"In the namaz,

 there was the ancient simplicity of surrendering the ego to Abraham’s God, Alone, without partner. The complexities were stripped away by the ‘light words’ of the Witnessing, and I felt that I now had the reality of what I had once only claimed to have: a personal relationship with God. The beloved had lifted her Greek veil.

-Abdal-Hakim Murad, "Quicunque Vult, or, A teenage journey to Islam"