Salma

“No one knows loneliness like an atheist. When an average person feels isolated, he can call through the depths of his soul to One who knows him and sense an answer. An atheist cannot allow himself that luxury, for he has to crush the urge and remind himself
of its absurdity.”
― Jeffrey Lang, Struggling to Surrender: Some Impressions of an American Convert to Islam

“أنا الآن متعب و منكسر. أجد مشقة كبيرة في تجميع أفكاري و الوصول إليك.”
― واسيني الأعرج, طوق الياسمين

“I told her that we go to work to provide for our families, attend school functions that our children are involved in, take a few pieces of cake we just baked over to our neighbor next door, drive our children to school in the morning. “No! No!” She said. “How do you worship?” I said we make love to our spouses, smile and greet someone we pass on the street, help our children with their homework, hold open a door for someone behind us. “Worship! I’m asking about worship!” She exclaimed. I asked her exactly what she had in mind. “You know-Rituals!” She insisted. I answered her that we practice those also and that they are a very important part of Muslim worship. I was not trying to frustrate her, but I answered her in this way in order to emphasize Islam’s comprehensive conception of worship.”
― Jeffrey Lang, Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“اليومَ و انا في كامِل قِواي العقليّة، صمّمت أن أخطو الخُطوى الكُبرى التي تترتّبُ عنها كُسوراتٌ كثيرة ولكِنّها مُنقِذةٌ للروح.”
― واسيني الأعرج, طوق الياسمين