Amina Shehata

“لا تزكين وارد لا تعلم ثمرته، فليس المراد من السحابة - الأمطار، وإنما المراد منها وجود الإثمار.”
― أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, الحِكم العطائية

“كيف يشرق قلب صور الأكوان منطبعة في مرآته ؟
أم كيف يرحل إلى الله ، وهو مكبل بشهواته ؟
أم كيف يطمع أن يدخل حضرة الله ، وهو لم يتطهر من جنابة غفلاته ؟
أم كيف يرجو أن يفهم دقائق الأسرار، وهو لم يتب من هفواته ؟”
― أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, الحِكم العطائية

“But what can happen over time is this: You wake up one day and realize that you have put yourself back together completely differently. That you are whole, finally, and strong – but you are now a different shape, a different size. This sort of change — the change that occurs when you sit inside your own pain — it’s revolutionary. When you let yourself die, there is suddenly one day: new life. You are Different. New. And no matter how hard you try, you simply cannot fit into your old life anymore. You are like a snake trying to fit into old, dead skin, or a butterfly trying to crawl back into the cocoon, or new wine trying to pour itself back into an old wineskin. This new you is equal parts undeniable and terrifying.

Because you just do not fit. And suddenly you know that. And you have become a woman who doesn’t ignore her knowing. Who doesn’t pretend she doesn’t know. Because pretending makes you sick. And because you never promised yourself an easy life, but you did promise yourself a true one. You did promise – back when you were putting yourself back together – that you’d never betray you again.”
― Glennon Doyle Melton

“ان لم تحسن ظنك به لأجل حسن وصفه, فحسن ظنك به لأجل معاملته معك. فهل عودك الا حسنا! و هل أسدي اليك الا مننا؟!”
― أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, الحِكم العطائية