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“Dear friends, Our souls have been in love with God For so very, very long.

“In God, there is no sorrow or suffering or affliction. If you want to be free of all affliction and suffering, hold fast to God, and turn wholly to Him, and to no one else. Indeed, all your suffering comes from this: that you do not turn toward God and no one else.

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

“A feeling of discouragement when you slip up is a sure sign that you put your faith in deeds.

Ibn 'Ata Allah al-Iskandari

“I once had a thousand desires, but in my one desire to know you, all else melted away.

Rumi

“Our death is our wedding with eternity.

Rumi

“Leave every action that will demand an apology from you. Beware of every hour and how it passes, and only spend it in the best possible way, do not neglect yourself, but render it accustomed to the noblest and best of actions, and send to your grave that which will please you when you arrive to it.

Ibn al-Jawzi

“By the mercy of God, Paradise has eight doors. One of those is the door of repentance, child. All the others are sometimes open, sometimes shut, but the door of repentance is never closed. Come seize the opportunity: the door is open; carry your baggage there at once.

Rumi

“Love for God envelops the heart, it rules the heart and it emanates over everything.

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

“Travelers, it is late. Life’s sun is going to set. During these brief days that you have strength, be quick and spare no effort of your wings.

Rumi

“With life as short as a half taken breath, don’t plant anything but Love.

Rumi

“Each lover is alone, in secret, with the one he loves, and I’m here too; alone, hidden from all of them with You

Rabi`a al-Adawiyyah

“I hear nothing in my ear but your voice. Heart has plundered mind of its eloquence. Love writes a transparent calligraphy, so on the empty page my soul can read and recollect.

Rumi

“‎O Lord, show us truth as true, and enable us to follow it.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“Deafened by the voice of desire you are unaware the Beloved lives in the core of your heart. Stop the noise and you’ll hear His voice in the silence

Rumi

“‎O Beloved, what kind of fountain is Thy Love, of which I sipped but one drop and wept rivers.

Saadi Shirazi

“You will be with those you love.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

“Last night, within my heart I heard Your whispers of love, and my heart is still quivering to know You were there.

Hafiz Shirazi

“Reflect on the work of art and you may attain to the Artist.