Muhammad Ayaz Ramjaun visits the sufi saints of Mauritius White sand beaches...
The cultural fabric of Kochi has been elegantly woven by the beauty...
For centuries, the dargah (zawiya/tomb) of Moinuddin Chishti, otherwise known as Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz, has attracted rulers and lay-men alike. Both Muslims and non-Muslims, of all classes, have been known...
Walking through the heart of the old city, one may find its...
Riding through the Kenyan countryside on the modern standard gauge railway one comes across a peculiar sight. Not very far from the largest national park in the country, the ominously...
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Listen to the audio version of this article featuring audio extracts of the poems mentioned in the text: Podcast Ep 32 KHAYAL DIARIES | Divine Love & Sufi Poetry of Punjab...
Upon entering the maqam of Sunan Gunung Jati in Cirebon, one dives...
It was a blistering hot day right in the middle of the...
The erudite spiritual master and saint Ibn Ata’illah, may God have mercy upon him, says in his Aphorisms (al-Hikam), “Let not an act of worship make you joyous because it...
This post deals with one of the questions we get asked most often: ...
For our first ever crossover episode, Zara speaks to Imran Ali Malik, host of the American Submitter podcast. They discuss the concept of travel as a 'mutual unveiling' and share 'transformative' travel experiences. Imran talks about his time in Guinea Bissau, where tribes were converting to Islam after an elder dreamt of the Prophet Muhammad (saw), and tells us about the Wali Songo, the 'Nine Saints' of Indonesia.
There it stood, where I least expected it. Perhaps not the most aesthetically pleasing building I’d ever seen, but there was something almost charming about the way it had stubbornly...
A walk through the old sections of Istanbul and one will inevitably...
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One of the peculiar sensations seasoned wayfarers fail to mention, as you pack your bags in preparation for your journey to heaven-scented-sacred-lands, is what happens to you when you return...
Mustafa Briggs on spiritual seclusion in The Gambia The small coastal town...
Zara Choudhary on visiting the Companions (Sahaba) of Jordan Memory is a...
Al-Hujeireh mosque sits quietly, nestled among its neighbours, seeking little attention. Walk through its outer doors and you find yourself in an outdoor enclosure, with plain white limestone walls and...
Asha Ahmad crouches around a symbolic green tomb of Ali Hamdon, one...
Our last stop on our trip to Kenya lay just off its...
A good word is like a good tree whose root is firmly fixed and whose top is in the sky. Qur’an 14:24 We arrived at midday; it was windy and...
Sidi Bou Said: Tunisia’s Trendy Coffee Town & its Hidden Sufi Connection...
Friday prayers were about to begin; our taxi driver sped through the...
On the hills in and around Cape Town, you will find 300 year old Muslim graves belonging to notable individuals who arrived on the southern tip of the African continent in chains, as slaves or political prisoners of colonisers. They brought nothing with them, except faith in their hearts and the remembrance of God on their tongues.
Each year in Rabi al-Awwal, the small island of Lamu plays host...
A journey through the Mauritanian wilderness to visit Murabit al-Hajj Night was...
Abu Ayyub on Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi, the Patron saint of Istanbul The name Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi may not be familiar to those outside of Turkey, yet he is one of...
Mohammed Khan on visiting Imam Jazuli and the 7 Saints of Marrakesh...
Those who have followed Sacred Footsteps for some time will know that...
As soon as I stepped out of the taxi I knew I had chosen the wrong time of day. Without a cloud in the sky, the sun was beating down...
“Look! It’s Dino Merlin,” whispers the man beside me. A well groomed white...
