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Contentions 1

1. Activism will only succeed when it remembers that history is in good hands.

2 We must not overestimate the calamities of our age. A misplaced rigorism is less dangerous than an improper liberalism.

3. This sin of the Muslim world: menefreghismo.

4. In senescence, religions have two possibilities: Alzheimers (the amnesiac option of the secular elites and manic!depressive

(the false "alafism.

5. Aid for moderate Middle !astern regimes is meals on wheels" because it does not e#$ect to re%uvenate.

#. $ostmodernism isJahiliyya. %ach tribe has its own stor&.

&. The modern 'est shows that without a (haria there can only be scatteredhunafa.

'. )here is no *od at all, and Atat+r is -is prophet.

). The *mma without its +aw is li,e a man without his -rayer.

/0. )he %ast is content without form1 the West is form without content.

11. t is as fallacious to assert that slam is unsuited to the age as it is to believe that the age is suited to slam.

/2. odern India: we are called to put the rahmabac into 3rahman.

13. 'hich came first: intolerant $reaching or its sub%ect/matter0

/4. Whether *od can forgive %urope is perhaps the greatest problem of theodic&.

15. slamic modernism: a danse macabreflirting with the s$iritual death of the !nlightenment.

/#. -ave we become lie the Incredible -ul, ineffectual until provoed

1&. The radicals are announcing only one thing: Attention This vehicle is reversing

/'. Wahhabism: the war on pol&chrom&. (5ermeer: the perfect $rotestant.

1). 2ollowers of Antichrist see with only one eye" whose name isZahirorBatin.

20. "t 6uthbert never defeated the *reen an, who has now returned with a 7aw.


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1. The Crusaders served us at least once: they let al/4hidr loose in (herwood.

22. 3ritish 3uddhism: who can abide this chinoiserie

3. Converts: we must %um$ the ga$ without losing our clothes.

24. 3laes 8ob shows that repentance can never be paid for.

5. 'illiam +aw $lus the social gos$el: is anything left before slam0

2#. 5ersailles is Augustinian1 -idcote is $elagian.

&. The !nglish lac, nothing to ma,e them sound Mussulmans" and need only stretch out a finger to become

one with the Tur,s in outward a$$earance" in religious observance and in their whole character. The Fugger

Letters.6

2'. 3ritish religious painting: wh& this indifference to the $assion

). Closet converts are the malamatiyya: they ,now" but are not ,nown.

90. )he Abrahamic wandering, for us, but not for 7evinas, is to polis, to umm al-Qura. It was Islam, not 8udaism, which united

Abraham and d&sseus.

31. 7agar" that root out of a dry ground" the most fertile woman in history.

92. -agar is the matriarch of liberation because, unlie "arah, she fends for herself.

33. 8udaism is dead9 but we are going to give it a magnificent funeral. abbi ;un


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40. )he $araclete was indeed the 6omforter. We were in a state of asceticalpanicabout ourselves.

>1. The liberal theory of religion is homeo$athic. The more you water it down" the stronger it will become.6

42.8uda/yi sm: the absolutizing of a people.

!dom: the absolutizing of a person.

slam: the absolutizing of *od.

>3. ?ur =od is too generous to re@uire an economy of salvation.

44. -ave 6hristianit& and Islam e;changed views of each other

>5.Salatis thezakatof time.

4#. In the measure that we accept the $ra&er it is accepted b& *od.

>&. The dietary laws are an o$$ortunity to fast.

4'. )e;t without conte;t is prete;t. -e withdraws nowledge b& withdrawing the ulema.

>). +iteralism is the la


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5). The femininity of the crescent" the masculinity of the cross. Ma# !rnst""en shall kno# nothing of this.6

#0. 7a&la: the chador of *od on earth.

B1. slam is the religion of women because Madina had no $lace for ?edi$us.

#2. Women are native to $aradise: is this not the most underestimated disclosure of the 3oo

B3. ?ur -aradise shows that the ionysian mysteries were $role$tic.

#4. 6ranial nudit&.Adverte oculos!)he hijais indeed an amulet, which wards off the evil e&e.

B5. (tay home during the $ee, season.

##. 5eiling the unavailable: noli me tanere.

B&. Christian women: celibacy. Muslim women: cellulite. Thus have two $ro$hets been forgotten.

#'. It is the econom& of desire which shows that 7aw is pure merc&.

B). !#clusivism is less o$$ressive to the o$$ressed than to the o$$ressor.

?0. 3acon, lie a pious pasha, has blurred our faces. Is this the condition of postmodernit& )o be a two!

dimensional cartoonwithout a face

&1. ureyev inLa Bayad$refinally ac,nowledged the light in his name. 'here are we to welcome such

$enitents0

?2. "moing ills. If &oure illed, &ouve lost a ver& important part of &our life. (3rooe "hields

&3. ts called the consumer society because it consumes us.

?4. )he fact that it is so difficult for present!da& man to pra& and the fact that it is so difficult for him to carr& on a genuine tal

with his fellow men are elements of a single set of facts. (3uber

&5. 'henever watch TD and see those $oor starving ,ids all over the world" cant hel$ but cry. mean d

love to be s,inny li,e that" but not with all those flies and death and stuff. Mariah Carey6

?#. )heSunnais sulu", for the @ivine ther ma& onl& be intuited. $erception does not attain -im, but -e attains perception.

&&. The $roof of =od is the form of the $roof.

?'. atural theolog& is the blind mans stic.


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&). mamology is a theodicy because it assumes the categoric novelty of slam.

'0. "hiism is a schism, lacing the sea of erc&.

E1. (unni $olitical theory: the $ole star need not be the brightest star.

'2. It is in its Asharite occasionalism that Islam most radicall& sacralises the world.

E3. eterminism does not e#clude $rovidence" it e#cludes everything else.

'4. Bree will secularises b& authenticating the alterities.

E5. The antinomy of autonomy: our freedom is in the 2ree.

'#. 3ecause the bod& is the single shared cross!cultural common factor (ar& @ouglas, Islam, which affirms it, is dialogical in

nature.

E&. slam is a hidden treasure longing to be ,nown.

''.#manis derived from Immanence. )he centre must be present in the peripher&.

E). 'e should be reluctant to forgive reluctance to forgive. igour and mercy circumscribe each other.

C0. If &ou fail to pelt the pillars &ou can onl& pelt the pilgrims.

)1. The veils of the world must be wal,ed through. The veils of sin must be wal,ed around. mam al/7addad.6

C2. *uilt is a warning.

)3. To attribute the ma%amof daato ones self is to be o$en to the ivine ruse.

C4. $onderis the first passion.

)5. The Furan sho#s" it does not %ust eplain.

C#. 6ourtes& and nowledge are lie two hands washing each other.

)&. 'ithout the inward whom can we worshi$0 The ?utwardly Manifest0

C'. o!one is uncircumcised, for the ezm-i alastwas too Do&ful to be forgotten entirel&.

)). Truth is the further shore of love.


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/00. nl& in Enit& can suffering find no place.

Contentions

1. Geware the dar,ness in the grey areas.

2. )o blame others for our misfortunes is alwa&s a victor& for the nafs .

3. 'e should not do as we li,e9 but we should li,e what we should do.

4. )here is no true engagement without detachment.

5. t is only when you truly donHt care what $eo$le thin, that you truly donHt need to care what $eo$le thin,.

#. What the heart needs is the periodicit& of the crescent, not the uni=ueness of the cross. (6hagall, $hite %rucifi&ion .

&. The com$anion before the road" and the road before the destination. Gut without the destination there is

no road" and without the road there is no com$anion.

'. Feligion that sees to be no more than a time capsule is liel& to be claustrophobic.

). 'hulu## is not an e#cess of $iety" it is a lac, of it.

/0. Isaac: the monad. Ishmael: the nomad.

11. True religion invites us to become better $eo$le. 2alse religion tells us that this has already occurred.

/2. ur faces are a prediction.

13. The ultimate was not he that endured his own suffering9 it was he that endured the death of his family. H(

am #ith the broken-heartedH.6

/4. A "ufi is an&one who nows thatfiqh means understanding.

15. !#tremism is tolerable because it is always transient.

/#. )r&ing to be loved is not the best wa& of becoming lovable.

1&. The most useful $erson for the *mma is the true mu)tahid9 the false mu)tahid is its worst enemy.

/'. )he miracle of mundanit& . (Fembrandt, The 'oly (amily .

1). 2ailure is =odHs $unishment for e#oterism .


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20. We need less self!righteousness and more self!nowledge.

1. The fact that the (unna does not demand im$erfection does not mean that it demands $erfection.

22. al- 'ajju hujja .

3. The gender ga$ is a minor third.

24. Sulu" is a sostenuto , not a tenor clef.

5. 'ithoutfi%h there is only o$inion.

2#. "ufism is the wa& of *od wherever Islam is the wa& of *od.

&. slam is the way of =od wherever (ufism is the way of =od.

2'. )he hijrawas the onl& e;odus into e;troversion.

). !#tremism should $reoccu$y us only when it becomes the cause as well as the conse@uence of failure.

90. $ious repudiations of pol&phon& usuall& &ield monoton& rather than plainchant.

31. Geware the


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42. )o the e;tent that *od is corporeal -e is demonstrabl& absent.

>3. The new creed: there is no islam but slam" and Muhammad is the messenger of slam.

44. Where the roots are wea, the branches are stiff. Where the roots are firm, the branches are supple.

>5. Maidens The alternative to +erchenau is not always a osen,avalier.

