Eman

“Build a House for men and birds.
Sit with them and play music.
For a day, for just one day,
talk about that which disturbs no one
and bring some peace,
my friend,
into your beautiful eyes.”
― Hâfez, The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems Inspired by Hafiz

“Your soul once sat on an easel on my knee.
For ages I hve been sketching you
With myriad shapes of sounds and light;

Now awake, dear pilgrim,
With your thousand swaying arms
That need to caress the sky.”
― شمس الدین محمد حافظ / Shams-al-Din Mohammad Hafez, The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems Inspired by Hafiz

“قلْبي يُحدّثُني بأنّكَ مُتلِفي،
روحي فداكَ عرفتَ أمْ لمْ تعرفِ
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لم أقضِ حقَّ هَوَاكَ إن كُنتُ الذي..
لم أقضِ فيهِ أسى،ومِثلي مَن يَفي”
― ابن الفارض

“Can I aske forgiveness for someone else, someone whose already dead?

Yes, you can. Of course you can. And you can give charity in their name and you can recite the Qur'an for their sake. All these things will reach them, your prayers will ease the hardship and loneliness of their grave or it will reach them in bright, beautiful gifts. Gifts to unwrap and enjoy and they will know that this gift is from you.”
― Leila Aboulela, Minaret