About The Book

Dr. Mustafa Khattab is a published author, public speaker, Fulbright interfaith scholar, and member of the Canadian Council of Imams. He received his Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. in Islamic Studies in English with Honours from Al-Azhar University's Faculty of Languages & Translation.

Dr. Khattab lectured on Islam at Clemson University (OLLI Program, 2009-2010), held the position of Lecturer at Al-Azhar University for over a decade starting in 2003, and served as the Muslim Chaplain at Brock University and the University of Toronto (Mississauga).

He was a member of the first team that translated the Ramadan night prayers (Tarawih) live from the Sacred Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah (2002-2005). Dr. Khattab memorized the entire Quran at a young age and later obtained a professional ijazah in the Hafs style of recitation with a chain of narrators going all the way to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

He is the translator of The Clear Quran (2015), the author of The Clear Quran Tafsir for Kids (4 volumes, 2019-2023), The Clear Quran® Dictionary (2020), and The Clear Quran Made Easy: Story-Based Tafsir (2023).

He is also the author of Shukran (an illustrated story for children, 2020), Outfoxing Fox News (2017), The Nation of Islam (2011), and contributor to the Encyclopedia of Muslim American History (2010).