Pearls From The Quran: Lessons from Surah al-Kahf

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Yasir Qadhi: Yasir Qadhi (b. 1975 CE) is an American Muslim scholar, lecturer, and prolific author whose books reach a broad English-speaking readership. He was born in Houston, Texas, to a Pakistani family and spent part of his upbringing in Jeddah. After completing a BSc in chemical engineering at the University of Houston, he turned to traditional Islamic study, spending roughly a decade at the Islamic University of Madina, where he earned a BA in hadith and the Islamic sciences and an MA in Islamic theology. He later completed a PhD in Islamic studies at Yale University, with doctoral research touching on the thought of Ibn Taymiyya. He has held a series of teaching and leadership roles, including dean of academic affairs at the AlMaghrib Institute and a teaching post in religious studies at Rhodes College in Memphis. Today he is resident scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center in Texas, dean of The Islamic Seminary of America, and chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America. He appears regularly on listings of influential Muslims. His writing favors clear, contemporary exposition of classical material. Titles connected to him include studies of Surat al-Kahf and Surat Yusuf, a work on the parables of the Qurʾan, a contemporary analysis of the Prophetic Sira, and accessible retellings of the lives of the Companions, alongside earlier works on the Qurʾanic sciences.