging their duties in creating confidence when they will face the questions on the Day of Judgment. The purpose of the book, the author says, is to read and study the texts in the Qur'an and make clear one's own understanding of his duties to Allah and the people around him. This book, the author hopes, shall create interest in the readers to climb some steps towards that lofty goal. The topics in this book have been arranged in alphabetical order making them user-friendly. For the purpose of reference to the Qu'ran, it has been entirely edited with Surah number and the relevant verse number.
The book virtually meets all the queries of an enquiring mind to satisfy its quest for knowing the contents of the Qu'ran and to carry out further on one's own to appreciate the majesty of Allah and his eternal guidance for man to live a contented life in this world and later in the Hereafter.
The book in hand has been presented in a brilliantly simple, lucid and unaffected way that can be readily accessed and absorbed. Surely when such a book graces your bookshelf, it indeed gains a permanence beyond generations.The author firmly believes that the book (which is available through internet) shall be warmly welcomed by readers who are anxious to learn more from the Qu'ran. It is an elevating read.
The author, Barrister Salauddin Ahmed, presently a resident in Australia is a well-known Bangladeshi Islamic scholar has to his credit four titles published from New Delhi and Kuala Lumpur. His landmark full-fledged Google book, A Dictionary Of Muslim Names (1999) was jointly published from London, New York, India, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. His outstanding voluminous work of 600 pages of Islamic Banking Finance And Insurance: A Global Overview (Kuala Lumpur, 2006) went through reprint. Salauddin Ahmed, a practitioner of the Dhaka High Court became a law academic in the early 70s, moving later to the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia where he taught until the end of the last century. He is a contributor and consultant to the Muslim Names Section of the Dictionary of American Family Names (Oxford, 2003).
Kudos to A S Noordeen, Kuala Lumpur, for publishing the title, a seminal work in the realm of Islam.
The writer is a contributor to The Daily Star.
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