then I am the incurable sinner, for I envy every eye that ever caught a glimpse of you. I envy the waves that carried your voice and the air that touched your cheeks. I envy even the ground that once served you, and I confess to you that despite my indulgent sins, my shameful whimsies, and my ugly flimsies, I confess to you, "I love you."
Khaled M. Abou El Fadl, "The Sunna of the Beloved," Conference of the Books: The Search for Beauty in Islam, p. 147
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