Dr. Elmasry is the president of Canadian Islamic Congress.

The Qur'an
365 Selections for Daily Reading

DR. MOHAMMED ELMASRY

Pages: 379
ISBN:0-9682205-2-5
Printed in 2003
Price: $ 15.95 USA
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This is the first English-language book to offer 365 selected passages from the Qur'an for daily reading. The superb modern translation is clear, accessible, and true to the original Arabic.

The books consists of 365 passages from the Holy Qur'an, selected "using similar parameters of length and topical value so that each daily excerpt takes on 15 minutes to both read and contemplate." According to the author, "these daily readings also stand alone in terms of the topics or issues they address."

"My aim and purpose throughout has been to make each daily reading able to stand alone without any need for disruptive footnotes or explanations. And I have no wish to preface these passages with exhaustive commentary. Rather, I prefer to stand back and allow them to work their miracles in helping the reader to achieve spiritual fitness: they have been potent in the past and I believe they are so again." (From the Preface)

This is an excellent book for the living in today's fast paced life. "For most of us, living in today's world means living in a stressful, fast-paced society where it is increasingly difficult to find the time, the inclination, the mood, and the desire to slow down a bit to reflect, contemplate, think, pray, and communicate with God." This book provides that opportunity.

About the Author

Author Dr. Mohamed I. Elmasry was born in Cairo, Egypt, and has lived in Canada since 1968, but continues to travel frequently throughout the
Muslim world. He is a professor of computer engineering at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario Canada. As well as being a prolific author of academic papers and texts, he is a lifelong Islamic scholar, author and journalist on matters of faith, politics and social
justice.