Nadeem M. Qureshi’s impressive new English translation, Shakib Arslan’s Why Muslims Lagged Behind and Others Progressed, was featured in the November/December 2022 issue of Islamic Horizons magazine. You can read the full feature here.

Shakib Arsalan’s Why Muslims Lagged Behind and Others Progressed, previously only available in Arabic, is very popular and relevant even decades later. Nadeem M. Qureshi has made this enlightening intellectual exchange available to a broader audience by translating it into English. The book goes into detail about the reasons for the decline of Islamic societies and how they can rise again. You can order your copy here.

Nadeem M. Qureshi is an accomplished Pakistani politician. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with an engineering degree. He is the founder of several companies and the Pakistani Political party, Mustaqbil Pakistan, for which he now acts as the chairman. An interest in Arabic language motivated him to pursue a degree in Arabic literature and start writing and translating literature.