4#. )here was a &oung man who blamed Bate

Bor the fact that he pra&ed BaDr late

G-ow frightfull& odd

f Almight& *od

)o wae me at G=uarter past eight >G

>&. The semitic semiotic: not ma,ing an idol of ta#hid .

4'. An error of the age: the claim that *od has blinded -is falcons.

>). Iour career should be li,e $rayer in congregation: if a s$ace o$ens before you" ste$ into it.


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5). 2emale modesty is no e#cuse for sloth.

#0. It is better that the inDustices of others should stand than that our own inDustices should stand.

B1. ?ur covenant does not su$$lant9 it $runes and fertilises.

#2. Ishmael was the onl& survivor of the*equod .

B3. The dove and the s$ider: nature only s$ares those who s$are it.

#4. It is better to eep the enem& hull!down on the horizon than to fight him at close =uarters.

B5. The doctrine of H ada demands the e#istence of a defensible secular e#$lanation of nature. (uch an

e#$lanation thus becomes a mercy. 'ithout it" there is only anomie and alienation.

##. )he illusion of causalit& is a divine merc&, which veils rigour, which in turn veils erc&.

B&. ?nly a few can see that =odHs rigour is com$assion.

#'. @ogma: less is more.

B). The %ustification of alcohol: those without self/control must $ay for the $leasures of those with self/

control.

?0. )he adina verses prove those of ecca .

&1. 8udaism: the deferral of decisiveness. =eorge (teiner6

?2. )he lites want ever&bod& to be nobod&.

&3. There is no gratitude without a sense of beauty" and no humility without a sense of gratitude.

?4. "ee, and &ou will be found.

&5. =odHs only sameness is in 7is signs.

?#. -omose;ualism insults women b& e=uating sterilit& with fertilit&.

&&. t is better to a$$reciate what you do not have than to have what you do not a$$reciate.

?'. 3eaut& is the most literal of metaphors.

&). 'here there is love there is immanence.


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'0. 7a;it& is not the onl& form of decadence.

E1. The slightest reduction of =od ma,es 7im vanish.

'2. +halwa is =uarantine.

E3. emonising the ?ther is from the harshnesses of the self.

'4. nl& the ver& bad or the ver& good are pol&gamists.

E5. A canon of self/scrutiny: false religion feels more li,e a wound than a bandage.

'#. )he greatest achievement of the ego is to mae virtue unattractive.

E&. f religion is too big for us" we should be careful which $arts we choose.

''. )he permanent conversion table: the addition must e=ual the s=uare of what is subtracted.

E). The front line has grown too long.

C0. $ower can be servitude. (H# am your most hih ,ord) .

)1. ?ur failings are the only cause of our unha$$iness.

C2. Boucault: the WestHs frustration is that its discourse on se; does not lead to a conclusion.

)3. The wea,er the homewor," the stronger the ideology. The stronger the homewor," the stronger thedin .

C4. -ermeneutics are no longer about his women.

)5. !veryone nowadays is *adi al-*udat" 8udge of 8udges.

C#. 3efore we reform the forms, we must be conformed to the Borms.

)&. ?nly when the mind is free of limitation will we see, no station of annihilation.

C'. %;oterism is mediocrit&.

)). Marriage: $ay and dis$lay0 ?r the $rimacy of $rivacy0

/00. Beuerbach : theological epistemolog& is anthropolog&. )he "unna : anthropolog& is theological epistemolog&.


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Contentions 3

1. Guying is much more American than thin,ing. A. 'arhol6

2. -ow eas& it is to forget how eas& it is to forget>

3. 2alse religion finds it easier to ma,e holes than to fill them.

4. 7ilies that fester smell worse than weeds.

5. The Gura@ e#ists to indicate the nature of the asbab. othing is more indicative of =od than 7is

conventions.

#. )he materialist argument against women: public performance e=uals fulfilment.

&. The false (alafism should recall that some creatures can only survive in dee$ water.

'. )he veil covers the mans e&es, not the womans.

). bn Taymiya forgot that any re%ection of %nana should at least be in favour of bha,ti.

/0. )he wine is masculine, the mil is feminine.

11. To be resigned is not to resign.

/2. Islam was the sharpest of all medieval Western problems of theodic&. )he West is the sharpest of all problems for modern

uslim theodic&.

13. s alcohol the only self/im$osed mental disorder0

/4. pium is the religion of the masses.

15. slam is the -entecost.

/#. )ranscendence is merciful insofar as it is preparator&.

1&. Most $eo$le would benefit greatly from learning a first language.

/'. uhasaba: &ou will not move forwards until &ou loo bacwards.

1). -ride is the only sin that cannot fear =od. " even " am the -roud

20. 5enus is subverted less profoundl& than ars.


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1. 'oman is in the first glance" not the second.

22. arriage should be the retrieval of the first glance.

3. The (traight -ath is the shortest distance between two $oints.

24. nl& five pillars hold up the s&.

5. 'ithout +aw we can ma,e no ablution from our sins9 but without ($irit there is no water.

2#. IDaza is transfusion.

&. Many of our $riests are in the wrong religion.

2'. )here is no liberation in the world that is not also a liberation from the world.

). -ostmodernity: a gala#y of dogmatisms.

90. We have become too wea even to close our e&es.

31. 'hat stand for is what stand on 'endell Gerry6. o $ro$het was not a herder of shee$.

92. "ufism is uncastrated "unnism.

33. 7omo is sa$iens when he is the natural locus of the su$ernatural.

94. 6hristianit& chooses the wine, Islam chooses the mil.

35. t is normal that not everyone deserves the mawlid.

9#. ur d&sse& precedes our Iliad.

3&. t is im$ossible to love a woman without loving woman,ind.

9'. "e;ual fidelit& is not onl& to ones spouse.

3). t is only bad gardeners who u$root all the weeds.

40. "howing the false to be false does not prove the truth to be true1 but not vice!versa.

>1. The theologian $roves the second shahada from the first. The saint $roves the first shahada from the

second.


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42. *rant us to deal with others on the basis of our thanfulness to Jou.

>3. Ainsi $ense une $ensJe @ui $ense $lus @uelle ne $ense. +evinas6

44. Feligion is faith, culture and sensibilit&, none of which ma& change alone.

>5. 8udaism: inscri$tion.

Christianity: incarnation.

slam: inlibration.

4#. )he sunna is an optic.

>&. Marvel at mercy only when it comes from those to whom no mercy has been shown.

4'. an anara Anara fa=ad anara al!anara.

>). An unfortunate $ir of +ahore

7ad four different mothers/in/law.

They tal,ed in rotation

n !nglish and Asian

*ntil he ran out of the door.


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'0. )he bod& is usuall& e;posed onl& when the ego has ruined the face.

E1. The 7ashwiyya: without the well/u$holstered there would be no tan%id.

'2. othing is more counter!intuitive than secularit&.

E3. eligious $ractice is im$ortant only as a means of serving =od.

'4. -a=i=a Dustifies tari=a1 tari=a Dustifies sharia.

E5. 'e want to ma,e religion as small as ourselves9 %ust as we have made our homes as ugly as ourselves.

'#. )he annalist cannot understand ingship1 the anal&st cannot understand inship. We have ennobled the progen& of Adam.

E&. The world is not intolerant of slam so much as it is intolerant of stu$idity.

''. othing is more e;pensive than being nowhere.

E). 2utuwwa: the ,night must be freed from the da


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Contentions >

1. The Thou that can be ,nown is not the eternal Thou.

2. )he alternative to 6alvinism does not need to be 8ansenism.

3. The false (alafism: an o$timism about the $resent which %ustifies a $essimism about the $ast.

4. All Islam offers is *od.

5. 2rom servant to savant9 from &a%edahto a%idah.

#. o liberation without libation. (# chare you to e ood to women.

&. Shari&a isa side of =ods mercy. Tari%ais a sign of =ods mercy.+a%i%ais a sigh of =ods mercy.

'. -e created -ell onl& that -e might be called erciful.

). +eave the ghazal" loo, into the azal, umi6

/0. )he lu: humanit& without nature is lie nature without da&light.

11. o religion without love of the founder9 no love of the founder without $oetry. !veryone should be the

fruit of a na&t/case.6

/2. @ie 3Nsen haben eine 7ieder.

13. +a#a: the wind of fancy.

/4. Ada: we must re!member our bodies.

15. 8udaism was not dis$laced by Christianity or slam so much as it was dis$laced by ;ionism.

/#. oderation in miracles: /nter houses y their doors.

1&.'here there is no imanthere is no theology.

/'. )he fact that we so regularl& misunderstand each other is a proof of Islams universalit&.

1). Those that mind the state must mind their state of mind.

20. ur muniments are our munitions.


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1. Maidens Meyden meydanlar medeniyyettir

22. Islam provides hope1 the ummaprovides fear. Whoever unites both wings shall fl&.

3. A theology which attributes the)alalto a failure of)amalmust end in secularity.

24. )o whom are the others of 3elievers entrusted, after his death ot to 8ohn, but to themselves.

5. t is better to be tolerant than to be terminated.

2#. If Oionism is not a ;enotransplant, wh& are there so man& antibodies

&. 'e need an !rasmus" not a +uther.

2'. )he ne;t con=uest must tae place southof $oitiers.

).+alakhah: srael is the handmaiden of 8udaism. 7er


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3). oes the infinity of =od leave s$ace for anything else0

40. )he "afir: the bab& turtle that forgot the sea.

>1. ?ne turbefor both the duarum turbarum.

42. We need nothing so much as proof of our own h&pocris&.

>3. t is blas$hemous to use religion as an e#cuse for ones lac, of culture.

44. Feligion should help us to include more, not less.

>5. The %udge of the art com$etition see,s only beauty in our $ortfolios.

4#. )he emasculation b& email replaces =ualit& with e=ualit&.

>&. The false (alafism: a nostalgia that is not homesic,ness.

4'. ptimism: the false "alafism ispollardin.

>). (uicide bombing is an e#treme way of shooting oneself in the foot.


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#0. $alestine: the burnt offering that atones for $auls original sin.

B1. 7ow to rebridge the se#es0 To reach the $oint of reconciliation0 ?nly the logos can achieve this" and a

logos that is ungendered.

#2. +alamis negative theolog&. "ufism is positive theolog&.

B3. Moriah is the mara" the seeing/$lace. &The heart denied not that #hich it sa#,

#4. ind the 3ible with &our $s and Ps.

B5. Atheism: the belief that water originates in the well.

##. Islam: the transformation of nature into culture.

B&. f you cant beat them" be %oined by them.

#'. *ender: the e=uator is onl& e=uitable if we include the sea. (Ave maris stella!0

B). There is no secular masculinity.

?0. %ven -ind was not ultimatel& the hindmost.

&1. 7euristics: the ideal ear is the idea without the d.

?2. $opular taqlidsounds lie four!part harmon&. $opular ijtihadis cacophon&.

&3. !ngland needs -riestleys other o#ygen.

?4. Without determinism there can be no miracles.

&5. 'rath is finite9 mercy ,nows no end.

?#. )he wa& forwards is onl& the wa& bac.

&&. =ood architecture is to $romote than,fulness.

?'. *ive thans for the tangible, that &ou ma& give thans for the intangible.

&). =lobal warming is from the gases of our indigestion.

'0. )he alternative to tasawwufis wool!gathering.


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E1. othing is more dangerous than the ego wearing the robes of the s$irit.

'2. omocentrism e;ists onl& to e;clude egocentrism.

E3. o not as," 'here is =od0" but as," 7ow am 0

'4. 7earn from the 7aw in the saint alone.

E5. eligion is the recognition of beauty.

'#. nl& the essiah can write histor& as the promised palindrome.

E&. The American for erotic is erratic.

''. )he ther calls us forth through the other.

E). deology must not be self/critical9 religion must be.

C0. We cannot progress until we can stand still.

)1. The Tur,s were even more catholic than the Anglicans.

C2. Etopianism was theJahiliyyaof the 20thcentur&.

)3. 'e must be the legatees of the +egate.

C4. 7aziness is its own chastisement.

)5. The ummadecays before the shari&a" the shari&abefore the ha%i%a. The ha%i%anever decays at all.

C#. )hose that follow a religion that cannot create a civilisation will create a civilisation that cannot follow a religion.

)&.+alakhahwithout hala%ahis a vulnerable linearity.

C'. Is it willpower that frees us from our wilfulness

)). nitiation is to realise the lightness of the +aw.

/00. odernit& is the teaching of perfect misunderstanding.

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1. slam is not slamism / never forget this / but the latter o$erates in the name of the former"and this is the

grave %uestion of the name. errida6

2. aimonides made the ishnah out of the )almud1 "a&&id "abi= made a )almud out of the ishnah.

3. (ome drin, dee$ly at the 2ountain of +ife9 others merely gargle.

4. $olitical Islam It would be a good idea.

5. Gecause of self there is suffering.

#. 1e coeli: alterities are onl& nominal.1e terrae: realities are onl& nominal.

&. Terrorism is to)ihadwhat adultery is to marriage.

'. )ruth is stronger than faction.

). 2ormalism is an e#cuse.

/0. %;oterism offers onl& literalism or liberalism.

11. The idolator is he who ta,es symbols literally.

/2. Against Erizens shield, bullet points avail more than the sword.

13. After the khalafthere is only the Mahdi.

/4. 6ulture builds the ceiling of religion higher.

15. Geware the word that is an e#cuse for not ma,ing dhikr.

/#. 6ompliance is no e;cuse for strictness.

1&. -refer the rukhsawhen it leads to recollection. 2ear the azimawhen it leads to turbulence of the heart.

/'. 7iteralism is defensible on all levels save the sacred.

1). Tradition: esoterism is sub%ect to the e#oteric. eform: the esoteric is sub%ect to e#oterism.

20. )he failures of e;oterism are not usuall& the victories of esoterism.

1. True humanism: the eal is ,nown only through mu&amala.


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22. %;oterism cannot see that nothing is strong enough to limit -is self!disclosures.

3. (elf/,nowledge without ivine ,nowledge0 ivine ,nowledge without self/,nowledge0

24. $aradise is occupied mainl& b& the stupid and the "ufis.

5. The +aw u$holds the *mma better than the *mma u$holds the +aw.

2#. Encertaint& is onl& superficial.

&. Modernity: the nuclear winter of the eformation.

2'. A madhhais a grammar of the 7aw.

). 2or ignorance to submit to ,nowledge" the many must submit to the ?ne.

90. "cripture provides the consonants, and culture the vowels, of a sacred civilisation.

31. Geing hard is the soft o$tion.

92. )he e;istence of *od is proven b& e;istence. )he e;istence of e;istence is proven b& the one for whom it e;ists.

33. 7eresy is the gad/fly that ma,es the horse trot.

94. @etachment from the need to conform is perfect onl& when it &ields perfect conformit&.

35. +iteralism: have you seen him that worshi$s =od on a harf0

9#. Without the atin, thezahiris an idol.

3&. The lower cannot cause the higher" but it can be ade@uate to receive it.

9'. nl& those who dislie formalism can bear it.

3). o meditation without mediation. o self without theZulf.

40. )hose that sell )ornadoes shall reap the whirlwind.

>1. eligion is not what we do" but what we mean.

42. )he $rophet carries all of great Islam.

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44. 7iberals mae merc& colder than Dustice.

4B. The (utra is azunnar. The (ura is for the ahrar. Say0 my Lord en)oins )ustice.6

4?. )he impermanent cannot be devoid of suffering.

>E. The internal" not the e#ternal" reaches the eternal.

4C. )he formalist is the corpse of an angel.

5L. Modernity: a world full of Christian ideas gone mad. Chesterton.6


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BB. o not numberfi%hamong your worldly concerns.

#?. )he hope for radical success is normall& a sign of Westernisation.

BE. !rror is its own $unishment.

#C. )o claim that beaut& is decadence is decadence.

&L. The Affective to the Traditional: the Mosaic becomes a mosaic.

?/. #slamis a frame.#manis a claim.#hsanis the ame.

&. The body cannot overcome the nafs" because the nafsis bigger than it.

?9. Bormalism: to esteem his fingers over his soul.

&>. The durudis all our theology" and all our s$irituality.

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EE. Ta#akkul: the loc," as well as the ,ey" is a revelation.

'C. nl& the 7iber Asian can free othoon from 3romion.

)L. es$air is the only grounds for des$air.

C/. An movement is Islamic to the e;tent that it trul& succeeds.

). Today it is hard to achievezuhdthrough $overty.

C9. 7evinas offers onl&juda.!ism. (2a e-fala" ude-imQ

)>. That animacame from Amina. That harthbrought forth the heart.

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'. Adulthood is the choice of finitude before the Infinite.

). "ulk: The flow of the +aw or the flaw of the low.

/0. Mnowers now in the wa& that flowers flow.

11. 2lagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant. ewman.6

/2. If *od is not within, there is nothing to be within1 if -e is not without, we are without -im.

13. Conversion: the bou%uetis not theplaisir de la bouche.

/4. It taes courage to bear the conse=uences of cowardice.

15. The definition of e#tremism: any act that leads to e#treme misfortune.

/#. )he solution is liberalit&, not liberalism, for liberalism taes more than it gives.

1&. The election of onald eagan was a miracle for 'estern civilisation. !dward Teller.6

/'. *od was the beginning, and -e still is.

1). 7e is dead who does not feel the Furan move in his hands.

20. Arabic e=uals "ansrit plus histor&, e=uals *ree minus traged&.

1. Creation is intransitive. &2damis not a void.

22. )he world is the coagulation of merc&1 so we are re=uired to be.

3. +ife is vocation" not vacation.

24. nl& b& love is the $rophet seen.

5. The worst arrogance is the one that yields a sort of humility.

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). The $illars of Geauty are truth and $urity" and whosoever would find the one must love the other. ur/

uddin (te$hen.6

90. nl& the guilt!edged maes us tae stoc.

31. 'e would change the world" did it not entertain us so.

92. )he Ar is become a coffin. Aaron is become aron.

33. There is %ustice" and there is %ust/us.

94. )ransaction, not trance!action. (al-1inu muamala.

35. slam is not set in stone9 stone is set in slam.

9#. Fevivalism is fre=uentl& a necrosis.

3&. The worst ideology is that which courts failure as a guarantor of martyrdom.

9'. An empire must be an umpire.

3). -rayer was instituted to satisfy womans desire for as,ing. Gritish Muslim $roverb.6

40. )he ulema must be as the tribunes of the plebs.

>1. The $ur$ose of holiness is the sanctification of =ods name.

42. )he beginning of Islam is wonder at the world1 its end is to be the wonder of the world.

>3. 'hoever thin,s about re$enting of a sin before he has even committed it is led thereby to fall into it.

mam al/7addad.6

44. We are offering to the world a chalice for the soul, filled with our emotions.

>5. The =reen Man is !uro$es ghetto of the arabes@ue.

4#. Putb was the master of polarisation.

>&. The Truth can be lived9 it cannot be thought.

4'. 6hristolog&: where is his )orah!observance

>). (ayyid Futb travelled so far to the 'est that he fell off.


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B). 4ara&today is the scru$ulous avoidance of narrowmindedness.

?0. ot ever& idafais Arabic.

&1. Circumcision is homeo$athic.

?2. )heputschis for theput-perest.

&3. slam in the 'est: there is isolation" or assimilation" or success.

?4. -e is the Alid who does not accuse him of lacing rida.

&5. 'ithout the saint" the accumulation of matter will ,ill us.

?#. Bormalism is Dust another variet& of materialism.

&&. That there is evil is good" but evil is not good.

?'. ot ever& male superiorit& is female inferiorit&.

&). 'e are Muslims because we $ractice slam" not vice versa.

'0. $ride is the denial of the )ruth. (-adith.

E1. 4erygma becomes $aranoia when orthodo#y becomes ideology.

'2. )he ruin of the heart lies in den&ing the desire for obedience.

E3. The Messianic e#ists to indicate what we should not attem$t.

'4. )he world will not reDoice until we deserve success.

E5. Many wear the turban to $revent Allah from reading their minds.

'#. )he greatest subtraction is the claim that all addition is subtraction.

E&. The formalist $ulls the flowers u$wards9 the (ufi waters them.

''. "ome loo for vengeance, some loo for repentance.

E). Tribalism flourishes where Truth is neglected.

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)1. 2ormalists $refer the $olitical to the s$iritual because their $olitical failures are less e#treme.

C2. Islamism is rientalist.

)3. 'ithout meaning there is only meanness.

C4. "oul and bod& meet in actions. 3Thus is the resurrection.

)5. ecadence is to $rotest more than to invite.

C#. We now *od through ta"halluq. )he ethical is the wa&.

)&. !#$erience love before you contem$late the meta$hors.

C'. +ufris the betra&al of love.

)). The limited love to limit" while the o$en love to o$en.

/00. Bor which is -e more to be praised: for -is blessings, or for -is forbearance in the face of our refusal to give thans for

them

Contentions &

1. !ngage only in such leisure $ursuits as may be offered to =od.

2. 4idais the true freedom.

3. =od gave us the -ro$het because 7e loved what we might become.

4. Islamism is the Wests onl& victor&.

5. The world is iconic" or it is ironic.

#. en and women sin differentl&.

&. The moon is always at its best. Miss 7ayd is not worse than r 8e,yll.

'. Identit& religion: be proud of &our prison>

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/0. ur perception is a superimposition, which ma& be guided b& -im.

11. The world is the instantiation of useful meta$hors.

/2. Ta"lifis the onl& ennoblement.

13. 4now when to feel ashamed of feeling ashamed.

/4. nl& Islam is good enough for "ufism.

15. 'e are $unished because we dont ,now that we deserve to be $unished.

/#. )here is no neutral understanding of the 6ompanions view of the "unna.

1&. 'ho is better: the one who is allfitraand nofi%h" or the one who is allfi%hand nofitra0

/'. )he ther begins with the I, not with the Es.

1). 'ill our dialogue be clearer if we have lost our teeth0

20. )he 6aliphs first tas will be to flog those who call Islam an ideolog&.

1. Tradition: the signs of ta#akkulare an authorisation. 2ormalism: the signs of anger are an

authorisation.

22. Which of our cities is still alem-penah

3. -reaching $resu$$oses inculturation.

24. It is not possible to be right in a wa& that is barren.

5. ?nly =od is both inesca$able and indis$ensable.

2#. 7ove is the onl& cure for the desire to follow the crowd. (+halq-i alam ir yana oldu5 u sheyda ir yanaQ

&. othing is fresher than tradition.

2'. )heodicn divinis, cause is not anterior to effect.

). f you would truly be Against Marcion" be with us.

90. *od is alwa&s there for us, but never on our terms.


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31. Male and female cannot be e@ual" for they are mutually su$erior.

92. )rue humanism: there is no account of *od without a nowledge of human potential.

33. The breadth of the =arden is reached through the narrow door of humility.

94. )he real riginal "in was the 6hristian m&th of the Ball.

35. Careless tal, costs wives.

9#. 6ensor the senses, but be not censorious of the sensor&.

3&. 8 nihilismus nihil fit,

9'. "in is the refusal of our glorious potential.

3). 2rom -lato to ato0 Try from8lto8lle.

40. I should now onl& means I should not obstruct m& neighbours KI wantL.

>1. f you want to %udge modern slam" ac@uire a taste for beauty.

42. ae manifest &our thanfulness for what &ou must conceal.

>3. The Mahads mu%arrar: Mere tamrinmeans moronisation.

44. A superman is ultra vires

>5. ?nly the sight of theo$hany allows true courtesy to the ?ther.

4#. estmaing is to be a mutual flatter&.

>&. 7e shows the virtue of every virtuous marriage.

4'. aidens> Where is the hierarch& when the turaproduces the tara.i, which produce the atra

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?4. )he parado; of %dom: thefeli& culpaof 8udas.

&5. The 'est is cre$uscular P it only advances because the !ast recedes.

?#. )he $assion: the traged& that is a traged&.

&&. The ,ings were ruled by adyan9 now they are by duyun.

?'. utazilism: unit& and Dustice. Asharism: unit& and Dustice and merc&. 3And thy ,ord shall surely ive unto thee 6

&). 8udge $eo$le by the e#tent to which they are alive.

'0. 7o&alt& is simple: it is to the oppressed.

E1. The classical classifies the $re/classical better than does the $ost/classical.

'2. )he command ethic nl& Asharism taught us the maqasid.

E3. The Manu mission: the four castes. TheLiber 2sian: the four madhhabs.

'4. *od is onl& Dust if Ishmael and Isaac are e=ual.

E5. The secular are %ust li,e everyone else" only less so.

'#. )he onl& thing that is inherentl& uncertain is the claim that ever&thing is inherentl& uncertain.

E&. ?ur name among the nations matters only when daais im$ortant.

''. 3e attached to *od, not to the fruits of &our actions.

E). o unto others Q A wonder They are in loco divinis/

C0. )he fight against suffering in this world that taes no account of the ne;t world can onl& &ield a suffering that is greater

still.

)1. A,hbaris and *sulis: has the -harisee claimed al/2arisi" and the (adducee al/(adi@0

C2. )he 8ews are not deceived. $arousia is to be a royalpresence.

)3. 2undamentalism imitates the future" not the $ast.

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)5. The 2ounder bears a sword" not a whi$.

C#. )here is 3liss, and there are consolations.

)&. The 4oran is $rism or it is $rison.

C'. a;imalism has a habit of &ielding minimal results.

)). Can one belong to the 'est and not subscribe to the illusion of a secular ethic0

/00. @espair of self is the door into religion1 despair of *od is the door out of it.

Contentions E

1 'e have turned theSunna Theologica into aSunna 9ontra 'entiles,

2 Women are either refuges or refugees.

3 Gut for (ufism" religion would be %ust another form of self/esteem.

4 )he false "alafism: an unsuccessful flight from comple;it&.

5 2aith is not a given" it is given.

# If &ou would now *ods view of the age, see how the blessing of nature has been received.

& There are the slim" and there are the mu/slims.

' Baith ma& be measured b& the number of verses that soften ones heart.

) Todays *mma deserves the +aw as im$osed by those who do not deserve it.

/0 odernit&: a wa& of drowning in nothingness.

11 2ailing to $ray for faith is a sign of lac, of faith.

/2 -e was e;emplar& for all four castes.

13 Modernity has not healed our $ain" it has only dried our tears.

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15 2reedom of information0 'hat information0

/# )oda& we identif& the aharb& the a"har.

1& 'e are all sce$tics P it is usually the age which determines whether we are sce$tics about =ift or Chance.

/' 7et us hope that their shout does not bring on the "hout.

1) The mu)tahiddoes no more than turn the soil.

20 If &our morale is built on the Emma, beware. If it is built on *od, reDoice.

1 The usuliyyunhave been re$laced by the usuliyyun.

22 @reams do not illustrate the nafsso surel& as da&dreams.

3 o not wonder at the Arabs love of emotion. 7as not everything else been ta,en away from him0

24 ne who has merc& on the cruel will in the end be cruel to the merciful. (+oheleth 4aah?

5 The false (alafism: to ma,e $rogress" we need to start at the beginning every day.

2# )he bigger the intention to compress the biggest truth into the smallest communit&, the smaller the credibilit& of $rovidence.

& ever before has $raise from a sultan been so insulting.

2' )he principal tas of the 8ewish people toda& is to befriend Islam.

) ialogue comes easily to us" since slam is the best of 8udaism and the best of Christianity.

90 "cripture to 7aw is as a vessel, not a manual.

31 7as theLiber 2siande$rived !ve of her $riority in thefeli culpa.

92 Islamism is the Branenstein of Branistan.

33 The false (alafi should disbelieve in angels.

94 )he sunnais our epistemolog&.

35(khlas: (he should be mutaha))iba" not muha))aba" and her o$$osite mubarra)a" not mutabarri)a.

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3& -referring ridato ribais the choosing of the mil, over the wine.

9' Femember, toda&, ever&one is wea.

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5& 7e who binds to himself a %oy" doth the winged life destroy9

-e who isses the Do& as it flies, lives in eternit&s sunrise. (3lae.


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&5 slam is =ods effort to give us the easiest $ossible way of being traditional.

?# )he frontier between seen and unseen moves in time, so wh& not in space

&& !verything in the world is yours" until and unless you try to grab it and ,ee$ it for yourself alone.

-ic,thall.6

?' It is time to rise from the emotion!bath, and recall where we left the lias al-taqwa

&) 'e must not $ray in order to name ourselves9 we must name ourselves in order to $ray.

'0 3elong, not short.

E1 The verse of women: &2nd they prefer others to themselves! though theirs be the greater need,5):)6

'2 )he point of false "alafism is the claim that there is onl& tarior tahri.

E3 The saint is the father of dece$tion" for he $erfectly emulates the veil of the asbab.

'4 "e;ual displa& is pure conformism. (*ermaine *reer.

E5 The saint is a mediator to the e#tent that he demonstrates the omni$otence of =od.

'# )he right are never gauche.

E& =od is not a reality to be e#$lained9 7e is the e#$lanation of reality.

'' Enless one has the Islam of the ame, one has onl& the name of Islam.

E) The !nlightenments falsest $romise was the develo$ment of strong autonomous $ersonalities.

C0 Without/l, all is indefinite.

)1 ?nly8lcan turn the 'ord into the world.

C2 What has the 6hristian to do with his toes

)3 Truth is already $resent" in all its s$lendour.

C4 nl& when distant from *od do we crave what is distant from *od.

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C# )hefiqhdoes not re=uire hagiograph& to be haDDi!ograph&.

)& eligion has only one door" whose name is e$entance

C' )he alternative to the Whine is the Wine. (Qawmun li.l-"alam5 wa-qawmun li.l-mudam..

)) 8esus was humanly $erfect9 Christ was inhumanly so.

/00 nl& religion allows people to be magnificent without egotism.

Contentions )

1. 2dab is nothing but a $re$aration for $rayer.

2. Beminism has one virtue: it shows that the West is still capable of certaint&.

3. (unnism is built on mana%ib 9 (hiism on mathalib .

4. @o not pla& politics with sacred politics.

5. f there is no dhikr " there is no self/restraint. f there is no self/restraint" there is no beauty. f there is

no beauty" there is no dhikr .

#. )radition is the puddling!cla& of faith.

&. do not $ermit $riests to concern themselves with $olitics.H A. 7itler"Tischgespr:che .6

'. ur patience is the awaiting of delights for us. -is patience is the awaiting of delights for us.

). f you see, amusement" see, it in the absurdities of kufr .

/0. *enesis: allHs well that ends with a well.

11. *nless there is -aradise" eros is a tric,.

/2. 3e a good uslim and &ou wonHt want to lie. 3e a ver& good uslim and &ou wonHt need to lie.

13. 7is name in our age is al-Sabur .

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15. Tolerance is no substitute for holiness.

/#. "o &ou want to get &our own bac Femember, it isn)t your own .

1&. +ife is a minefield only if we always say MineH

/'. @oes modernit& produce fewer manners than womanners

1). 'e have not grown out of the (haria" we have shrun, out of it.

20. *overn the "elf before &ou govern the ther. *overn the ther in order to govern the "elf.

1. !dom: =od can fully save the world only in one #ay .

22. Tas"hir is usufruct, not a title deed.

3. eligion desires to change the age. The age desires to change religion ,

24. $olitics is one cell within the bod& of Islam. If it grows undul&, it is a cancer.

5. The reading of (cri$ture is sufficient9 but we are not sufficient readers.

2#. "hould we distinguish the shadows from the light If so, how

&. The asbab are merely the user/interface.

2'. )o turn the other chee is to loo awa&.

). Are there still miracles0 s =od still the ?mni$otent Gestower0

90. %;tremism: Dust sa& now.

31. ncarnation: the finite can contain the nfinite.

92. 3owing to ecca does not alwa&s re=uire bowing to the %ast.

33. n $ractice" remembering =odH can only mean remembering the Covenant.H

94. %ver&thing toda& is inscribed with BII".

35. There is no inaction" so long as consciousness remains.

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3&. +i,e us in all res$ects" e#ce$t for sin.H To kno# oneHs sinlessness: is this not to be unlike us in all

res$ects0

9'. )he ew Age: the flight of the alone from the Alone.

3). 2arsi literature 0 tashyi&-i isharat tashyi&-i )anazat bud,

40. )he onl& safe ban is the "ada=a 3an.

>1. !ach sin is a conse@uence.

42. )he& thin to cut the medieval flowers, but what the& leave behind is stubble, not the green shoots of "pring.

>3. 'e claim the whole of the truth for ourselves" but not to have mono$olised it.

44. )o now the saint is to now the age.

>5. ?nly movers are shakirs.

4#. )here are times when -e breathesH1 there are also times of intensified "crutin&.

>&. They are not the solution9 =od is the solution.

4'. Fadha is aDnun1 Mrishna is 7a&la. ()he,ier Asianvs. the anu ission.

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'0. Islamism is the fretful oud.

E1. Antinomy is the ,ohl of faith.

'2. )oda&Hs believer is a disbeliever in most of what the disbeliever is a disbeliever in.

E3. *nless you are a saint" mistrust the clearest voices.

'4. )he surest toleration is illiberal.

E5. 2ear not the wind: it will bear your ,ite high.

'#. )he true hearth is gratefulness. (Abraham: ,ord QH

E&. The cause of modern $anic is non/referentiality.

''. Ender ErizenHs reign, tomorrow we shall be silled or illed.

E). -rogress and catastro$he are two sides of the same coinH. 7annah Arendt6

C0. 7iteralism is literall& a t&pe of tahrif .

)1. 2un is serious.

C2. )he Alone wishes to save us from loneliness. 6ome to the pra&er>H

)3. Those that are wedded to the science of this generation may be or$haned in the ne#t.

C4. Autodidacticism: thefalsafi falsifies1 but the waisis are oases.

)5. The awa,ening has become a wa,e.

C#. Which is the bigger prison: Islam in the e&es of modernit&, or modernit& in the e&es of Islam

)&. slam liberates because it is rooted in our natures.

C'. 6elibac& is an anticipation of hell, for there is no eros there.

)). May =od us ,ee$ R 2rom single vision and from ewtonHs slee$H Gla,e6.

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Contentions 1L

1. The $hiloso$hers have only inter$reted the world in various ways. The $oint" however" is not to be

changed by it.

2. Without the ilm al-halwe will mistae imhalfor ihmal.

3. 2utres temps! autres "aures.

4. If &ou cannot be of the poor, then be with the poor. If &ou cannot be with the poor, then pra& with the poor. If &ou cannot

pra& with the poor, then pra& for the poor. 3e&ond this there remains not an atoms weight of faith.

5. Glessing is a large word" but do not be slow to use it.

#. )he Emma has no problem that cannot be solved b& pa&ing attention to the(atiha. 3And when the Qur.an is recitedQ

&. To switch on a television is to ac,nowledge ones own lac, of refinement.

'. nl& the immanent *od uses the subDunctive.

). TheLiber 2sian$uts the Afro bac, into A$hrodite.

/0. Ese silence to suffocate falsehood, not truth.

11. Fadilais the $roof of ilm.

/2. Feverence is the opposite of reverie.

13. 2eminism0 2irst em$owerfemininity.

/4. *ods glor& was, and there was nothing else. -is glor& is now as it was.

15. Choose your tie for its utility in cleaning your s$ectacles.

/#. @ress in that which &ou would not see dishonoured.

1&. The *utbhas been re$laced by the kutub.

/'. %ver&thing is political, but politics is not ever&thing.

1). 2light into self is a retreat from the facticity of the world9 flight into heaven is its affirmation.

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1. ?ne lives so badly because one always arrives in the $resent unfinished" inca$able" distracted. il,e6

22. %rror e;ists to compliment truth, not to complement it.

3. Glame yourself" not the age. Glame the age" not others.

24. Mnowledge is to see the door. $enitence is to approach it. $ra&er is to noc upon it. 3ut to open it is not within &our

power.

5. !ven if you have sli$$ed beneath the waves" the adhan may still reach you.

2#. )he evil e&e: between ardand sama is the distance between ardand sama..

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42. )here is no worship without nowledge. We have been created to now -im.

>3. There is no ,nowledge of 7im without love of beauty. 'e have been created to love beauty.

44. @espair not of those who are drawn to ugliness, for the& too are probing the m&steries.

>5. ?thers are our fellow/travellers" even if they have lost the road.

4#. -e that struggles to progress, though he has not been shown the road, is better than he that stands upon the road,

pridefull& mocing.

>&. slamic and un/slamic are not the only ad%ectives. 2nd the differences of your tongues and

colours,6

4'. )he )riumph of $era:#slam-olis become(ut-ol.

>). The Crucifi#ion and the Con@uest of Mecca: which is higher: to forgive from a $osition of

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#2. )he 5icarious Atonement proves that torture can be a good thing.

B3. The Christ of the A$ocaly$se: o More Mr ice =uy.

#4. Feligion begins where empath& tends.

B5. A tari%acarries fare/$aying $assengers. f they will not $ay" it should not continue as a railway

$reservation society.

##. nl& Islam could help the $re!Faphaelites to paint men.

B&. *to$ians are un/ealistic.

#'. A mos=ue is not built, it is written.

