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The Halfway Path

The Halfway Path


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Zayn lives a life meticulously curated to be safe, a perpetual grey plateau where routine has replaced passion. He works as a digital archivist, a silent custodian of other people's vibrant lives while his own remains in a state of comfortable numbness. His story is inspired by the Qur'anic view of the human journey: born not at the top or bottom of a mountain, but halfway up, with the choice to ascend towards purpose (taqwa) or descend into the abyss of meaninglessness (fujur). A cryptic remark from a wise old baker shatters Zayn's fragile peace, forcing him to confront the terrifying possibility that he is drowning on dry land. This awakening propels him toward a seemingly simple choice: joining an Arabic calligraphy class. This decision becomes the first step on his arduous climb, a path where his true enemies are not external, but the subtle, insidious whispers of his own self (nafs) and the sharp, intrusive thoughts of a spiritual adversary (shaytan). The novel masterfully portrays these internal battles through the Qur'anic concepts of waswasa (whispers that beautify inaction) and nazgh (jabs of fear and shame). Through the discipline of the reed pen and black ink, Zayn's journey is mapped. He moves from the humiliation of the "trembling line" and the despair of the "spilled ink" to the quiet confidence of a steady hand. But with skill comes the more dangerous enemy of pride, as his art becomes a "polished mirror" for his own ego, threatening a more profound fall. The ultimate test arrives not in a moment of crisis, but in an offer of success-a chance to display his work in a gallery. Zayn is forced to weigh his work on the "baker's scales" is his art an elaborate cake made for public praise, or is it simple bread, made for quiet nourishment? His decision to renounce worldly validation marks his true arrival. The Halfway Path is a profound, introspective novel about the quiet war waged within every soul. It is not a story of grand gestures, but of the monumental importance of small, intentional choices. Zayn's journey concludes not with a triumphant arrival at a sunlit peak, but with the quiet discovery that the summit is found in infusing one's ordinary life with sincere, unseen service, transforming the mundane into the sacred. It is a deeply emotional and resonant tale of a man learning not how to achieve greatness, but how to achieve meaning.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798230623649
  • Publisher: Zouhir Merbah
  • Publisher Imprint: Zouhir Merbah
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 50
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 127 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8230623643
  • Publisher Date: 18 Aug 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 109 gr


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