Jordan

“Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light.”
― Imam Al-Haddad

“God is the supreme uncreated light of which Wisdom is born, but there was never a time when God's Wisdom did not exist.”
― Merritt Y. Hughes, Ten Perspectives on Milton

“What has he found who has lost God?
And what has he lost who has found God?”
― Ibn 'Ata' Allah Al-Iskandari

“Do not use your energy except for a cause more noble than yourself. Such a cause cannot be found except in Almighty God Himself: to preach the truth, to defend womanhood, to repel humiliation which your Creator has not imposed upon you, to help the oppressed. Anyone who uses his energy for the sake of the vanities of the world is like someone who exchanges gemstones for gravel. There is no nobility in anyone who lacks faith. The wise man knows that the only fitting price for his soul is a place in Paradise...”
― Ibn Hazm