B). slamism re$laces religion with the idea of it.

?0. )he fanatic is the wea man. "trength is shown in generosit&.

&1. =ender is not destiny. (imone de Geauvoir6 =od is destiny. 7adith6

?2. %umhuriyetis possible1 cum7z8rl8"is not.

&3. slamic democracy: sovereignty belongs to =od.

?4. Without the $ra&er, each of us is a hole in creation.

&5. t is not the giving of a karamathat transforms9 only the manner of its acce$tance.

?#. )o thin of the )eacher is to be offered a "arama, so be utterl& attentive in watching for it.

&&. Iou may show a man a thousand miracles" but if you show him no com$assion" he will not believe.

?'. )he god of the %nlightenment is a Dealous god. 3& insisting on e=ualit&, he insists that onl& things capable of being e=ual

should be tolerated.

&). am my wea,ness9 Iou are my strength.

'0. "cientists show us onl& dead matter. (9od calls you to what ives you life.

E1. A good $rayer is from 7im9 a bad $rayer is from us.

'2. When the wind is fair, set all plain sail. When it blows a gale, send hawsers aloft. In a cloc!calm, loo below.


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E3. >ushdis to recognise the>ashidun. 'hayyis ghulu##.

'4. @o not accuse the Arabs of stupidit&.

E5. (t -aul was the first 'esterner.

'#. Balsalafium: Islams unstable isotope.

E&. o/one is suited to tari%a. Tari%ais suited to everyone.

''. )he false "alafism: the revolt of the ego against the 6aliph.

E). To be with slam is to live in the valid diversity of signs. To be with the Monoculture is death.

C0. %=ualit& is not the means to achieve e=ualit&. (8oan "cott

)1. (i%nistan will be iddastan9 so fight the loc,ing of the gates.

C2. )he overtaen need not be taen over.

)3. !ngland chose the (ira" not the =os$el" to confront 7itler.

C4. Fumi is among the dala.il al-nuuwwa.

)5. A $ious young cric,eting fan"

Cheered Middlese# and -a,istan9

2or with contem$lation

?n =ods revelation

7e found neither team in the 4oran.

C#. $eace at an& price ot at an& price.

)&. f you are not a saint" everything is your fault.

C'. en are from Ashar, women are from aturid.

)). 'hich is it" of the blessings of your +ord" that you deserve0

/00. )here is a oses for ever& $haroah. (Memal $asha!zade

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1. Augustine: mans deformity. shmael: his deiformity. efy" dont deify.6

2. $eace without Dustice is not peace at all.

3. Afa%ihin first class0 And $igs will fly Q

4. )he @aDDal will onl& be ing when onl& the blind are left in the valle&.

5. Gritish slam: 'e came as rebels" and found ourselves to be heirs. =ershom (cholem6

#. )he,ier Asianis the reconciliation between %dom andJuda-yi #sm.

&. Iour greatest liability is your lie/ability.

'. o!one is more e;troverted than the contemplative saint.

). Modernity: an accelerating attem$t to shovel matter into the growing hole where religion used to be.

/0. )he,ier Asianvs. the anu ission: a woman ma& be Arahat on Arafat.

11. Arabdom is not congenital.

/2. 8esus said Allah, not @eus. ("a&:Allah! and leave them plunging in their confusion.

13. Hever des$ise any Muslim" for the least of the Muslims is great in the eyes of =od.H Abu Ga,r al/(iddi@

r.a.6.

/4. Femember: &ou once new the whole Puran.

15. 4arais the shift from fear to ho$e.

/#. nl& if the bod& is the temple of the spirit does the veil not belong to the high priest.

1&. 'e do not lac, a rib" we lac, a lung.

/'. Islam, not the 6ross, is foolishness to the *rees.

1). edefine religion" but do not derefine it.

20. If worship is the purpose of creation, then the Bounder is the purpose of creation.

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22. )heolog& is the =uest for the least sill& definition of *od.

3. +ove" not eform" establishes the dignity of autonomy.

24. 2a.rufand mun"arare defined b& thefitra.

5. 2orget not the ?ther in the Grother.

2#. Fevelation is the opposite of the cluster bomb.

&. ;ionism: =ods sword unsheathed against 8erusalem.

2'. )hose who loo for sin often strengthen it.

). 5afsis a comedian. (o en%oy your (ufism

90. )hefitratells us that nature is a medicine. )heSunnaallows us to tae it.

31. (ee things coolly. Iou will not thin, more clearly by worrying that you worry.

92. Who were more anti!Western: the )aliban, or the 3uddhas of 3ami&an

33. slam is the learning of mercy.

94. Islam is the crown of the poor.

35. A$$roach the teacher as the comet a$$roaches the sun.

9#. )hird World 6hristianit&: worship a white man, and be saved from &our past>

3&. 8esus did not o$$ose ome" and so ome chose him for its god.

9'. If &ou have not seen the saint, &ou have not seen theSunna.

3). Geing heretics to the Monoculture re@uires both courage and style. Gut we should have room for those

who have neither courage nor style.

40. $eople will not come closer to &ou if &ou hit them.

>1. To learn truth is always to relearn. To la$se into falsehood is not always to rela$se.

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>3. *se words in your $reaching only if absolutely necessary.

44. Academic Islamic "tudies is as foolish as it is because we are as foolish as we are.

>5. 2or Allah created the !nglish mad P the maddest of all man,ind. 4i$ling6

4#. )he hiDab: a displa& of modest&>

>&. The teacher e#ists to teach you the im$ortance of what you have transcended.

4'. )he "ephardi and the izrahi mean something. 3ut what does the Ashenaz& mean

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#4. ocer& is for pouring upon "ufr, not upon people.

B5. 'isdom consists mainly in the ability to recognise human wea,ness.

##. *ods merc& is not limited1 but -e is not limited b& -is merc&.

B&. 2or each karamathat ta,es you forward" there are ten which will ta,e you bac,.

#'. nl& those who now themselves to be unworth& are worth&.

B). f you do not sanctify the dawn" the day will not sanctify you.

?0. Against odernism: between signs and science there is neither rh&me nor reason.

&1. slamism: untie your camel" and trust in =od.

?2. -er voice is part of her awraonl& when it is part of her aura.

&3. +ust before lustrations. 2ast before frustrations.

?4. If &ou suffer from listlessness, mae a list.

&5 !dom: n terms of the?arousia" there have been too many Iears of =race. n terms of salvation history"

there have not been enough.

?#. %urope: we shall not despise a minorit&, unless it is minaret&

&&. The cali$hs $rayers ended with+amidun "a)id.

?'. If &ou put the "unna before merc&, &ou have lost both.

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E5. Man is the $roof of =od. The man of =od is the $roof of religion.

'#. @o not fear an& e;tremist1 fear the conse=uences of his acts.

E&. o not be com$lacent. Most $eo$le %udge religions by their followers" not by their doctrines.

''. nl& parasites respect flues.

E). ?nly through tradition are we an umma semper reformanda.

C0. "cripture defines merc&, but is not an alternative to it.

)1. 8ustice may never be the conse@uence of wrath9 but it may be its right assuaging.

C2. @o not believe the confessions of tortured te;ts.

)3. Geing at ease in the com$any of scholars is a $roof of faith.

C4. obilit& is the aptitude for seeing beaut&.

)5. To slouch" and to suc, ones $en" are signs that one has never read (cri$ture.

C#. If their defences are strong, it is because &ou have not used the weapon of merc&.

)&. +et the ne#t hours be an a$ology for the sunna$rayer. +et the sunna$rayer be an a$ology for thefard.

+et thefardbe an a$ology for se$aration.

C'. In the fight against the onoculture, the main sign is the hija, and the main act is the $ra&er.

)). ts @uite a hard thing to res$ect

A =od who our $rayers would acce$t"

'e s$lash and we $reen

Then we fidget and dream"

(o $roud to be of the (aved (ect.

/00. a& I not prove too much of a sun when I shall be tried. (Wittgenstein

Contentions 1

1. The saint is he whose $resence ma,es you love the -rayer.


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2. In the adeleine

Where the sun dont shine,

Ancient Fome prevails

)hough the gods are more benign.

3. Chauvinism is not a hal" it is a halitosis.

4. othing is more pessimistic than a naTve belief in progress.

5. ($ouses are traditional in order to be saved by gratitude. ($ouses are modern in order to be saved by

themselves.

#. +ufr: to see the sun setting, and to do nothin aout it.

&. s the Geast of ivorce coming0 7usbands: res$ect her wants. 'ives: res$ect his dignity.

'. )he beginner feels gratitude for the ru"hsain his mind. )he advanced seeer feels gratitude for the ru"hsain his heart.

)he saint never taes the ru"hsaat all.

). Are women ambiguous0 t is the muhkamatwhich are the Mother of the Goo,.

/0. *reed has been severel& underestimated and denigrated, unfairl& so, in m& opinion. (6onrad 3lac

11. Modernity" at best" is a nostalgia for desire.

/2. 7iberal 6hristianit&: first goes faith, then goes hope, until charit& alone remains.

13. ealfi%his always a vernacular slam.

/4. )he delight of each worldl& pleasure does not last long.

15. The longer you wait to claim or forgo your rights" the longer you will wait for friendshi$.

/#. It is onl& the hungr& and unfortunate who ma& now whether the& are good.

1&. The believer has faith as his com$anion" and ho$e in his destination. The ignorant man has neither" yet

he still see,s %oy.

/'. "elf!control maes &ou a fortress1 self!indulgence maes &ou an animal, either a riding!beast or a target.

