Nargis Babar

“Mystics throughout time have said that they believe in God like they believe in light, not because they can see light, but because through it they see everything else.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“When the world goes to sleep, God is the One who is awake with you. God sees the tears you hide with smiles and He embraces the pain you think no one would understand. “Not even an atom’s weight in the heavens or the earth remains hidden from Him” (34:3).”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“The principles of Islam teach us to be messengers of peace—to be like water, gentle enough to wash away tears and strong enough to drown hatred. To be Muslim is to protect the weak, the orphan, the beggar, the disabled of all races and cultures. To be Muslim is not to be color-blind, but to see the differences between people and to celebrate that diversity as a product of the free will that God chose to give us. As the Qur’an says, “And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and your colors. Indeed, in that are signs for those of knowledge” (30:22)”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“You are not a small star, you are a reflection of the entire cosmos. Can you hear the big bang in your heart? Eighty times a minute God knocks on the doors of your chest, to remind you that He has never left, and that He is closer to you than the jugular vein in your neck (50:16).”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam