Dinda Dinisa > Dinda's Quotes

“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.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“When thoughts arise, we do not judge them, analyze them, or try to change them--instead, we watch them pass by like clouds floating in the sky of our mind, and gently return our gaze back to the Divine.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“poetic language is not the same as theological language.”
― A. Helwa, From Darkness Into Light

“Now tell me how you can assume that God would take care of everything in this Universe and not take care of you?”
― A. Helwa, From Darkness Into Light

“Even if you cry in the darkness of the night, even if you dive beneath the waves of the sea where your salty tears are imperceptible to human eyes, God sees you. God embraces your pain.”
― A. Helwa, From Darkness Into Light