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“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

“It suddenly became clear to me that the whole purpose of faith is not to be "good enough" before we begin on the path to God, but to come with all our deficiencies to God, knowing that only He can fill in our gaps through His mercy.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“Where Allah is metaphorically whole, we are nothing but holes...In essence, when we reach for anything in existence other than Allah, we are reaching for emptiness...It is only when we reach for God that we are spiritually filled and content.”
― 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