“Festivals and fasts are unhinged, traveling backward at a rate of ten days per year, attached to no season. Even Laylat ul Qadr, the holiest night in Ramadan, drifts--its precise date is unknown. The iconclasm laid down by Muhammed was absolute: you must resist attachment not only to painted images, but to natural ones. Ramadan, Muharram, the Eids; you associate no religious event with the tang of snow in the air, or spring thaw, or the advent of summer. God permeates these things--as the saying goes, Allah is beautiful, and He loves beauty--but they are transient. Forced to concentrate on the eternal, you begin to see, or think you see, the bones and sinews of the world beneath its seasonal flesh. The sun and moon become formidable clockwork. They are transient also, but hint at the dark planes that stretch beyond the earth in every direction, full of stars and dust, toward a retreating, incomprehensible edge”
Quote by G. Willow Wilson
Work
This book is a candid account of a young American woman's journey into Islam, focusing on her conversion, marriage, and the challenges and joys of integrating into a new faith and culture. The narrative delves into her personal growth, the complexities of interfaith relationships, and the broader issues of cultural identity and religious tolerance. more
Author
G. Willow Wilson is an American writer known for her works in the fields of comics and novels. Her writing often explores themes of religion, cultural identity, and gender issues. Born on August 31, 1982, Wilson graduated from Columbia University with a Master's degree in Comparative Literature. more
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