October 4, 2007
What do you really possess,
and what have you gained?
What pearls have you brought up
from the depth of the sea?
On the day of death,
bodily senses will vanish:
do you have the spiritual light
to accompany your heart?
When dust fills these eyes in the grave,
will your grave shine bright?
– Mathnawi II:939-941
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
Rumi: Daylight
Threshold Books, 1994
(Persian [...]
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October 3, 2007
Sheikh Abdal-Hakim Murad writes on jihad, apostasy and women rights at On Faith: Newsweek.
Born Timothy Winter, the British native Sheikh Murad attended the Westminster School and studied Arabic at Cambridge before converting to Islam and studying at al-Azhar University in Cairo. After spending time in Jeddah, Murad returned to his alma mater, where he now [...]
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