Can I read Fatima's Touch - Poems and Stories of the Prophet's Daughter - Ruhaniat Press on EtoBox?

Fatima's Touch - Poems and Stories of the Prophet's Daughter - Ruhaniat Press by Tamam Kahn is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Fatima's Touch - Poems and Stories of the Prophet's Daughter - Ruhaniat Press about?

Finalist in the 2017 International Book Awards for the category of Spirituality, Fatima's Touch is unique. Biographies of Muhammad are available, but there is very little in English on Fatima the Prophet's youngest daughter her life and family. The word "Islam" takes up a great deal of space in world events today, so it would follow that there are many who are curious about the founder of Islam and his famous daughter, Fatima al-Zahra. How was she raised? Why was she known as the "Mother of Her Father?" How were she and her family treated after Muhammad's death? The Sunni/Shia conflict originated with a struggle for political power and attempt to exclude Fatima's husband and sons from guiding Muhammad's followers. This marked the beginnings of a family quarrel soaked in lethal bitterness that continues today. Two different histories tell Fatima's life, one from the Sunni and the other from the Shia. This book weaves the telling as well as addressing the earthly and heavenly perceptions of the woman who is Fatima. From the "I write to join this contentious family through the quiet power of poems. Poetry has a way of nudging sense and meaning inside a stream of words, the way water r

Who reads Fatima's Touch - Poems and Stories of the Prophet's Daughter - Ruhaniat Press?

Author

Tamam Kahn

Publisher

Ruhaniat Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780997399905

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Poetry, Humanities

Rating

5 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14