Raza Moosa

A book that celebrates the oneness and power of faith and spirituality. First-ever critical appreciation of the Quran and Bhagavad Gita by juxtaposing selections from the texts. Explores the common religious threads and concepts that comprise oneness of spirituality. The author is a respected scholar of Islam honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2010. Useful contribution to Sufi literature. If man were to come out of the self-limiting veil that covers his eyes what glorious revelations he will see in every faith. Ghalib. This free-flowing narrative illuminates the journey of the author a devout Muslim through sacred books and holy men of all religions starting with his own in search of a personal god and faith and his coming upon the Bhagavad Gita. Examining commentaries on this text from Sankara to Abdur Rahman Chishti alongside some renderings of the Quran here Moosa Raza finds many common threads summoning God through sadhana or dhikr reaching God through daan or giving and the service of the destitute and seeking ecstasy through self-mastery detachment and surrender. These original observations are complemented by his encounters with people practising these values like his ailing school teacher who felt God was always beside him or his friend a senior civil servant who trusting in Allah’s providence kept an open home for the poor and the homeless. Through these experiences and his own striving Raza celebrates the oneness and power of faith and spirituality showing a path for other seekers. Aabout the Author Moosa Raza retired from the IAS is a polyglot and a respected scholar of Islam. He was principal secretary to the chief minister of Gujarat Chief Secretary in Jammu and Kashmir and an advisor to the Governor of UP and Secretary to the Government of India in the Cabinet Secretariat and in the Ministry of Steel. Currently he is the chairman of the South Indian Educational Trust (S.I.E.T.) which runs six educational institutions and also Chairman of the Executive Committee of Coastal Energen Pvt. Ltd. In 2010 he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan. He lives with his wife in Chennai.About the AuthorMoosa Raza retired from the IAS is a polyglot and a respected scholar of Islam. He was principal secretary to the chief minister of Gujarat Chief Secretary in Jammu and Kashmir and an advisor to the Governor of UP and Secretary to the Government of India in the Cabinet Secretariat and in the Ministry of Steel. Currently he is the chairman of the South Indian Educational Trust (S.I.E.T.) which runs six educational institutions and also Chairman of the Executive Committee of Coastal Energen Pvt. Ltd. In 2010 he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan. He lives with his wife in Chennai.