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61 " It was not until the twentieth century that the scientific community confirmed certain claims made by the Qur’an more than 1,400 years ago. For example, the Qur’an speaks about water being the core substance of all living things (21:30), the human embryonic development (23:12-14), the universe not being static but expanding (51:47), and the sun and the moon having their own individual orbits (21:33). "
― A. Helwa , Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam
62 " Jewish mystics metaphorically describe God’s justice as scolding hot water that, if poured on its own into a clay vessel, would break it. God’s mercy is described as freezing cold water; if poured on its own into a clay vessel, it would also break it. But if you pour them together, a neutralizing balance is created, preventing the vessel from breaking. "
63 " As Rumi beautifully says, “Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment”—for at the end of all you know is the beginning of your journey to Allah. "
64 " Take one step toward Me, I will take ten steps toward you. Walk toward Me, I will run toward you.”9ALLAH "
65 " Our inability to understand God is our understanding of God.” Our inability to comprehend God’s infinite nature does not mean we cannot have a relationship with God; rather, it means our experience of God begins through admitting our ignorance before His all-encompassing knowledge. "
66 " As Rumi says, “Each moment contains a hundred messages from God. To every cry of, ‘Oh God.’ He answers a hundred times, ‘I am here.’” Do not ever think that because you cannot see God that He cannot see you. “Do not lose heart or grieve” (3:139), because even in the depths of your darkest nights your Lord is with you always, saying, “I am near” (2:186). "
67 " Death is not an entrance into nothingness—rather, it is the birth canal we must travel through to be born into eternal life. Similar to how we wake up from a dream by opening our eyes, when we die we do not disappear, we simply open our eyes to another reality. "
68 " As Rumi says, “I looked in Temples, Churches, and Mosques. But I found the Divine in my heart.” In this poem, Rumi reminds us that God is most brilliantly reflected in the mirror of the spiritual heart, which is the seat of consciousness. "
69 " and hatred? Why must so many people starve themselves to sleep? Why must children be homeless? Oh God why don’t You do something? Why don’t You quench the flames of our sadness? Why don’t you bring joy where hope is lost? Why don’t You do something? Why don’t You just do something?!” The poor man dug his knuckles into the hot sand and screamed until he fell into an ecstatic state, and heard the Divine reply, “I did do something. I created you. "
70 " Sunni Muslims, who make up about 80-85 percent of the Muslims; Shia Muslims, who are about 10–13 percent of the Muslim population worldwide; "
71 " When we are born, the adhan, or call to prayer, is recited in our ears but no prayer is performed. When we die, no adhan is recited, but a prayer is performed.This is because the adhan of your birth belongs to the prayer of your death. That's how short life is. "
72 " Oh Allah, distance me from my sins just as You have distanced the east from the west. Oh Allah, purify me of my sins as a white robe is purified of filth. Oh Allah, cleanse me of my sins with snow, water, and ice.”10 Oh Allah, I lovingly await Your invitation to come visit You, both in this life and the next. I place my hope in Your mercy and place my trust in Your perfect timing. In Your generous names I pray, Ameen. "
73 " spirit held in the mortal embrace of clay. You are not a human being meant to be spiritual, you are a spiritual being living this human being miracle.”ARU BARZAK, POET "
74 " We are not stones, we are seeds; we are not buried when we die, we are planted, to rise in another time. "
75 " Your body is not just a clay tent that you live in, it’s a piece of the universe you have been given. You are not a small star, you are a reflection of the entire cosmos. Can you hear the big bang in your heart? Eighty times a minute God knocks on the doors of your chest, to remind you that He has never left, and that He is closer to you than the jugular vein in your neck (50:16). "
76 " You do not own yourself to dictate what price you are worthy of being sold. Stop pricing God’s merchandise. "
77 " Rumi says, “Inside the great mystery that is, we don’t really own anything. What is this competition we feel then, before we go, one at a time, through the same gate? "
78 " Tell me, if a single leaf cannot fall on the entire Earth without God’s knowledge, how could your heart break without His healing presence embracing you? "
79 " No one has the power to make us feel angry. The world can only unveil the anger we already carry within us. "
80 " In a world that's constantly changing, it is comforting to know that our God is the same today as He was yesterday and will be tomorrow. "