The light of the day · Tuesday 3 November
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 3 November 2026 · 22 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH
The word · Belief
أَهْلُ السُّنَّةِ وَالجَمَاعَة
Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah
The main body of Muslims who follow the Prophet's way and the practice of his companions.
The name joins two things: the sunnah, and the jama'ah, the community that held to it. In creed the Sunni world recognises three schools, Ash'ari, Maturidi and Athari; in law it recognises four, Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanbali. Difference inside those boundaries is old and normal, and is not the same thing as stepping outside them.
The Path · chapter 66 of 71
الحشر والموقف
Al-Hashr: The Standing
White flat earth. Sun brought near. 50,000 years of standing.
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