The 23rd Night Series is dedicated to a remembrance of Lai'l-tu-Qadr (The Night of Power) in which the Holy Prophet Mohamed (peace be upon Him) recieved his first revelation from Allah. The series consists of four pieces, each coined by a line of a poem that represents how one may be aware of His divine knowledge (i.e. revelation). The poem is as follows:

He wrote, "thgiR!"*

She said, "Read."

We heard, "Listen?"

"I" was His word.

*Note: "thgir" is "right" backward, the direction of Arabic script; it is also a synonym for write - the point is that the explicit form of awareness associated with revelation is ambiguous to say the least, and thus apprehension of the divine is simply a matter of experience at one's fullmost potential.

Interesting side note: in Arabic, the verb to write, aaqara, is the root that is used to create the word qur'an, which means "recitation."