Hussien Ali

“the Prophet laughed and said, “If you, ʿUmar, went down one path, Satan would take another.”
― Hamza Yusuf, Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart

“قل للذين مقامهم في مقلتي
ما ضرّنا إذ ناءتِ الأميالُ
في كل يوم تكبرون بداخلي
كالزّهرِ يورقُ في الحياةِ جمالُ”
― ابن الفارض

“There is a place where words are born of silence,
A place where the whispers of the heart arise.

There is a place where voices sing your beauty,
A place where every breath
carves your image
in my soul.”
― Rumi, Rumi: In the Arms of the Beloved

“Fill this cup to that love that never changes, never! Fill this cup to the love that goes on living forever! To the love that has been purified by earthly woes and at last with everlasting bliss... divinely glows!”
― Nizami Ganjavi, Nizami: Layla & Majnun