Shaykh Rizwan Arastu is a graduate of the Islamic Seminary of Qum and Princeton University. He is the founding director of the Islamic Texts Institute, a non-profit aimed at making Islamic sources accessible to non-specialists. He is also the founder of Islamic-Literacy.org, a web-based educational platform that aims to help all Muslims become Islamically literate. He lives with his wife and six children in Elgin, IL.

Shaykh Rizwan has authored or co-authored eight books: God’s Emissaries: Adam to Jesus, A Salute to the Master of Martyrs, al-Kafi Books I, II, and III, Tajwid: A Guide to Qur’anic Recitation, and Every Muslim’s Guide to the Islamic Legal System. He is currently writing a biography of Prophet Muhammad called The Last Emissary: Muhammad.