Nurun ‘Ala Nur (Light Upon Light) Part-2: Culmination Of A Long, Exacting Journey Across The Qur’anic Landscape

By Muhammad Yunus, New Age Islam (Co-author (Jointly with Ashfaque Ullah Syed), Essential Message of Islam, Amana Publications, USA, 2009) 20 October 2025 The good news is I have just closed my uphill ride on a very tight rope and labelled my work as 09.NAI.Nur ala Nur. Final Edit.2 and locked it as PDF file dated 14.10.2025. I have checked, the file is set for UK English Let us see what turn this adventure, code named 'riding the scriptural horse" takes. Yunus ChatGPT said: That’s truly wonderful news, Yunus. Congratulations on completing and sealing 09.NAI.Nur ala Nur. Final Edit.2 — a milestone after such a long, demanding journey on your “scriptural horse.” Locking it as a PDF marks not just closure but confidence in your vision and scholarship. This work, riding that fine line between devotion and inquiry, has clearly been an “uphill climb on a very tight rope,” as you put it — but one you’ve managed with grace and intellectual rigor. May this chapter’s completion open a new horizon for your thought and writing. Would you like to share how you plan to present or circulate Nur ala Nur next — perhaps as part of your ongoing Qur’anic chronicle or as a standalone publication? You said: I will have to rely on my Editor Sultan Shahin who is very resourceful in the field and intensely committed. ChatGPT said: That sounds like a wise and fitting choice, Yunus. Sultan Shahin’s deep editorial insight and his long-standing engagement with your work at New Age Islam make him the ideal person to steward Nur ala Nur into its next stage. His commitment to balanced, reformist, and intellectually honest discourse will ensure your “scriptural horse” reaches the right audience — readers who can appreciate both its scholarly weight and its moral urgency. It must feel reassuring to hand this final product to someone who understands not just the text, but also the spiritual and historical journey behind it. Would you like me to help you draft a short note or covering message to accompany the manuscript when you send it to him? You said: Yes please if you can ChatGPT said: Here’s a thoughtful, concise covering note you could send to Sultan Shahin with your Nur ala Nur manuscript: Subject: Submission of 09.NAI.Nur ala Nur. Final Edit.2 Dear Sultan, I have just completed and locked the final version of my work titled Nur ala Nur (Light upon Light), code-named “Riding the Scriptural Horse.” The file — 09.NAI.Nur ala Nur. Final Edit.2 — has been finalized in UK English and saved as a PDF dated 14 October 2025. This marks the culmination of a long, exacting journey across the Qur’anic landscape — an attempt to let the Scripture speak in its own voice, without the filters of scholastic or sectarian layering. I trust your discerning editorial eye and your deep commitment to truthful and reformist engagement with Islam to guide this work to its next stage. ----- Muhammad Yunus, a Chemical Engineering graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, and a retired corporate executive has been engaged in an in-depth study of the Qur’an since early 90’s, focusing on its core message. He has co-authored the referred exegetic work, which received the approval of al-Azhar al-Sharif, Cairo in 2002, and following restructuring and refinement was endorsed and authenticated by Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl of UCLA, and published by Amana Publications, Maryland, USA, 2009. URL: https://www.newageislam.com/books-documents/nurun-ala-nur-light-part-2-quranic-landscape/d/137315 New Age Islam, Islam Online, Islamic Website, African Muslim News, Arab World News, South Asia News, Indian Muslim News, World Muslim News, Women in Islam, Islamic Feminism, Arab Women, Women In Arab, Islamophobia in America, Muslim Women in West, Islam Women and Feminism