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أُوَيْس الْقَرَنِي

Uways al-Qaranī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

his portrait is written, not drawn

His portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.

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From His Tongueمِنْ كَلَامِهِ

If you deem a sin petty, you have deemed the Lord petty.

Uways al-Qarani ق. Quoted from Tadhkirāt al-Awliya by Farīd-ud-dīn Attār ق. Translation by Paul Losensky.