Earthquake with a Friend of Allah
(Below is an email from the older sister, Khalida, of Baji Tayyaba Khanum, from the area of the recent earthquake in Northern …
An Animal That Contains
An animal that contains all animals with or without tusks and ferocious feet eyes like semaphores A human that contains all hu…
Arafat
We stand on earth full height among Allah’s creatures head surrounded by geese encircled by vultures gazing unwaveringly at Hi…
Aurora Borealis
Would the Innuit live to wear his new coat of seal fur? Would the moose live to swagger a bit with that rack of…
They Try to Approach
They try to approach with explosives but the Throne of Allah stays implacably still radiating its concern The silence of the s…
The Repetitions of Saints
In the Name of Allah, The All Merciful, The All Compassionate The repetitions of saints flow through every leaf and glisten ha…
The Delirious Archer
This is the story of the delirious archer who could shoot in a state no one would say was sober yet he hit the…
You’ll Sing a Song
You’ll sing a song from somewhere out of your depths and light will hit it and it’ll be a diamond brooch worn at the…
Ar-Rahman
There’s a moment so tiny it slips between the raindrops and clock-ticks as if it were a strand of silk hanging down or the…