2026-11-01 (Jumad-ul-awwal 1448) №11.
In my collection, I have a silver dirham of the Caliph (leader of the Muslims) al-Mahdi, who inherited power from his father, Caliph al-Mansur.
The future Caliph al-Mahdi was born in 126 AH (744 AD) in the village of Humayma, located in present-day Jordan. As Caliph, his father...
When a person embraces Islam or begins to practice his faith with depth and conscious intent, something far more profound occurs than a mere external change in lifestyle.
He embarks on a path of fundamental transformation of his inner essence: a process known in religious tradition as tazkiyat...
About ten years ago, while in Tunisia, I used the local currency, dinars.
My attention was caught by a striking portrait of a man wearing a Muslim turban on a 10-dinar banknote. Who was this man? I became curious. The portrait was labeled in both Arabic and French: “Ibn Khaldun,” along with the...
Everyone experiences difficult days, problems or setbacks from time to time, and those things can weigh heavily on one’s state of mind.
Women, as a rule, find it easier to share their feelings with loved ones or friends; venting or having a good cry during a warm, intimate conversation often...
In the office, where dozens of people cross paths daily, in queues, on public transport, and especially across the vast expanse of the internet, we encounter them everywhere.
These are the people whose presence turns every interaction into a test of one’s endurance. In...