The Generations · The Friends of God
quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified
His portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.
The heart enquired of the soul: what is the beginning of this business? What its end, and what its fruit? The soul answered: The beginning of it is the annihilation of the self. Its end, faithfulness. And its fruit, immortality.
Khawajah Abdullah Ansari