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20. $ain is nine!tenths of desire.

1. f your slam does not attract $ure hearts" it is not slam.

22. an is iara1 woman is ishara.

3. 7unya: a little =entleness" and much igour. Thefitra: a little igour and much =entleness.

24. 3e patient with literalists1 but absolutel& impatient with their e;tremists.

5. +ustrate" and you will be illustrious. 'hururis only in the ghurra.6

2#. 6limate change: And We coin similitudes for manind, that perhaps the& ma& reflect.

&. A busy life ma,es the -rayer harder9 but the -rayer ma,es a busy life easier.

2'. )he nafsis an;iet& and agitation. )he "pirit is the breath of peace. ("o give good news to & servants>

). Two names un$ronounceable in !dom: 7agar and Muhammad.

90. We need not remain in the dar without dar" al-idra".

31. (slah can never mean more than amelioration.

92. )he medievals, seeing the colour of our clothes, would call us all atheists.

33. The $reacher should neither lower the $rice of his goods" nor $rice slam out of the mar,et.

94. +ufr: impermanence is a problem.#man: our an;iet& about impermanence is a problem.

35. (cience is the revelation of order. 2aith is the revelation of liberation.

9#. )he false "alafi is enraged because "ufism has been taen awa& from him.

3&. Get%eman: summoned by belles.

9'. We are divided from the other world b& the thinnest of membranes, which we hang with mirrors.

3). =reat art is =od loo,ing at you. Mediocre art is you loo,ing at =od. emonic art is you loo,ing at

yourself alone.

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>1. eism is dualism. ?ccasionalism is the only alternative.

42. odernit& has onl& footnotes1 faith has te;t as well.

>3. Gelief in =od begins when we cease to believe in ourselves.

44. What are &ou but a lightl&!clothed seleton

>5. Iour bum$er stic,er is a fish eating a fish9 for your (haria fate in the 'est is to eat fish,

4#. )he saint is the one whose love reminds &ou of &our most recent sin.

>&. An ayah is a wetnurse. 'hen born we suc,le" when we die we are weaned.

4'. Islam: the real 8esus was unitarian. 6hristianit&: the real oses was trinitarian.

>). The foundation of Action is Theology. The foundation of Theology is 2aith. The foundation of 2aith is

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#2. Jour reach towards -im is tin&. -is reach towards &ou has no limit.

B3. +ove learning" since learning leads to action.

#4. (iqhis the Do&ful focussing on the moment.

B5. e%oice most highly when the Teachers command is hard.

##. Oion is the abuse of aimonidean utazilism.

B&. To conform to the (unna is to conform to =od. o not thin, that there is freedom anywhere else.

#'. ur finitude is our distance from -im. -is infinitude is -is closeness to us.

B). The false (alafism: etra 2rabia nulla salus.

?0. )heolog& is sharh1 Feligious "tudies is tashrih.

&1. o modesty" no sensuality. o sensuality" no ,nowledge of =od.

?2. nl& the %vil I taes manind from the minbar to the minibar.

&3. The identity/merchant says *n/slamic9 the =odfearing says: "akruh or +aram.

?4. Arius sa&s: Bollow the muh"amat>

&5. The saints belief that he is bound for hell is his halo.

?#. @o not use &our beard to open peoples ears.

&&. 7a$$iness is more im$ortant than conforming to the Monoculture.

?'. Westernisation2aqam 4astis ours alread&.

&). +@and cry: only by tal#incan we endure this age.

'0. )he false "alafism: it is better to lose angril& than to win calml&.

E1. The cross and the d$colletage: in hoc signo vinces.

'2. -e did not sa&: *uide us to the ga& path.

E3. A $olitician deals with sym$toms" a leader deals with causes.


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'4. %;pect onl& a little. If &ou impose ever&thing on ever&one, &ou will drive ever&one awa& from ever&thing.

E5. 'e see the world" and thin, it to be still. Gut it is coming down fast" all the time" from 7eaven. &Aou see

the mountains! and think them to be still,6

'#. Figour of oses, Ahmads merc&,

3eaut& of 8esus, heralds all.

In Adams heirs no controvers&,

6all for change, dont change the call>

E&. n the restaurant of life" the false (alafi can do no more than eat the menu.

''. 1awashould start at the point of harmon&, not the point of dissonance.

E). o not trust the Arab who $refers nylon to cotton.

C0. )he $ra&er is rus in ure.

)1. The world survives because one may fall out of love with hatred" but one may never fall out of love with

love.

C2. Who is a shay"h ne who recognises that his life will soon be over.

)3. (bada: remember =od to re/member yourself.

C4. If &ou are threatened b& a materialist civilisation, mae &ourself economicall&

indispensable.

)5. A real aristocrat is a healing for the world.

C#. Islam: there is a basis for cumulation. )he West: there is onl& cumulation.

)&. own to =ehenna" or u$ to the Throne"

7e travels the fastest who travels alone. 4i$ling6

C'. $ractice of the "unna is at its most pure and uncompromising where it supports cultural diversit&.

)). afidism: the first Muslim cons$iracy theory.

/00. Jou cannot arrive b& maing an effort, but &ou cannot arrive without maing an effort.

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/. Whitehall: forget the gold dome on &our pra&er mat.

. iyadh is the garden of Takfir.

9. )oda& we grow up =uicl&, but into something childish.

>. Iou no longer have the $rivilege of the *mmas $rotection. 2nd upon 'odQ 6

. Fi%hgender dis$arities reflect her nearness to thefitra.

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. $articularly li,e the idea that my $aintings may say nothing. Magritte6

29. Wh& spiritualit& 3ecause muraqaamaes the ritual into the sp&!ritual.

>. Iou may hold o$en the furnace door9 but it is =od Alone who blows out the fires consuming your heart.

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49. 3& their selflessness the& tae &ou from &ourself to -imself.

>>. (how yourself yourself9 then 7e will show 7imself 7imself.

4B. +i,e solar $rominences" the 4orans bibliotheo$hanies indicate the energy of its self/celebration.

4?. What is forbidden, is forbidden onl& because of its banalit&. *od is 3eautiful, and -e loves beaut&.

>E. slamism: the 7oly -ro$het marching.

4C. Arab humiliation is usuall& the result of Arab pride.

5L. The Teacher does not love the disci$le because the disci$le serves the Teacher. The Teacher loves the

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#9. )he medium is the massage (Jah&a 3irt. )he bod&!subDect hosts cognition (erleau!$ont&

B>" -acifism0 Getter armed than armless.

#

BE. f Aisha is irrational" then we are with (arah" not 7agar.

#C. urs is the:ezm-i 4indan1 our leader is al!Mhidr>

&L. -ay attention" and trust in =od.

?/. Mnow that &our plans are written on water.

&. Misogynist0 7afsa held the future of the Goo, in her hands9 Aisha held theSunna.

?9. Fespect her to the e;tent that she intuits her status as mazhar.

&>. Tari%a: $eer with $eers to find a $ir9 a $ir a$$ears.

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E>. A long life0 !ach decade is half the length of its $redecessor.

'. +oo, within" and what is outside you will become clear. +oo, around you" and you will understand

yourself.

C 3right lights at(ajr, and loud loudspeaers, are errors that belie the Baith.

)B. f you believe in $eace" you will not believe in $acifism.

C?. In the rain of *ods merc&, the believer is a duc, the infidel a cat.

)E. All of !dom is in the 8ohannine Comma.

CC. A little worship with sincerit& is all of religion1 abundant worship for the sae of ones image of oneself is nothing at all.

1LL. Modernity finds it hard to distinguish between rest and idleness.

Contentions 1>

/. We are against Israel to the e;tent that she endangers 8ewish safet&.

. Mar#ism is the ultimate subaltern discourse.


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9. Feal Islam is successful. If it is not successful, it is not real Islam.

>. The Monoculture has no $rinci$le save the absence of meta$hysics. 'ithout the ?ne" there is no

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. 2antasy is death.

29. )he "unna: bothRand. )he "hia: eitherRor.

>. 'e have too many things" and too little gratitude.

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49. Islam, b& veiling her, reveals her1 %dom, b& unveiling her, erases her face.

>>. 7er charm is the)am-i &ishret.

4B. As, your grand$arents of their grand$arents" lest you become forgotten and forgetting.

4?. Jou will not open the Bur=an before &ou open the Puran.

>E. The Dedas were invaders9 al/Fasim revived the 'ay.

4C. It was rientalism that told us that Islam means submission. 3ut Islam sa&s that Islam means letting go.

5L. f the eyes had no tears" the soul would have no rainbow. Min@uass $roverb6


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B>. The Monoculture is o$a@ue to itself.

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E>. Through selflessness we %oin the world.

'. The monoculture is as rela#ing as its trousers.

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>>. 8oining religion is li,e unearthing your family tree.

4B. ts ,ind of bad we destroyed everything" but at least we gave them a chance for a new start *ncle

(ames warrior" after 2allu%ah6.

4?. -amlets traged& was to read "t ar.

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B. The monocultures son is ;ahid9 you are the ind. Gut among the ;ahids of slam" where are the

indan0

#9. 3e still, and now that &ou are odd.

B>. n a democracy there should be no $rivate beliefs.

#. Maidens ?nly use hairs$ray so the hairs $ray.

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?C. ShariaS to hammer in the tent!pegs. TariqaS to pitch the tent.'aqiqaS to dwell in the tent as a $rophet in glor&.

