The author reads Shakespeare’s texts through an Islamic lens, and finds illuminating spiritual resonances in them, both Biblical and Qur’anic. The study aims at presenting a clear picture of Elizabethan religious and ethical world views and their similarity to Islamic world views.
Through a lens of metaphysical hermeneutics, the author explores the motif of the walled-up woman in folklore, focusing on an Albanian legend of the immured woman at the Castle of Shkodra/Rozafa, and on the story of Anārkali, concubine of Prince Salim (later Emperor Jahangir) in Mughal India.
‘Heartsong’ was first published in the Readers’ Writings section of Beshara Magazine in October 2024. Heartsong The break in my heart is the break in the world, To love, to love, to love, Does your heart weep like mine? And does your body not ache with tender compassion to see...
