Michel Chodkiewicz

The Endless Voyage

This starts with the observation that Islam’s
religious vocabulary constantly reminds man
that he is a traveller, a pilgrim. “In each of the
five daily prayers – a total of 17 times per day
– the Muslim asks God to lead him along the
straight path (sirat mustaqim); in
the Fatiha, the first sura of the Quran, the
recitation of which is mandatory, it is as a
matter of fact the only request that is made.”
This text includes a presentation of Ibn
Arabi’s Kitab al-isfar.