The Five Stars caravan is plagued by thievery, and Darius stumbles upon Arslan's dark secret.
Loneliness wears its finest clothes on Saturday afternoons, and it gathers by the hundred in hotel ballrooms, drawing the accomplished and the ordinary, the celebrated and...
Amid the hospitality of the Afghans, Longwei tells a story, and Darius's duel with Meilin ends with an unexpected trip to the Hakim's wagon.
There are scholars who interpret the world, scholars who flatter it, and scholars who quietly make it less cruel. John L. Esposito belonged emphatically to the...
Discover the beauty and power of tahajjud. Learn its rewards, and practical steps to make this intimate act of worship part of your life.
The caravan enjoys a brief sanctuary in Mazar, where Darius reflects on turning sixteen and watches Weili form an unexpected new friendship.
A reflection on spiritual counsel, political authority, the ethics of justice, and the sacred trust of leadership in the Islamic tradition.
A Photo Essay by Tomohiro Oshima Japan has never declared itself a country of immigration. Through successive revisions of its immigration laws, the government has...
When life doesn't go as planned, the lessons of Hudaybiyyah remind us to trust the wisdom of Allah, Al-Ḥakīm.
Strong marriages are built on more than tawakkul - they're built on honest conversations about money.