A Message to Enlightened Thinkers is one of Ali Shariati's important written works and is an interpretation of a Qur'anic chapter called the Romans. Dr. Ali Shariati (Persian: علی شريعتی‎) (1933–1977) was an Iranian sociologist, well known and respected for his works in the field of sociology of religion. ... The Qurān [1] (Arabic: , literally the recitation; also called The Noble Quran; also transliterated as Quran, Koran (the traditional term in English), and Al-Quran), is the central religious text of Islam. ... Surat Ar-Rum (The Romans, The Byzantines) is the 30th sura of the Quran with 60 ayat. ...

The enlightenment all started around 1429 when Instine went to Vegas for a field trip to see Elvis live in concert...then he realized that there was more to life than political justice ahah