Al-Hasan ibn Ali said: “Verily, those before you viewed the Quran as letters/messages from their Lord, such that they would contemplate it by night and yearn for it by day.” Source: al-Tibyān fī Ādāb Ḥamalat al-Qur’ān 1/54 The mere realisation that the creator of the heavens and the earth spoke & intended that speech for us is enough of a reason for us to busy ourselves with it EVERYDAY. | Serenity of Islam

This Sora AI visual depicts Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn ‘Uthmān, Marinid Sultan of Morocco (r. 1331–1348), historically remembered as “al-Sultān al-Akhal” – The Black Sultan. Medieval Arabic sources describe him as a Black African ruler, challenging modern attempts to erase African identity from North African history. Under his reign, Morocco expanded across the Maghreb, uniting Fez, Tlemcen, Tunis, and Tripoli. His court rivaled the great empires of the medieval world, demonstrating the deep African