The eye of the mystic who is enraptured in love sees traces of eternal beauty everywhere and listens to the mute eloquence of everything created. Whatever he mentions, his goal is the essence of the beloved—like Zulaykha, who, longing for Joseph's beauty, applied to him "the name of every thing, from rue-seed to aloes-wood."If she piled up a hundred thousand names— her meaning and intention was always Joseph. (M 6:4022-37)
-Annemarie Schimmel
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