Straight Path

Dr. Nazir Khan MD FRCPC is a medical doctor, clinicalneuroscientist, Islamic theologian, and specialist in Qur’anic sciences. He isan Asst. Professor at McMaster University and a doctoral candidate in Islamictheology at the University of Nottingham. He memorized the whole Qur’an duringhis youth, has certifications (ijāzāt) in all ten readings of the Qur’anthrough both major and minor routes of transmission, and has also receivedcertifications in the six books of Hadith as well as numerous works of Islamictheology. He has served as a volunteer Imam for many years. He is also aconsultant for the Manitoba Islamic Association Fiqh Committee. Followingmedical school, he completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at theUniversity of Manitoba and his fellowship in Neuroradiology at the Universityof Calgary with dual-board certification. His expertise in both medicalsciences and Islamic theology uniquely positions him to address challenging contemporaryquestions regarding faith, reason, and science. He is a Senior Fellow at YaqeenInstitute and served as the founding President of Yaqeen Institute in Canada.

“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]