This book is a basic level religious text, not an advanced scholarly work. Those expert-scholars who have picked up their pens to write on this topic, were not able to stop writing before reaching at least a thousand pages. As a nation, we're "bookophobics." So not many of us will have the patience to pick up those volumes. Nonetheless, in this fitnah-filled era, it is essential a committed Muslim to have at least a basic knowledge of how to understand the Quran. This book, written by Dr. Bilal Philips, can thus be called "the Religious Book for the Common People" for those who want to remain upon the right path. He explains very concisely the tools and guidelines necessary for the layman to know in order to understand the Quran.