Nawar

“Enlightenment is when a wave realizes it is the ocean.”
THICH NHAT HANH, ZEN MASTER”
― 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

“What is meant for you, will reach you even if it is beneath two mountains. And what is not meant for you will not reach you even if it’s between your two lips.”
IMAM AL-GHAZALI, 11TH-CENTURY MYSTIC”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“In Arabic, the word fitna, meaning “hardship,” stems from the word fatanah, which means “to test gold, burn with fire.” Just as gold is heated to extract valuable elements from the useless surrounding material, it is through the fire of our trials that our golden essence is unearthed.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam