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A lone traveler worked his way across a trackless expanse of golden sand beneath the burning bronze disk of an unforgiving sun. He was a short man, dressed in the sky blue robes of a Bedouin, and his face was invisible inside the deep cowl of his hood. Heat shimmered in waves off the gilded dunes creating visual distortions wherever the wanderer looked. Mirages they were, hopes, passions and fears, all the emanations of the unencumbered mind. Dreams and nightmares. He knew them well for he was of them and yet apart, a being who straddled the wall of sleep that separated the waking world and the realm of dreams. | A lone traveler worked his way across a trackless expanse of golden sand beneath the burning bronze disk of an unforgiving sun. He was a short man, dressed in the sky blue robes of a Bedouin, and his face was invisible inside the deep cowl of his hood. Heat shimmered in waves off the gilded dunes creating visual distortions wherever the wanderer looked. Mirages they were, hopes, passions and fears, all the emanations of the unencumbered mind. Dreams and nightmares. He knew them well for he was of them and yet apart, a being who straddled the wall of sleep that separated the waking world and the realm of dreams. | ||
The traveler's journey seemed to take forever and yet ended abruptly at the shining white walls of Dhakira. The ''White City'' was a dreamscape analog of Alexandria and in many ways it ''was'' Alexandria for when humanity slept they inadvertently touched Dhakira. In fits and starts the sleeping inhabitants of Alexandria wandered the pearlescent avenues, marvelous marketplaces, pagan temples and forgotten palaces chasing their dreams or being chased by their nightmares. | |||
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Ealam al Ahlam {Realm of Dreams}
A lone traveler worked his way across a trackless expanse of golden sand beneath the burning bronze disk of an unforgiving sun. He was a short man, dressed in the sky blue robes of a Bedouin, and his face was invisible inside the deep cowl of his hood. Heat shimmered in waves off the gilded dunes creating visual distortions wherever the wanderer looked. Mirages they were, hopes, passions and fears, all the emanations of the unencumbered mind. Dreams and nightmares. He knew them well for he was of them and yet apart, a being who straddled the wall of sleep that separated the waking world and the realm of dreams.
The traveler's journey seemed to take forever and yet ended abruptly at the shining white walls of Dhakira. The White City was a dreamscape analog of Alexandria and in many ways it was Alexandria for when humanity slept they inadvertently touched Dhakira. In fits and starts the sleeping inhabitants of Alexandria wandered the pearlescent avenues, marvelous marketplaces, pagan temples and forgotten palaces chasing their dreams or being chased by their nightmares.
Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! (God is Great!)
Ashhadu an la ilaha illa Allah. Ashhadu an la ilaha illa Allah. (I bear witness that there is no god except the One God.)
Ashadu anna Muhammadan Rasool Allah. Ashadu anna Muhammadan Rasool Allah. (I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God.)
Hayya 'ala-s-Salah. Hayya 'ala-s-Salah. (Hurry to the prayer.)
Hayya 'ala-l-Falah. Hayya 'ala-l-Falah. (Hurry to salvation.)
Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! (God is Great!)
La ilaha illa Allah. (There is no god except the One God.)
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