EL. ?nly 4araite Muslims demand adherence to a detailed creed.

'/. ot all autonom& is dignit&1 but all dignit& is autonom&.

E. Fasl: Calmness lies on the other side of your tas,s. 4asl: Iour tas,s are your calmness.

'9. Wisdom and safet& are humilit&s twin daughters.

E>. Zuhdis to ma,e the soul feel at home in the body.

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1LL. The whats and thou/shalt/nots

all tie you u$ in ,nots"

for only in the whys

are humans rec,oned wise.

Contentions 1B

/. )he "oul of %urope has remembered its $elagian @rining "ong.

. !very bar is sinister" a stain on your escutcheon.

9. Woing teaches &ou not to be a artian.

>. Always attend the mos@ue of someone elses ethnicity.


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1E. ?nly in generosity is the believer rec,less.

/C. Jou have an e;tended famil&.

L. -olitical theology: what $ro$ortion of sin can be removed if the tem$tation is removed also0

2/. )he onocultures complaint about Islam amounts to onl& one demand: 3e lie us>

. hidmaheals where ego ails.

29. Eniversalism and %g&pt: %dom is the child of oses and Isis. Islam is the child of Abraham and -agar.

>. Transhumanism serves someone elses ethics" not ours.

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9C. It is hard to die right with *od in the arms of orpheus.

>L. ever $ractice ordinary goodness.

4/. )he monocultures religion: *od is represented b& onl& one bod&.

>. 2eminism0 Tell the maenads to loo, at the s,y.

49. )he business of bans is the encouragement of debt.

>>. The believer is the one who ,nows that the factual content of the Furan is only a fragment of its

significance.

4B. Fi%his to $rotect the anwaronment.

4?. ot Ibrahim, but 3rums irambifurcates the 3ig -eathens from the "mall -eathians.

>E. Iou will only understand art if you understand that modernity is against it.

4C. )he )eacher ass for nothing, and offers infinit&1 therefore give ever&thing that &ou have.

5L. 2itnas shall be bowled to thee. -lay u$ -lay u$ and $lay the game

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BL. !udaemonian economics are !domonics. shmael" however" $ays with =ods coin.

#/. Islam allows &ou to cut the web of 6halcedonian gerunds, and to see the face of 6hrist.

B. al-(ngiliziyyatu fusha al-hali).

#9. )he 7iber Asian was the @ravidian revenge.

B>. ?ur (hay,h/ul/slam showed that Muslims may have three legs.

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E. Modernity is an out/of/body e#$erience.

'9. Islam is the love of the saints.

E>. Com$laining about the)alal0 A volcano is always beautiful.

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/. If &ou open the door to a small vice, a large one ma& enter before &ou close it.

. True art is within earth and heart. Modern art is either Ah or 7e.

9. Jou will onl& discover what &ou trul& wish for when &ou wish for what is best for other human beings.

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29. Beminism has failed in its ambition to abolish women.

>. The 2alse (alafism is slams rigor mortis.

2. (ufism is for anyone" e#ce$t a kafiror a bourgeois.

9L. Aristotle: things are. Abraham: things are found.

4/. $olitical science is sacred, because it is deduced entirel& from the womb.

>. There is no initiation without the +aw.

49. -ealing the monoculture is more important than pleasing it.

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4B. Modernity says that it is not a $rison.

4?. If &ou see the Do& of compassion, crush the Do& of the ego.

>E. The saint is a reverse $rism.

4C. Jour weaness is in proportion to the number of things &ou crave.

5L. After errida" history will be won by whoever is first $ast the $ost/.

Jour hijawill prevent monoculturalists from patting &ou on the head.

5. The $recondition for being a man isfutu##a. The $recondition forfutu##ais loving other $eo$le

. 2at is not fate9 slender is not slander.


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BB. The right ob%ective of war is %ustice" not victory.

#?. Jou are either a worshipper or an idol.

BE. 'ithout (ufism" slam is not slamic.

#C. -ospitalit& Jou cannot serve both Abraham and Israel.

&L. The secret of marriage: as soon as you loo, at the cloc," she gets angry.

?/. Ender the 3lue 3aroness, the pol&technics did not become universities, the universities became pol&technics.

&. 2aceboo, will unfriend srael.

?9. -istor& is nothing other than the triumph of $rovidence.

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EE. The Iawning =ulf is a -rocrustean bed.

'C. -ow &ou sa& the(atihasa&s it all.

)L. The crisis of the *mma is not that the ulema are too traditional9 it is that they are not traditional

enough.

C/. When &ou are frivolous, be so onl& for earnestness sae.

). Carey was to charism what ewman was to numen.

C9. ost people do not want to now *od1 Dust to cut a deal with -im.

)>. The Monoculture has found a $lace where there is no =od" which is why it finds itself nowhere.

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'. )he Jawning *ulfs wealth goes on thering the "elf.

). The 2alse (alafism: the limited hori


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2'. nl& in Islam is 6hrist at peace in the bosom of Abraham.

). The effective way to strengthen liberalism or fundamentalism is to bring them into conversation.

90. -er tear commands &ou to stand up for her, not to stand up to her.

31. (ecular lovers always use contrace$tion.

92. If the culture is sic, then &our ease with it is a sign of sicness.

33. Iour ca$acity to rebel against the monoculture is in $ro$ortion to your ca$acity to fall in love.

94. )he devils greatest enem& is the Do& of the believer.

35. 2amily is)amal" wor, is)alal9 in this her su$eriority is a$$arent.

9#. nl& when famil& is not e=ual to wor will we worr& if women are not e=ual to men.

3&. Third 'orld marriage: fiancJs and fiancJes are %ust finances and financees.

9'. 3ecause the moderns cannot be, the& have attitude rather than beatitude.

3). nner $eace comes from ignoring the verdicts of others9 but this is only $ossible when one correctly

trusts the verdict of =od.

40. )hat their hatred would not be healed b& &our hatred does not absolve &ou from hating their hateful acts.

>1. A good %adi,nows his own sinfulness.

42. It is both dangerous and curious that the foolish should have such an e;cellent abilit& to survive.

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4'. 3eaut& )o me it is a word without sense, because I do not now where its meaning comes from nor where it leads.

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>). The 'est will ta,e us seriously when we ta,e our history seriously.


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B). Futu##adoes not mean burnishing the ego for her sa,e9 it means crushing the ego for her sa,e.

?0. )he /Cth centur&: nationalit&. )he 20th centur&: rationalit&. )he 2/st centur&: fashionalit&.

&1. Many a warning about 7ell increases the number of its inhabitants.

?2. 6atholicism nows the 6hrist of faith. $rotestantism nows the 6hrist of $aul. Islam nows the 6hrist of histor&.

&3. The (ira is the inter$retation of the (ura.

?4. Without wuduthere is onl& voodoo.

&5. 'hen 7e is so near" how can you have free will0

?#. %ven if causalit& was real it would not allow the prediction of outcomes.

&&. The atheists #irdis the su$$ression of des$air.

?'. Briedan: women are either strippers or outstrippers.

&). mmanence0 f you love carnations" re%ect incarnations.

'0. Bor the Arabs the E is a broen plural.

E1. +ove is not madness9 all else is madness.

'2. Intolerance is not the onl& alternative to tolerance.

E3. The world is the meta$hor of the eal.

'4. A response to a pra&er is not the guarantee of an outcome.

E5. The theocons: Glessed are the warma,ers.

'#. %ach new device increases our dependenc&.

E&. ? Children of srael f you believe that no/one will befriend you" no/one will befriend you.

''. If a famil& is nuclear it ma& go ballistic.

E). 'e gras$ 7im with that which is most $assive about us.

C0. )he Internet contains no depictions of intimac&.


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)1. True wealth lies in having few worries.

C2. Father the turban of the )ur than the frown of @arwin.

)3. A horse can carry more scrolls than a don,ey.

C4. odernism is dominant but dead. (8+rgen -abermas

)5. The $ath to ha$$iness lies through the remembering of death.

C#. )he point of theolog& is to silence the ego.

)&. The search for the (hay,h is the search for the (unna.

C'. Encle "ame preaches freedom, but can he preach freedom from greed

)). The 2alse (alafi migrant brings a bowser9 the (unni migrant brings a dowser.

/00. A life lived in conflict against the ego is filled with blessings1 a life lived in pursuit of its claims is a curse.

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/. =ir manifests not onl& in virilit& but in virginit&.

. Iou will only begin to wal, when you see your radical inca$acity.

9. 6an the Balse "alafism accept the distinction made at the Batihas end

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/. 7ow you engage with $eo$le is usually more im$ortant than what you are saying to them.

2. The nearest model for humanity was once the lions" then it was the a$es9 now it is the ants.

9. A$art from (ufism there is only nationalism.

49. All &our time is borrowed time.


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>>. o not be so arrogant that you believe that you do not deserve to worshi$ =od.

4B. t is of =ods mercy that your rushed and unseemly $rayer can be made into something beautiful" if youoffer only one additional minute to 7im.

4?. Alcohol Among believers, there is no ice to brea.

>E. =od is the meaning of the world.

4C. If &ou wish to be settled, remember *od properl&.

5L. +et us find our great nourishment in seeing the value of others.


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&. n Catholicism no women are ordained. Gut the +iber Asian ordains every daughter of 7agar" matriarchof their order.

?9. If "ufism is not named in the 7iber Asian, neither are the "alaf.

&>. Ta)#idis ta)rid: it occurs when the te#t" not the cantor" is audib

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