The light of the day · Tuesday 25 August
The first recorded attempt at flight was in Cordoba
In the ninth century Abbas ibn Firnas built a glider of silk and feathers and leapt from a height in Cordoba. He stayed in the air for a time before a rough landing that injured his back. A crater on the far side of the Moon now carries his name.
Abbas ibn Firnas · c. 810-887 CE
Tuesday 25 August 2026 · 11 Rabi al-Awwal 1448 AH
The word · Belief
أَشْرَاطُ السَّاعَة
Ashrat al-Sa'ah
The signs that come before the Day of Judgement, sorted by scholars into minor and major.
The Qur'an says its signs have already come (Qur'an 47:18), which commentators read as the sending of the final Prophet. The minor signs are gradual changes in society described across the hadith literature; the major ones are the ten listed in a report in Sahih Muslim, among them the Dajjal, the descent of Isa, Ya'juj and Ma'juj, the beast, the smoke, the sun rising from the west, and a fire that drives people to…
The Path · chapter 55 of 71
الدجال
Ad-Dajjal: The Great Deceiver
One-eyed. The word kafir written on his forehead. The greatest fitnah until the Hour.
The last trial is epistemological: eyes lie, revelation does not
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