We didn’t inherit a faith. We inherited a Mystery.

Shireen Qudosi
13 min readApr 17, 2023

The game’s afoot. Faith as a puzzle worth solving.

Excerpt from The Song of the Human Heart: Dawn of the Dark Feminine in Islam. Available on Amazon.

The first revelation in Islam was in the cave, the eve of Islam’s holiest night called Laylat al-Qadr (Arabic for the Night of Power, sometimes called the Night of Destiny).What did Prophet Muhammad feel when he first received revelations from the angel Gabriel in the cave in Mount Hira (Jewel) also called The Jabal an-Nour (Mountain of

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Shireen Qudosi

I write on faith, identity, and belonging, focusing closely on the sacred feminine and cultivating intimacy with the profane.