The blessed city of Jerusalem or in Arabic ‘al-Quds’ is one of the precious and dazzling jewels of human civilization. That it occupies center stage in the history and narratives of many different people should come as no surprise. Its place in the Islamic world has been marked by tremendous trauma and pain in the past century, but its rank and position in the faith is no less central.

Shaykh Mohammad Akram Nadwi is a seasoned travelogue writer in Arabic. His fluid pen flows with insights, reflections and meticulous observations that are missed by most.

Flip through Shaykh Akram’s remarkable journey when he visited Jerusalem in Ramadhan 2015.