[Al-qalb wal-lisan wal-yad] Sawt Al-Umma, Issue 96 September 30th, 2002 A good word is one that enters peoples’ blood where it begins to reproduce and copy itself. The seed becomes a tree and the tree becomes a forest. A drop of water becomes a river and the river becomes an ocean. Light becomes a star […]

Ýí Glimpse of Light Ýí September 30th, 2002

Meta Yakoun al-Musawirun fil-Nar?! Sawt Al-Umma, Issue 95 September 23rd, 2002 In the beginning there was the word. Allah created it as light and with it was faith. Allah created it as a letter and it was literature and poetry. Allah created it as rhythm and it was music. Allah created it as color and […]

Ýí Glimpse of Light Ýí September 23rd, 2002

Sawt Al-Umma Issue no. 94 September 16th, 2002 When I felt the urge to write; I considered language as something akin to a piano recital one might enjoy for its own sake. I focused on the interplay of letters and words in an effort to maintain balance and rhythm.

Ýí Glimpse of Light Ýí September 16th, 2002

(Fayd al-Rahman wa A’dhab al-Insan wa Rahmat al-Quran) Sawt Al-Umma, Issue 92 September 2nd, 2002 The orb of the sun pierced the veil of the sea as it made its way to sleep on the bed of a sea nymph after a scorching hot day which had turned its countenance a fiery red and overwhelmed […]

Ýí Glimpse of Light Ýí September 2nd, 2002