Exploration

Stories tagged Exploration:

• The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor Aug 17, 2025

  

  In the great city of Baghdad, during the golden age of the Abbasid Caliphate, there lived a young man named Sinbad, the son of a wealthy merchant. When his father died, leaving him a considerable inheritance, young Sinbad found himself torn between the comfortable life of a city merchant and an irresistible longing for adventure that seemed to call to him from beyond the horizon.

  “The world is vast,” Sinbad would say to himself as he gazed toward the river that led to distant seas, “and life is short. What stories might the winds and waves tell to one brave enough to listen?” Against the advice of his more cautious friends, Sinbad sold much of his inheritance, purchased goods suitable for trade, and set sail on his first voyage.

• The Story of the City of Brass Aug 15, 2025

  

  In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful, I shall recount to you the extraordinary tale of the City of Brass, a story that demonstrates the vanity of earthly power and the inevitable fate that awaits those who forget their dependence upon the Almighty.

  During the glorious reign of the Commander of the Faithful, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, when the Islamic empire stretched from the shores of the Atlantic to the mountains of Central Asia, there came to the Caliph’s court in Damascus a learned man whose tales of distant lands and ancient mysteries captivated all who heard him speak.