Dr Zakir Naik's Books

A medical doctor by professional training, Dr Zakir Naik is renowned as a dynamic international orator on Islam and Comparative Religion.
He is the Founder of the Peace TV Network the largest Religious Satellite Channel Network in the world. He is 55 years old. Dr Zakir clarifies Islamic viewpoints and clears misconceptions about Islam, using the Qur'an, authentic Hadith and other religious Scriptures as a basis, in conjunction with reason, logic and scientific facts. He is popular for his critical analysis and convincing answers to challenging questions posed by audiences after his public talks.

In the last 25 years Dr Zakir Naik has delivered over 2,000 public talks
in the USA, Canada, UK, Italy, France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, Yemen, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Botswana, Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Algeria, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Guyana, Trinidad, Mauritius, Maldives and many other countries, in addition to numerous public talks in India. In April 2012, his public talk in Kishanganj, Bihar, in India was Alhamdulillah attended by over one million people being one of the largest gathering in the world for any religious lecture by a single orator. Alhamdulillaah both his talks in Jakarta, Indonesia in April 2017 and in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia in August 2019 attracted more than a 100,000 people.

Amongst the billion plus population of India Alhamdulillah Dr Zakir Naik was ranked No. 82
in the ‘100 Most Influential People in India’ list published by Indian Express in the year 2009 and ranked No. 89 in 2010. He was ranked No. 3 in the ‘Top 10 Spiritual Gurus of India in 2009’ and topped this list in 2010. He is ranked amongst the top 70 in the book ‘The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World’ published by Georgetown University in the last 10 editions from 2011 to 2020. In the list of “The Top 100 Cumulative Influence over 10 years” Dr Zakir was ranked No. 79.

By Allah’s help, he has successfully participated in several symposia and dialogues with prominent personalities of other faiths.
His public dialogue with Dr William Campbell (of USA) on the topic “The Qur'an and the Bible in the light of Science” held in Chicago, USA, in April, 2000 was a resounding success.

His inter-faith Dialogue with prominent Hindu Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
on the topic “The Concept of God in Hinduism and Islam in the light of Sacred Scriptures” held at Palace Grounds, Bangalore, on 21st Jan. 2006, was highly appreciated by people of both the faiths.

Shaikh Ahmed Deedat, the world famous orator on Islam and Comparative Religion, who had called Dr Zakir “Deedat Plus” in 1994,
presented a plaque in May 2000 with the engraving “Awarded to Dr Zakir Abdul Karim Naik for his achievement in the field of Da’wah and the study of Comparative Religion”. “Son what you have done in 4 years had taken me 40 years to accomplish, Alhamdulillah”.

Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President & Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai,
Alhamdulillah presented the prestigious Dubai International Holy Quran Award’s ‘Islamic Personality of 2013’ Award on 29th July 2013, for providing outstanding services to Islam and Muslims at a global level in Media, Education and Philanthropy, to Dr Zakir Naik, along with a cash reward of UAE Dirhams 1 million (US $272,000) which he promptly donated to start a Waqf (endowment) fund for Peace TV Network. Dr Zakir at 47 years, was the youngest recipient of the award.

Dr Zakir Naik Alhamdulillah has more than 22.6 million followers on his Facebook,
which is not only the highest amongst the Muslim Religious English Speakers but also the highest amongst any Religious English Speaker in the world. Alhamdulillah his YouTube channel has more than 2.2 million subscribers.