“Know that God’s friends (awliya’), fear does not overwhelm them nor are they immersed in grief” (Qur’an, Surat Yunus 10:62) أَلَا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ Ala inna awliya Allah la khawfun ‘alayhim wa-la hum yahzanun. “¿No es cierto que los amigos de Allah no tendrán que temer ni se entristecerán?” (Spanish translation by Suleyman Ernesto Geddes )

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“Say: All is from God’s presence” (Qur’an, Surat al-Nisa’ 4:78) قُلْ كُلٌّ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ Qul kullun min ‘indallah. “Di: Todo proviene de Allah” (Spanish translation by Suleyman Ernesto Geddes ).

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“Loving is among the qualities of those who are generously noble” (Stated by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Washshāʼ in al-Washsha’) الحب من شيم الكرام Al-Hubbu min shiyam il-kiram. Calligraphed by Osman Özçay.

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The religion of the youthful and energetic involves expending great effort to do lots acts of worship and pious actions and to learn lots of rules and doctrines, since young and energetic people can do such things. The religion of the old and debilitated, who in worst case scenarios do not have a lot of energy and may even be physically disabled, is a simple straightforward or straight path: remember Allah, gratefully and lovingly surrendering to your Beloved, at this moment; for they know it may be their last opportunity to do so. Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, in his Qur’an commentary, Mafatih al-ghayb, wrote that “What is meant by it is nothing other than entrusting all of one’s affairs to God and relying upon God in all matters” فَلَيْسَ الْمُرَادُ، إِلَّا تَفْوِيضَ الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَالِاعْتِمَادَ فِي كُلِّ الْأُمُورِ عَلَى اللَّهِ

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Make me more bewildered
about You,
by giving me
almost more love
than I can stand!

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Sa’di:
If you want
to be in love,
the condition
is that you must not
complain about the Beloved.

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“This too will pass, Ya Hu [O You Who the Transcendent Source of all!]”
Bu da geçer, Ya Hu

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[The wife of ‘Imran said to her Lord-Sustainer after giving birth to Mary] “I have named her Maryam and have enabled her and her offspring to take refuge in You from the accursed Satan” (Qur’an, Surat Al ‘Imran 3:36).
وَإِنِّي سَمَّيْتُهَا مَرْيَمَ وَإِنِّي أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
wa-inni sammaytu-ha maryama wa-inni u’idhu-ha bi-ka wa-dhurriyata-ha min al-shaytan ir-rajim.

Calligraphed by Ahmed Koçak in 1429 AH / 2008 CE. Signed “Ahmadi”. Notice that the “ha’ ” in his signature is not as stretched out as the “ha” in the signature of Ahmad Kutluhan.

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“Love Heals” Aşk şifadır (Mevlana), calligraphed by Arif Yücel in 1431 AH / 2009-10 CE.

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“Religion, from God’s perspective, is surrenduring (al-islam)” (Qur’an Surat Al ‘Imran 3:19) إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ Inna d-dina ‘indallahi l-islam

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