Author: dr-q-ashfaq-ahmad

  I know Dr Rashid Raashed as a learned scholar having studied traditional Islam from esteemed  Islamic scholars first in Bangladesh and then in Middle East.  After migrating to Australia and while serving the community here in Sydney in various capacity including an Imam, he completed his masters degree from the University of Sydney and doctorate from Macquarie University. But now I realise that he is another adventurous explorer like me in the field of Islam especially pertaining to the Quran, the lofty exalted message of the supreme Creator, Sustainer, God (Khaaliq, Rabb, Allah respectively). For long I have been anxious for a generation of  genuine explorers to present the message of noble ideas of Islamic doctrine through the Quran in depth in the modern context for the present secular modern society of Muslims and non-Muslims. The beauty of this book is that it presents the context in a modern comprehensible way of understanding in the main field of Islam. Dr Raashed has made critical analyses of significant issues and events in the Quran and extrapolated them to our contemporary times. It is very important in the present age to present the comprehensive message of Islam as taught and conveyed by the last Prophet. Islam is the only one divine religion given to all the prophets and messengers selected and ordered by the One God (Allah). The Qur’an is...