Iman Hashim

“من علامة الاعتماد على العمل نقصان الرجاء عند وجود الزلل”
― أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, الحِكم العطائية

“لا يعظم الذنب عندك عظمه تصدك عن حسن الظن بالله تعالى فإن من عرف ربه استصغر فى جنب كرمه ذنبه”
― أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, الحِكم العطائية

“You have been to hell, Ketut?"
He smiled. Of course he's been there.
What's it like in hell?"
Same like in heaven," he said.
He saw my confusion and tried to explain. "Universe is a circle, Liss."
He said. "To up, to down -- all same, at end."
I remembered an old Christian mystic notion: As above, so below.
I asked. "Then how can you tell the difference between heaven and hell?"
Because of how you go. Heaven, you go up, through seven happy places. Hell, you go down, through seven sad places. This is why it better for you to go up, Liss." He laughed.
Same-same," he said. "Same in end, so better to be happy in journey."
I said, "So, if heaven is love, then hell is.. "
Love, too," he said.
Ketut laughed again, "Always so difficult for young people to understand this!”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“ما الخطأ في أن يتعلق الغريق بلوح خشب أو عود أو قشة؟ ما الجرم في أن يصنع لنفسه قنديلاً مزججاً و ملوناً لكي يتحمل عتمة ألوانه؟”
― رضوى عاشور, ثلاثية غرناطة