Arab poets insult so hard. Indeed, my rhymes didn’t put you to sleep. They simply annihilated you until you became what doesn’t exist [i.e. because you were so jealous of my poetry that it destroyed you and rendered your existence null, to the point that you became like nothing]

One of the greatest lines in all of Arabic poetry: She criticized us for being few in number, so I replied: "The honorable are always few."

Some thoughts on the Yasir Qadhi hadith controversy. https://t.co/i0mDPdmQIC

Just submitted chapter 2 of my dissertation to my advisor! It's about pre-modern debates regarding the nature of Divine speech (kalām Allah) and their implications for the doctrine of abrogation (naskh).

I have written an article exploring the applications of artificial intelligence for Islamic studies. https://t.co/2HzWYm9Pa2

Me: I’m going to do something relaxing today. No more working on my dissertation. Also me:

A PhD in Islamic Studies trains us as intellectual historians - not religious authorities. https://t.co/gfLlZqpMHj

My favorite part of the semester is the last day of class, when the professor ends the lecture and everyone claps to thank the professor for the knowledge that was imparted. It’s a beautiful moment.

Islamic theology is a dying field in the Western academy. Which is tragic, because the primary source material is wonderfully rich. For the past 13 weeks, we have been reading theological texts debating whether the speech of God is "created/temporal" or "uncreated/sempiternal."

This is a must have book for any student of Islamic legal theory. It beautifully conveys the richness of interpretive approaches to law in Islamic history, including the variety and importance of theories of language.

Please don't recommend a new book to me because I will traverse the seven continents to find it.

As I prepare to write my dissertation in Qur'anic studies, I wanted to share some reflections on the state of the field in the Western academy. https://t.co/k7SJ8YWRWE

For people interested in hawza studies, I have written a comprehensive article: "A Beginner's Guide to Hawza Studies: A Compilation of English-Language Resources" https://t.co/7UdnPWo6lO

I wrote an article about some of the gems I found (and inherited) in the personal library of Gustave E. Von Grunebaum, former professor of Islamic studies at UCLA https://t.co/ddrJGxBmne

"Pursuing a PhD in Islamic studies, especially as a Muslim in the West, is a delicate balancing act." https://t.co/MpiXQCCWDn

After spending several days exploring the bookshops of Makkah, the holiest city in Islam, I have written a bookstore itinerary: https://t.co/1fhczMvLpt

It is my privilege to present a bookstore itinerary for Madina, where I encountered seminary students from China, a copy of the Qur'an in Amharic, and a complete 20-volume set of Ibn Taymiyya's Fatawa for $40: https://t.co/Y2IdyWwBkX

After spending several wonderful days perusing the lovely bookshops of Riyadh, I have written a bookstore itinerary: https://t.co/SLYpbrhLNz

"There is something profoundly beautiful about visiting a mosque in Istanbul, the city of a thousand minarets." https://t.co/2pPVvnHa0o