Omar Khayyam:
If you
are drunk
from the wine,
Khayyam,
rejoice!

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Rumi:
The merciful shadow of God
is above the head
of the servant
In the end,
one who seeks,
finds.

“O You Who changes hearts, make my heart stable in Your religion and in obedience to You.” (A prayer of the Prophet Muhammad, recorded in the hadith collection of Ahmad ibn Hanbal; a more highly regarded version of this–recorded in the Sunan of Tirmidhi– omits “and in obedience to You.”) يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ وَطَاعَتِكَ Ya muqalliba l-qulub thabbit qalbi ‘ala dinika wa-ta’atika. Calligraphed by Hasan Çelebi.

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“O You Who changes hearts, make my heart stable in Your religion and in obedience to You.” (A prayer of the Prophet Muhammad recorded in the hadith collection of Ahmad ibn Hanbal; a more highly regarded version of this–recorded in the Sunan of Tirmidhi– omits “and in obedience to You.”) يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ وَطَاعَتِكَ Ya muqalliba l-qulub thabbit qalbi ‘ala dinika wa-ta’atiki

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“Say to My servants who have transgressed against their own selves, ‘Do not despair of God’s merciful love! God forgives all sins!’ [God is infinitely forgiving, infinitely mercifiul!]” Qur’an, Surat al-Zumur 39:53 Qul ya ‘ibadiya lladhina asrafu ‘ala anfusihim la taqnatu min rahmatillah innallaha yaghfiru dh-dhunuba jami’an [innahu huwa l-ghafur ur-rahim]
قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا [إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ]

The doorway to return to the Beloved is always open right now, in this moment. In the Qur’an we find “Whoever does tawba [turning away from sin and back to God], puts faith in God, and acts rightly, God will change his/her evil ways into beautiful virtues” (Surat al-Furqan 25:70). And as Muhammad said, “Anyone who turns away (does tawba) from his/her sin, it is as if s/he has no sin.”

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“Say God is one, God, the Everlasting, Who does not give birth, Who is not born, and Who has no equivalent.” (Quran, Surat al-Ikhlas, #112).
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ (1) اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ (2) لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ (3) وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ (4)
Qul huwallahu ahad, Allahu s-samad, yam yalid wa-lam yulad, wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad. Calligraphed in 1327 by Mustafa Efendi, an Ottoman era calligrapher.

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Truly, God forgives all of your sins, entirely. (Qur’an al-Zumur 39:53)
إن الله يغفر الذنوب جميعا
innallaha yaghfiru dh-dhunuba jami’an

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O my Lord-Sustainer, make things easy! O my Lord-Sustainer, do not cause difficulty! Brings things about with goodness [and assistance]!

ربي يسر ولا تعسر رب تمم بالخير به [والعون]
Rabbi, yassir wa-la tu’assir! Rabbi tammim bi-l-khayr bi-hi [wa-al-‘awn]

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Rumi:
I am the slave
of the Qur’an
as long as I
have a soul.
I am dust
on the road
of Muhammad,
the one chosen.
من بنده قرآنم اگر جان دارم
من خاك ره محمد مختارم

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O You, the One Who knows my state,
You are the One on Whom I rely
يا عالما بحالي عليك اتكالي ya ‘aliman bi-hali ‘alayka ittikali

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