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“There are countless veils between us and God, but no veils between Him and us.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“God's love is intimately woven within every beat of our hearts. In fact, the Arabic word for God, Allah, begins with an "Ahh" sound, which in theories of sacred sound is the sound of manifestation, the sound we allegedly make when our hearts open. Symbolically, this sound represents the human being bursting forth from the nothingness of silence into manifested existence through God's speech.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“Since in Arabic there is not a gender-neutral pronoun such as "it," Allah uses huwa or "He" in reference to Himself because in Arabic the male gender form is inclusive of the female, not exclusive.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“Awakening to faith is not a one-time event, but a continuously unfolding reality. The journey of faith is not a race, but a marathon of love that each person walks at a different pace.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam