Explore John Gray's _The New Leviathans_ as he critiques modern states' failures against Hobbes' ideals in this thought-provoking review.| Traversing Tradition
A poem about The Beloved, peace be upon him.| Traversing Tradition
Explore Byung-Chul Han's _The Palliative Society: Pain Today_, a compelling book dissecting modern life’s avoidance of pain and its implications.| Traversing Tradition
This December 2024 webinar features Mawlana Faraz Abdul Moid discussing the obligation of knowledge in Islam, challenges in organized learning today, and the MARS program by Darul Qasim. With regis…| Traversing Tradition
Day in and day out, Night and day, Man sees Signs of his Lord, In the horizons, on his way. The sun is setting, To his Home, he’s returning. Did he fill his bag with good deeds? Or just ran a…| Traversing Tradition
Explore Kazantzakis's reimagining of Christ as a mystic, navigating the duality of flesh and spirit. A journey of self-discovery awaits.| Traversing Tradition
6 posts published by Shaykh Amin Kholwadia during March 2023| Traversing Tradition
Explore the concept of halal romance in Islam, navigating marriage, love, and the balance between tradition and modernity.| Traversing Tradition
5 posts published by Muhammed Midlaj during February 2025| Traversing Tradition
Explore the journey of faith in a chaotic world, where doubt meets the call to return to Allah's mercy and purpose in our lives.| Traversing Tradition
Ustadha Chloe Idris, originally from New Zealand, pursued Islamic scholarship at Al-Azhar University after converting to Islam in 2008. She focuses on Tafsir and Hanafi Fiqh amid challenges of being a mother and foreign student.| Traversing Tradition
Explore the cultural significance of Urdu in India, its literary legacy in Lucknow, and the ongoing struggle of the Mazhar-e-Alam Library.| Traversing Tradition
The locus of cognition, in all senses, is the heart, which comprises a litany of layers that cognize different aspects of reality, from the material to the metaphysical, and the rational to the sup…| Traversing Tradition
5 posts published by Talha B. during July 2025| Traversing Tradition
This piece traces the philosophical roots of environmental exploitation, contrasting the Faustian drive of the West with a prophetic ethic that frames nature as a trust, not a resource.| Traversing Tradition
Explore the artistry of Arabic calligraphy with Zahra Abdulameer of Ihsan Design Studio, blending tradition, faith, and creativity in Michigan.| Traversing Tradition
The continually evolving capabilities of AI raises many questions on the exact nature of the ‘human difference.’ In particular, the expansion of AI’s creative abilities prompts us to ask if AI can …| Traversing Tradition
Explore how comparisons in liberation movements shape narratives around Palestine, highlighting the risks of oversimplifying complex struggles.| Traversing Tradition
Explore Shaykh Amin's insights on overcoming post-colonial trauma and reclaiming Muslim identity through faith and collective action.| Traversing Tradition
Explore the rich cultural heritage of Northeast India and the Sufi influence on religious harmony between Hindus and Muslims in Assam.| Traversing Tradition
The Malabar Rebellion of the 1920s involved conflicts between British forces and Mappila Muslims, prompting significant Islamic legal discourses. Key debates emerged within Sunni and Salafi groups …| Traversing Tradition
Explore Marvel's Thunderbolts (2025) as it delves into emotional trauma and nihilism, challenging viewers to find meaning amid chaos.| Traversing Tradition
Explore Taha Abdurahmane's concept of Absolute Evil and its implications on humanity through the lens of current events in Gaza.| Traversing Tradition
Explore the profound relationship between the Soul, intuition, and knowledge in this insightful discourse on spirituality and ethics.| Traversing Tradition
Explore the complex relationship between the West and Islam, revealing psychological patterns influencing history and modern perceptions.| Traversing Tradition
We must be scrupulous in what we eat because the rest of human civilization depends on us. The actions of non-Muslims are not as important as the actions of Muslims — it is the actions of Muslims t…| Traversing Tradition
Hamlet. The name can be synonymous to “hero” or “villain.” Feminists may paint him as misogynistic because of his dialogue towards Gertrude and Ophelia, while communists might characterize Hamlet a…| Traversing Tradition
With the advent of the Internet, unicode, “txt tlk,” and emoji have become standard in our day-to-day communication. We do not just write abbreviations like “LOL” with our hands, we say them out lo…| Traversing Tradition
The author explores the crisis of meaning within modernity, emphasizing the loss of metaphysical grounding and identity amid neoliberal consumerism. It presents fasting as a transformative practice…| Traversing Tradition
The golden age of Prophetic poetry, marked by Al-Būṣīrī, greatly influenced the literary landscape in South India, especially through the works of Umar Qazi. Eulogies, rooted in Arabic tradition, s…| Traversing Tradition
“Muslims and the Palestinian Cause” by Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi provides a profound exploration of the Palestinian struggle, intertwining Quranic wisdom, historical context, and cont…| Traversing Tradition
In contemporary times, answering “Who is an ʿālim?” requires more than just a cursory definition. Presently, the term is often loosely applied to people of various levels of Islamic scholarly trai…| Traversing Tradition
While most curricula revolving around tarbiyyah favor realities—the practice of prophets (may peace be upon them) and pious predecessors (may Allah have mercy on them)—there are growing opportuniti…| Traversing Tradition
The study of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) is marked by the existence of multiple schools of thought (madhahib), each offering distinct interpretations and methodologies in the application of Sharia…| Traversing Tradition
The phenomenal world is a theater of manifestation of the Divine Names, with all things manifesting some Divine Attribute or aspect. A man and a woman thus bring forth their own symbolisms, thereby…| Traversing Tradition
This is a translation of the first chapter of the Persian jurist al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī’s Bayān al-Farq bayna al-Ṣadr wa-l-Qalb wa-l-Fuʾād wa-l-Lubb. I may translate the rest in due time, as some of …| Traversing Tradition
A translation of the first chapter of al-Jīlī’s work, al-Kamālāt al-Ilāhiyyah fi-l-Ṣifāt al-Muḥammadiyyah ﷺ, that has been rendered from the original Arabic. The entire book may be a project undert…| Traversing Tradition
During my travels, I found myself immersed in Imam Al-Ghazali’s Iḥyāʾ Ulūm al-Dīn, and as I reflected on his profound insights into the barriers that prevent us from truly understanding the Qurʾān,…| Traversing Tradition
The detailed work of al-Imām Abī ʿAbd-Allāh Shihāb al-Dīn al-Tūrbishtī al-Ḥanafī, ‘Maṭlab al-Nāsik fī ʿIlm al-Manāsik’, contains sections on the virtues of the Levant and its people, it…| Traversing Tradition
Taha begins his lecture by declaring that political analysts, historians, anthropologists, and sociologists—even if they are pro-Palestine—have engaged in secular violence to Palestine by erasing t…| Traversing Tradition
Taha Abderrahmane is a larger-than-life philosopher from Morocco— his life has spanned a plurality of Muslim crises and he has sought to set forth, through logic, Kalām, language, and Usūl al-fiqh,…| Traversing Tradition
Language is a Grandmother is a reckoning with the inheritance of Urdu for Muslims in America, seeking to provoke devastating self-interrogation in a critical moment: What will be the legacy of Urdu…| Traversing Tradition
