The above cryptogram is Arabic for "The Islanders". The legend of the Islanders is a late13th century Sufi fable from the Mevlevi dervish about a group of people called the El Ar whose land became uninhabitable for a prolonged period of time. They set sail from their land looking for a place to live, planning to someday return. They found an island, similar enough to their old home to satisfy them, but different enough to require them to make many adaptations in order to live there. The method for how to build a ship and plot a course back was passed down for many, many generations, but over time, corruption, suspicion, and revolution eroded away the ideals the society brought with them, casting doubt on whether or not the old stories were true. When the time came to return home, it was such a distant memory that there was much disagreement on how to build the ship, whether a ship was needed, whether they should return, or even if there were a distant home to return to.
So here we are, sailing through the heavens on an island called Earth, unable to get back to the Source. At least we're all on the same rock together, going in the same direction. . .