The Straight Path
How Surah al-Fatiha Addresses Modern Ideologies
$35.62
- Hardcover
228 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2025
Summary
The Straight Path offers a bold perspective, showing how Surah al-Fatiha directly challenges the dominant ideologies of our time—ideologies that underpin the confusion, injustice, and even atrocities we see today. Nowhere is this failure more evident than in the genocide in Gaza, a grim example of the ethical collapse of secular modernity.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781835920213 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1835920217 |
| Author: | Nazir Khan |
| Publisher: | Islamic Foundation |
| Imprint: | Islamic Foundation |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 228 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 638g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 160mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
“It’s rare to find a book that makes you pause, that makesyou rethink how you see the world. The Straight Path by Dr Nazir Khan is one ofthose rare works. The seven verses of Sūrah al-Fātiḥah are not only spirituallypotent but intellectually surgical; each verse, in divine sequence, addresses acore modern ideology that has shaped (and distorted) the contemporary humanmind. Rather than force the reader into shallow parallels between scripture andsociety, the author walks you through the Fātiḥah as though through a garden,letting the verses speak for themselves while gently pointing to how eachdivine truth uproots a false one. This is not just a book for students oftheology; it’s for anyone who has ever felt the tension between modern life andtimeless truth. More than a book, The Straight Path is a lens — through whichboth the Qur’an and the world come into clearer view.”
- Dr. Osman Latiff [SeniorResearcher, Sapience Institute]
Allah swt gave the author of this book a unique idea, and Alhamdulillah, the author did a good job writing this powerful book. - Abeer Arain
Nazir Khan
Dr. Nazir Khan MD PhD FRCPC is a medical doctor, clinical neuroscientist, Islamic theologian, and specialist in Qur’anic sciences. He is a Diagnostic Neuroradiologist and Associate Professor at McMaster University. He completed his PhD in Islamic theology at the University of Nottingham.
Dr. Khan memorized the whole Qur’an during his youth and holds certifications (ijāzāt) in all ten readings of the Qur’an through both major and minor routes of transmission. He has also received certifications in the six books of Hadith as well as numerous works of Islamic theology. He has served as a volunteer Imam for many years and is a consultant for the Manitoba Islamic Association Fiqh Committee.
Following medical school, he completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Manitoba and his fellowship in Neuroradiology at the University of Calgary, earning dual-board certification. His expertise in both medical sciences and Islamic theology uniquely positions him to address challenging contemporary questions regarding faith, reason, and science. He is a Senior Fellow at Yaqeen Institute and served as the founding President of Yaqeen Institute in Canada.
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