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About
Shaykh Abdalhaqq Bewley accepted Islam in 1968 and spent several years in Morocco studying Islam. Since that time he has worked with Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi on the establishment of Islam and Muslim communities, which has led to periods living and teaching in Nigeria, the United States, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Spain, the Caribbean and the United Kingdom. He is the author of Islam, Its Basic Practices and Beliefs, Zakat: Raising a Fallen Pillar, The Four Madhhabs of Islam, The Natural Form of Man, and The Islamic Will: A Practical Guide, among other works. In collaboration with his wife, the renowned Arabic translator Aisha Bewley, he has been responsible for The Noble Qur'an: A New Rendering of its Meaning in English, Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik, and Muhammad: the Messenger of Allah, being the ash-Shifa of Qadi Iyad. He has also contributed to the translation of Tafsir al-Qurtubi and edited works including The Four Imams by Muhammad Abu Zahra. Shaykh Abdalhaqq currently resides in Norwich where he serves as Rector of the Muslim Faculty of Advanced Studies.
