The light of the day · Tuesday 6 October
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 6 October 2026 · 23 Rabi ath-Thani 1448 AH
The word · The Qur'an
مَدَنِيّ
Madani
A verse or surah revealed after the migration to Madinah, whatever place it came down in.
Madani passages generally deal with the shape of a community: law, family, treaties, warfare, hypocrisy and the People of the Book, and they often open with O you who believe. Their verses are usually longer. Around twenty eight surahs are classed as Madani, and for a few the classification is contested or mixed.
The Path · chapter 19 of 71
غرق فرعون
Pharaoh Drowned
Today We preserve your body as a sign.
Deathbed faith under compulsion is confession, not conversion
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