About The Book

A Perspective on the Signs of Al-Quran: Through the Prism of the Heart.

This book is about spirituality from the Islamic viewpoint. It is not about religion. Spirituality and religion are inseparable but they are not synonymous. Spirituality is an extra dimension of religion.

This dimension is the path to god anchored in the earnest orthodoxy of religious practice. The orthodoxy of religion is the rich soil that nurtures the trees of spirituality. Under the shade of this tree is the repose of life. The tree itself manifests the consciousness of the soul.

About the Author:

Saeed was born in 1952 in Karachi Pakistan. He came to the US at age 21 after completing his M.Sc. in Solid-State Physics from Karachi University. He continued his education in the US earning an MS in Political Science from San Jose State University, followed by post-graduate work in Computer Science. Saeed is a veteran of Semiconductor Industry and is one of the pioneers in semiconductor testing. Saeed is presently the chairman of the board of Silicon Turnkey Solutions, a privately held Semiconductor Company in Milpitas CA.

What inspired Saeed to write this book?

"I cannot identify a singular trigger for this work. In the mix are the many reminders of mortality via departed friends, failing anchors, and truthful mirrors. Of course, the introspective urges of life's sunset years stir a quest for both a deeper meaning to life and its approaching legacy. In the mix too is the religious and political turmoil that besieges us all in the advent of the 21st century. Hatred pollutes faith and this book is directed first inwardly and then at anyone whose hatred of another spring from a difference of belief. Growing old can be a spiritual gift. A negative environment too, though not inspirational, gifts us the great opportunities of change and renewal".