QuranSage: About The Author

Mohamed Elgayar was born in Egypt and educated in English schools, growing up in a liberal, cosmopolitan environment that nurtured an early appreciation for languages, travel, and cross-cultural understanding. He began his professional life in finance, but over time his path shifted toward a deeper intellectual and spiritual inquiry.

While living in New York particularly in the years following September 11 he was frequently asked questions about Islam because of his Egyptian background. These encounters revealed to him how distant he had become from his own religious foundations. Seeking clarity rather than inherited assumptions, he turned directly to the source: the Holy Qur’an. What began as personal curiosity evolved into a sustained and transformative journey of study and reflection.

Although he is not a classical scholar and holds no formal qualifications in Islamic sciences, Elgayar undertook a long-term project of reading, translating, and contemplating the Qur’an as a native Arabic speaker. When asked why he chose to translate a text that has already been translated many times, his answer is simple: this work began as a personal search for certainty particularly ʿIlm al-Yaqīn, the knowledge of certainty. Translation, for him, was a disciplined way to engage deeply with meaning, coherence, and moral implication, rather than relying solely on secondary understanding.

His writings form The Path of Certainty (Yaqīn) series, which explores the Qur’anic journey from understanding to lived certainty through knowledge, self-purification, accountability, and faith realized in action. These works are offered not as scholarly authority, but as reflective guidance shaped by sincere inquiry, lived experience, and a commitment to intellectual honesty.

Allah knows best.

Mohamed K. Elgayar

Ex-Entrepreneur MBA/CPA

Born in Egypt, Lives in the USA