Exile toward the Beginning
Someday we are bound to come back to the beginning. Even the most distant pathways always lead us inward, completely inward, into intimacy, solitude between our self and our self—in the place where there is no ...
Ali ibn Abi Talib’s eulogy of Abu Bakr
After the Prophet ﷺ’s death, there was no day more sad for the people of Madinah than the day of Abu Bakr’s passing. Upon receiving the news that his beloved friend had returned to his Lord, Ali ibn Abi Talib...
The Counsel of Sidi Ahmad Zarruq
Ahmad Zarruq was a 15th century Muslim scholar from Morocco. A Berber of the Barnusi tribe, he lost both his parents within a week of his birth and was raised by his grandmother, an accomplished jurist in her o...