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Phoebe Aster Skylake said:
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This translation was incredible and beautiful. I hope there will be reprints of Muhammad Asad's translation of the Qur'an in the future.
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“An imaginary divinity has been given to man so that he may strip himself of it.”
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“Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.”
― Gravity and Grace
― Gravity and Grace
“Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.”
― Gravity and Grace
― Gravity and Grace
“The world is the closed door. It is a barrier. And at the same time it is the way through.
Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but it is also their means of communication. … Every separation is a link.”
― Gravity and Grace
Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but it is also their means of communication. … Every separation is a link.”
― Gravity and Grace
“The capacity to pay attention to an afflicted person is something very rare, very difficult; it is nearly a miracle. It is a miracle. Nearly all those who believe they have this capacity do not. Warmth, movements of the heart, and pity are not sufficient.”
― Waiting for God
― Waiting for God
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