An introduction to the daily life of a Muslim for young people.
This is a short booklet that is a good starting point on Islam for young people.
About The Author
Thomas Ballantyne Irving (1914–2002), also known as Al-Hajj Ta'lim Ali Abu Nasr, was an American Muslim author, professor, and scholar, who produced the first American English translation of the Qur'an. Irving was born in Preston, Ontario (now Cambridge) in 1914, the son of William Irving and Jessica McIntyre. He embraced Islam in the early 1950s and took the name Al-Hajj Ta'lim Ali Abu Nasr. He earned a B.A. in Modern Languages from the Universiy of Toronto, and went on to obtain a master's degree from McGill University, and a PhD in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University in 1940. An accomplished scholar of linguistics and a writer, Irving was responsible for the first American English translation of the Qur'an, The Qur'an: First American Version, published in 1985. As a scholar, Irving taught and studied at a number of leading universities in the U.S. and Canada, including McGill, Princeton, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Tennessee.
Author: T.B. Irving
Format(s): Paperback
Pages: 12
Publisher: Kube Publishing
Published: 1974
ISBN10/ISBN13: 9780860370918
