“Can the reward for affirming virtuous beauty be anything but the affirmation of virtuous beauty?! (Qur’an, Surat al-Rahman هَلْ جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ (60) Hal jaza’u l-ihsani illa l-ihsan; calligraphy byHamid Aytaç in 1374 AH/ 1954-5 CE.

I’ve gotten permission from Dr. Alan Godlas (Abdul Haqq), who is a professor at the University of Georgia for Islamic and Sufi studies, to repost his Facebook postings on Islam and Sufism. All translations are done by Abdul Haqq Godlas unless otherwise noted.