About a farewell account between Muádh Ibn Jabal and the Prophet peace and blessings be upon him.

Aishah, the Blessed Prophets wife, was a very hospitable person. She loved to entertain guests, and spend happy hours chatting to them.

Once a woman came to visit Aishah, bringing her two daughters with her.

Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house.

In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went.

Al-Husayn ibn Sailam was a Jewish rabbi in Yathrib who was widely respected and honoured by the people of the city even by those who were not Jewish. He was known for his piety and goodness, his upright conduct and his truthfulness.

Al-Husayn lived a peaceful and gentle life but he was serious, purposeful and organized in the way he spent his time. For a fixed period each day, he would worship, teach and preach in the temple.

Then he would spend some time in his orchard, looking after date palms, pruning and pollinating. Thereafter, to increase his understanding and knowledge of his religion, he would devote himself to the study of the Torah..

A tale, a Qisas of the prophet Moses, comes perhaps from the traditional scholars, perhaps from the Shuyukh of Tasawwuf, of Moses and Allah's deepening of his prophethood. This poem version appears in my book, Ramadan Sonnets, and was written on the 4th day of Ramadan, 1986.

An imaginary monologue between the victim and his executioner who sees God before him, recalling the hadith of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, "Die before you die."

A young man, a student in one of the universities, was one day taking a walk with a Professor, who was commonly called the student’s friend, from his kindness to those who waited on his instructions.

An investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna.