The Quran and I

Author: Anas Zubedy

Language: English and Malay

Price: RM 36.40

A collection of memoirs, personal reflections and childhood memories, The Quran and I depict how the Quran inspires one man in his day to day living.

From lessons of his grandfather to stories of growing up in a multiracial environment to launching his first career, The Quran and I is an honest, touching, hilarious and heartbreaking story of a Muslim man living in Malaysia and how he grew up to be a man who truly believes in unity.

The stories told in this book reflect a uniquely Malaysian setting – the temples, mosques, and churches sitting side by side on streets, the friendships in schools that know no race or religion, the beauty of unity in diversity seen in our everyday lives; the needs, ambitions and dreams that we all feel deep within us, regardless of race or religion.

Interspersing personal reflections with verses of the Quran, this book may serve as an introduction to the Quran and some of the worldviews of Muslims to those unfamiliar with it. It also demonstrates how the Quran can be a guide for Muslims that teaches them to live in empathy and unity in our multiracial setting of Malaysia.

‘The Quran and I’ has been nominated Top Ten for POPULAR-The Star Reader’s Choice Awards 2011 under the non-fiction category. It is also selected to be in the ‘50 Best Malaysian Books for International Rights’ catalogue, featured in the Frankfurt International Book Fest and Beijing Book Fest 2011.