We Are the Guiding Stars

Ali was the heir to a bloodline of Ulama, a Hafiz and soon-to-be Alim destined to become a guiding star in a world that has forgotten how to look up. Zoya, his neighbor and childhood friend, has always been his classmate in the the same Ilmiyyah and hifz class. She's sharp-minded, steadfast, and cloaked in the same divine calling.

As we know, through centuries, Ulama's have guided mankind. Their entire lives, they strive to become the guiding stars, the heirs of the prophets. Years of memorizing scriptures of hadiths and sacred texts, Quran, and implementing it in their lives is a real struggle.

Ali and Zoya are training to be just like that. There lives are stitched together by strong Ilm scripture and sacred purpose-until a single rumor spreads like wildfire through their tightly-wound neighborhood. To silence the storm, they're forced into a marriage neither of them chose.

But something stirs beneath the surface-whispers of fate, the weight of destiny, and trials more spiritual than they ever imagined.

In a world where every step is watched and every word carries power, can Ali and Zoya still rise to become the luminous souls they were born to be?