"...One finds in it this extraordinary illumination and understanding of the meaning of the various acts of worship. It draws on the Qur’an, it draws on the sayings of the Prophet, it draws on the writings of some of the great people of wisdom of the past. The purpose of the book is to say: this is something you were never taught at school – it’s actually talking about a whole zone of knowledge that has been kept at bay, if you like, by established educational institutions in what’s called the West...." (reviewed by Ahmad Thomson in FiveBooks).


The full interview is available here: http://fivebooks.com/interviews/ahmad-thomson-on-essence-islam ( )