The light of the day · Tuesday 20 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 20 October 2026 · 8 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH
The word · Law and life
حِجاب
Hijab
The covering a Muslim woman wears in public, most often a headscarf with modest clothing.
The command to draw the khimar over the neckline stands in Surah al-Nur, directly after the command to believing men to lower their gaze; the outer garment, the jilbab, is in Surah al-Ahzab. The word itself means a screen or curtain, and in the Qur'an it usually means a barrier rather than a garment; the everyday sense of headscarf is later usage. The schools agree on covering the hair and body and differ over the…
The Path · chapter 7 of 71
الطوفان
Flood: Waves like Mountains
Waves like mountains. Nuh’s own son refused to board.
No high ground exists against the command of Allah, only His mercy shelters
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