Man in the Quran Al-Aqqad

About the author of Man in the Quran

Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad (1889-1964) was an Egyptian writer, thinker, journalist and poet. He was born in the city of Aswan in southern Egypt to an Egyptian father and a mother of Kurdish descent. He became famous for his literary and intellectual writings, and played a major role in Egyptian literary and political life

About the book Man in the Quran

This book by Professor Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad is very profound, and it will probably not be the last of his books I read. It represents a tremendous, remarkable effort of scholarship and research on the theory of evolution and the origin of species, in which he tries to bring together all the different points of view. The book centers on man and the theory of evolution, beginning with an explanation of man's place in the Quran and the honor bestowed upon him, and laying a clear foundation for the subject