A Journey Through Ten Thousand Veils
Born in Hollywood, California— Maryam Kabeer was led to live in India, Nepal and monasteries in Europe then guided to embrace Islam at the hands of an ancient Sufi Master a few minutes away from the tomb of the Prophet Abraham. She would later study intensively with Sufi Masters around the world. Her journey to the holy places and people of the earth has led her to the deep truth that all lives are totally interconnected and united with our own.
This book is a significant and revealing social commentary, also dispelling many other myths and stereotypes such as the proposition, often fostered by the media, that women are inevitably oppressed in Islam. On the contrary, it is by entering into the heart of Islam that the author was liberated, elevated, empowered, and guided to realize the true purpose of her existence.
Endorsements for A Journey Through Ten Thousand Veils
“Alhamdulillah! The excellency of this transmission of the spiritual journey is apparent inasmuch as Sheikha Maryam is swimming consistently in a realm of ever-increasing light, constantly breathing and inhaling its luminescence. This is a voyage inspired by Allah subhana wa ta’ala. Her swimming is in an ocean rarely travelled.”
Sheikh Harun Al Faqir Sheikh of the Mustafawiyya Tariqah Originating in Senegal, West Africa
“Journey Through Ten Thousand Veils contains Maryam Kabeer’s auto- biographical account of her lifelong search to become closer to God, ultimately via Sufism, in Islam, and what a journey it is! The memoir is all the more impressive, because the author is a historical person in her own right. This book will be highly valuable to any seekers of God, as she examines all of the multiple dimensions of a quest. It is also a treasure as a record of a precious and significant part of American Muslim History.”
Dr. Khalid Yahya Blankinship Head of Graduate Studies, Department of Religion, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
“Who is a Sufi? What does Sufi mean? Do you know one? If one of the definitions is a Seeker, then Sister Maryam is an embodiment of the term. Since we met in the early nineties, I was drawn to her tireless efforts to be travelling on the Path. Her home and heart are open to all. With a smile and kind hospitality she listens, shares, and teaches by example. Her life is a great journey that reflects the beauty of Faith. It is a blessing for seekers yearning for guidance that she is generous to share her story and make it available to those who want to learn, reflect and be inspired to be seekers on the Path.”
Dr. Manar Darwish Professor of Religion, Bryn Mawr College
It is a roadmap
“The book you hold in your hands is more than a memoir of one soul’s inspiring journey toward Ultimate Reality. It is a roadmap for any soul that yearns for sojourn to the Divine, a trustworthy travel companion for all who answer the inner call to discover their highest self, and a proof that genuine spiritually awakened Guides still exist. Sheikha Maryam masterfully shares her most intimate, perilous, and profound moments as she is guided to the company of some of the greatest Muslim Spiritual Masters of the modern age. Her story is both unique and universal, for after reading about her Journey Through Ten Thousand Veils, we realize that we in fact have been journeying with her all along. It is the same journey of hope, healing, and homecoming embarked upon by different bodies, expressing a single Spirit, desiring one transcendent Goal.”
Shaykh Adeyinka Muhammad Mendes, Founding Director of Sacred Service for Human Liberation
Not simply ‘another book'
“Journey Through Ten Thousand Veils is not simply ‘another book’: it is a testimony that allows you to highlight your experience in the Way of God, your experience of Divine Love. It is the realization in all humility of our need to assume the responsibility to share with others these ex- periences as a potential catalyst for their awakening and spiritual trans- formation.”
“This book is a witnessing and bringing to completion of the teachings discovered on the journey to God. May the Lord bestow this Grace upon all beings!”
Sheikh Aly N’Daw International Sufi School of Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba, Pout, Senegal
A magnificent beacon of love and light
“This book is a magnificent beacon of love and light that kindles an awakening of the Divine journey in our lives. In a time when “extremist” messages are transmitted through peoples’ hopelessness, disconnection and despair, Sheikha Maryam spreads the message of hope and connection by describing how Allah, subhana wa ta’ala, through His deep subtle Love and Compassion, is always gently and gracefully guiding each and every one of us towards our own awakening to the Divine—the Divine Light of Love and Connectivity. We can see many parallels in her life that reflect our own individual and collective journeys. Sheikha Maryam describes each new step as an unfolding Divine beauty being bestowed upon her, revealing her realization that all lives are interconnected and that the journey of enlightenment is one in which we naturally find many others on the same path on which we all form a collective, a coalition of souls, united in love and peace.”
Moaz Choudhury Social Worker, Toronto, Canada
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You will receive a paperback copy of A Journey through Ten Thousand Veils. This is the most recent edition, updated in 2021. Sheikha Maryam Kabeer's personal story of her journey is 456 pages with additional commentary and prayers.
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