Travels

Wisdom Wanderings

Discover journeys to the cradles of
civilization, revealing the untold stories of
cultures.

Baffling Bavali

Baffling Bavali

Bavali is named after a Muslim saint, Sayyid Bava Ali, whose tomb is located here.

Celebrating Challenges, differently: An Aquatic Getaway to Oman

Crisis and conflicts sometimes evoke in us the wildest response from within which we would have never imagined before. We may cry in times of joy or laugh during troublesome times as part of this response mechanism. I, therefore, opted to celebrate the recent challenges which were hovering around me with an aquatic getaway.

Art of Raft

Rafting adventures at Wadi Adventures, AlAin, UAE

Langkavi Wildlife Park

Photos of visit to the exotic wildlife sanctuary in the Malaysian island of Langkavi

Life in Delhi

Street views from the Indian capital city

Train to Nileshwaram

A one day trip to Nileshwaram, a municipality in the Kasaragod District of Kerala on July 15 2011, via train

Silence' Whisper

Fotos from backwaters of Nileshwaram in Kerala - India

Voyages surge Knowledge

A large part of Islamic knowledgebase is a product of beloved scholars’ journeys and travels, argues Mujeeb Jaihoon

to Imam Khoei Islamic center, London

To Believe Well is to Behave Well

To behave well with neighbors is an integral part of belief in God, which if practiced may help reduce sectarian friction among Muslims, at least.

The Noor of Tavanoor

There was a faint light in the horizon ready to fade any moment. I prayed that Tavanoor continue to be blessed with the light of peace and beauty, love and serenity.

Silence of the Kashgar Daughters

What would it be like to set foot on that timeless soil where Past and Present played hide and seek from the other? Mujeeb Jaihoon writes on the unheard experiences in NorthWest China.

Silence of the Kashgar Daughters (Txt ver)

What would it be like to set foot on that timeless soil where Past and Present played hide and seek from the other? My head lectured on the impossibilities even as my heart whispered about the possibilities. And I knew Truth would finally triumph even if Falsehood would stage its deceptive dance to snare my dream. Heart got its due, but after patiently knocking for more than ten years at Destiny’s doors.

Parents in bus facing Masjid Al Nabawi

Payback time (Umra 2011)

From the travel documentation to hotel reservations, this was my arrangement. A humble gift for them. An effort to gain my paradise, which lie under the feet of my mother.

Pilgrimage of Love: Day 01 (Umra 2011)

The Soul whispered: He is the ocean of light. He is my Sidra… I would burn if go any further… (Jaihoon's travel notes from Umra pilgrimage)

Spicy breakfast

Namaz at Hotel Ashirvad

On the night of return, TV channels flashed headlines warning about possible terror attacks. By the grace of God, there were no such fireworks.

Milad un Nabi: Prophetic Praise is Perfume for our Souls

Fragrance is in no need of advertising. Then what about the blessed one from whom fragrance borrowed its scent? Yet we are extolling him to perfume our own souls with the mercy and compassion he showered on humanity and others... Jaihoon's Muscat trip journal

Love alone matters here: Day 02 (Umra 2011)

The ‘barakah’ in time of Madina is incredible: it’s long, deep and thick. As if Time is in no hurry to complete its course. As if time follows another Time here.

Labbaykk Allahumma Labbaykk : Farewell Madina

Life is a continuous cycle of meeting and parting. One leads to another. Like spring and winter. Nay, Life and Death. So the bird has to leave the nest. And the fish out of water. Nightingale off the rose. We left by Isha prayer after bidding salaam to the Beloved.

Imitating a Worried Woman: Day 3 (Umra 2011)

Islam admires and reveres the sentiments of humanity. And a woman too is a part of it. Hajra ran between the two Mounts, across sands and rocks, in tear and fear, for her child crying of thirst. And since then, Allah has ordained all the believers to imitate and emulate Ismail’s Mother as an act of worship.

Jaihoon's visit to the site of pro-refugee protest against ending Dubs Amendment

Foreign. Frozen. Forsaken

London's true beauty lie not in its landmarks, but in the humanity of its people in support of the frozen and forsaken refugee children

Emblazed, Embered (Umra 2011)

It’s hard to cool the heart when baked with love in the oven of desire. It is not an easy task to define and confine the meaning of our yearning. We hold dear certain persons and places as if they were genetically embedded into the veins of our soul.