From the beginning, my work has been driven by an interest in the invisible. Al-ghayb, the unknown and invisible, lies at the heart of the Islamic tradition but is easily overlooked if we rely too much on our eyes and observation skills. My first major project focused on dreams and visions. I tried to think through Islamic understandings of the imagination and the fact that certain dreams constitute real relationships – to the dead, the Prophet and his descendants, and even God – and, by way of their prophetic quality, offer guidance to people. Such dreams are not simply “royal roads into the unconscious” but are profoundly ethical. My second major project examined the interplay between material and spiritual economies in Islamic charity practices. It asked what it means to give to God (li-llāh) by way of giving to the poor. My most recent project has zoomed in even more squarely onto the most elusive invisible figure of all: God.