Pain and Passing

Written with rawness, honesty and pathos, these poems embrace the pain and heartbreak of loss and mourning and reveal the acute spiritual questioning that even devout believers inevitably experience.

Written each day as the outpouring of a heart torn open by painful loss, this collection unfolds in a sequence that coincides with the stages of grief and healing. With deep spiritual insights, Hayward’s beautiful poems shine a light on something often hidden away within Islamic discourse; the pain of loss and the wounded soul’s pleas to God for explanation, restoration and solace.