Part1:Shaykh Hamza Yusuf explains what is the Quran and why it is unique ,the well massage of the Quran and its applications Shaykh Hamza Yusuf was born to a Catholic father, a university professor of Humanities, and a Greek Orthodox mother, a graduate from the University of California at Berkeley. Raised in California, he converted to Islam at the age of 17 and went overseas almost immediately after his conversion. After studying Islam for many years in the Middle East as well as North and West Africa, he returned to the U.S. and received a nursing degree from Imperial Valley College and a graduate degree in comparative religion from San Jose State University. Today, he is one of the most well-known white, American converts to and scholars of Islam