Traversing Tradition

And how good it feels to write again—to truly write!—with pen in hand, paper on desk, and the ink staining the edge of my palm as it rubs against the page to move to the next line! And to think that we’ve done away with the handwritten letter and replaced it with keyboards and touch screens.

n this article, the author examines the underexplored Sufi connections between North Africa and South Asia by analysing the core contents of the 15th-century Moroccan prayer manual, the Dalā’il al-Khayrāt.

Adeel Hussain's Law and Muslim Political Thought in Late Colonial North India takes up this neglected decade, arguing that colonial legal debates—far from being a mere instrument of domination or governance—became a crucial site for the reconfiguration of Muslim political concepts.

During my sub-centre posting, there was a day I was posted alone. My co-interns were on leave, and the Medical Officer was expected to arrive late. So, it was just me, holding the fort. That morning, a woman in her sixties walked in with a warm smile. She instantly reminded me of my late grandmother—only […]

Introduction  This past Ramadan, the legendary Malaysian sufi and academician, Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas returned to the mercy of His Lord; a beautiful return for a life spent in service of the Qur’an. Many contemporary scholars regard him as the mujaddid (reviver) of the era owing to the incomparable gravitas that his oeuvre that stretches […]