The Ultimate Revelations

Jamshed Akhtar is a writer / researcher, about 68 years old, with a degree in Electrical Engineering from AMU (1969), Aligarh, India. He is involved in the study of religion since 1985. In 1996, Akhtar had written a research based fiction. This book entitled ’The Ultimate Revelations’ is the first and only Science fiction in the world, with Quran as the central topic. The book outlines the possibility of coded information in Quran and was well covered by almost all the major newspapers of India and UAE. In UAE, this book was presented by Shaikha Azza, daughter of the ruler of Sharjah. In 1998, Akhtar presented a talk on the time, place and source of Noah’s Flood, and a possible location of Noah’s boat, combining pointers from Quran with scientific findings. This talk was presented in a workshop jointly organized by Muslim Association for Advancement of Science (MAAS) and Centre for Studies on Sciences (CSOS) at Khandala. In 2010, his second book, a non-fiction, ’In Search of Our Origins: How Quran Can Help in Scientific Research’ has been published, and in 2015, his third book ’Origin and fate of Universe: A Synthesis of Revealed and Scientific Perspectives. The three books provide a complete world view of Akhtar on the phenomenon of revelations. Akhtar hopes to start a collective scientific investigation of this phenomenon involving a panel of scientists, linguists and science historians. Akhtar is also closely associated with several Muslim organizations dealing in scientific study of Islam. Apart from the study on Quran, he is also involved in promoting literacy among rural children of Faizabad, India, and has made a documentary on it. Project IMDAAD designed by Akhtar to connect Muslim Primary Schools and mosques with the Internet, was demonstrated at Lucknow, Aligarh, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Calicut with the help of IOS (Institute of Objective Studies), a Delhi based NGO. It’s mechanism to collect and disseminate information on education, health, business and awareness, drew a strong and positive response from participants.