SEARCHING FOR SOLACE

BOOK REVIEW “Though the English translation of the Qur’an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali ha been most popular in the homes of educated Muslims and millions of its copies and numerous editions have been produced, no detailed information was so far available about the author’s own life and activities. This task has now been excellently performed… Searching for Solace is work of mature scholarship. Dr. Sherif has shown remarkable judgement, fairness an maturity of outlook” — Inamul Haq Formerly Director Genera Punjab Public Librarie “There are far too few biographies and serious research into Muslim live by Muslims… I strongly recommend this book to all those who would learn about a sensitive human being and a great Muslim scholar. I would also recommend this book to those who wish to learn about Muslim society and its treatment of its scholars. It is a book which will make thoughtful Muslims pause and think about issues that are central” — Akbar S. Ahmed “An exemplary biography of a figure hitherto known to most English- speaking Muslims by little more than name. Based on exhaüstive research, written with great clarity, and judicious and balanced in its analysis and conclusions, this book deserves to be read by all accustomed to using Yusuf ‘Ali’s translation of the Qur’ anic meanings”. — Hamid Algar Department of Near Eastern Studies University of California at Berkeley “If the book of Allah is untranslatable, then those who attempt to let it speak in other tongues must be unusual creatures indeed… Our blessed Prophet commanded us to know the men from whom we take our religion: and yet the story of Yusuf Ali…until now has remained untold…. Searching for Solace is probably a better remedy for this absence than we deserve.lt is an interpretative biography grounded firmly in exhaustive and diverse research in the best tradition of modern English biographical writing”. — Abdal Hakim Murad in Q- Nevvs Lonclon