"The greater part of the pleasures of this life and the next involves the consumption of tempting food and drink."

"In full view, passion has rent its veil: love’s best course is to be in plain sight."

"Whenever I got sick my father would take a cup of water and recite something over it, then tell me to drink some of it and wash my hands and face in it."

You can spot a Scents and Flavors cameo in this new piece about molokhia--thanks, Eater Chicago ! chicago.eater.com/2024/8/22/2422…

"Yet another type of legislative statement includes those things in respect of which God has imposed on His creatures the obligation to engage in legal interpretation in order to arrive at an answer."

"Those who desire God and search for the truth find our method is salutary and effective. But those who exceed their bounds, transgress their limits, wrong their opponents, and make inappropriate claims simply cheat themselves, overreach their intelligence, and anger their Lord."

LAL Editorial Board member Mohammed Rustom will be giving talks next month on ʿAyn al-Quḍāt, whose book Essence of Reality he translated for LAL. If you're in NY or NJ, check these out! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

"Love of a thing makes you deaf and blind."

"Who is the man whose every trait deserves approval? It is sufficient merit that his faults can be counted."

"But we can excuse Time if it misses a day or two, busy as it was creating havoc in the past."

"They ask you about orphans. Answer: 'Anything done to remedy their situation is a part of goodness.'"

"Acceptance guarantees success, and he who puts all his trust in God will not be disappointed."

"There’s no denying the fact that former patterns of wealth have vanished. The days of old are long gone when a man could become rich with a word or gesture and find himself thereby the richest of the rich after being considered the poorest of the poor."

"Eyes are the heart’s scouts; feet entice it away: but at the heart’s bidding, they will walk."

"I marvel then how the banner may go to an ignorant man while poverty flies o’er the turban of every wise one."

"When, after long avoidance, I pay a visit to a land, I miss a loved one, though the place is still the same."

In a new blog post, Rebecca Ruth Gould (rrgould.bsky.social) discusses the literary and political implications of Kalīlah and Dimnah in Georgian. Check it out here: wp.me/p48OqK-1dJ

"The concept of nurturing as it is understood by ordinary believers is limited to the raising of children and the like."

"Men of knowledge truly worthy of the name do not succumb to the affliction of conceit."

"No Muslim can pass through their territory without first befriending one of them."