Chronicles of the Crescent

A tale from al-Tha'labi's collection of stories of the Prophets. 

A story about a bird and the soul on a journey for true freedom by Ibn Sina/ Avicenna. Translation by Willard Trask and Henry Corbin.

New mini-series on bird stories in the Islamic tradition! This episode is on a tale about a caged Parrot from the Masnavi of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

A story of patience and loss from the seerah of the Prophet SAW with details from al-Tabarī's telling.

A story about getting lost at sea from al-Harirī's maqamāt! with thanks to Steinglass's masterful translations. 

Tales from Ibn Khallikan and Al-Safadī's works showcasing the humanness of notables and the allure of comedy and curiosity. 

Stories from Tabirī's tafsir on the first part of verse 2:102 of the Qur'an. I used some wordings from the Oxford translation of the text.

An extract from the love story of Layla and Majnun as rendered by Nizamī (d. 1209 CE)

A turkish folktale about a strange birth and its consequences 

An extract from a story in the Epistles of the Ikhwan al-Safa. Background info from IEP.