Inconsequential

O Alavi, along life's endless roads, I am a traveler, defeated by my own loneliness. "KHALIFA"

It's hard to be in the city of your beloved and never get to meet them. "KHALIFA"

Your first impression becomes your lasting memory. "KHALIFA"

Some loves are nothing more than letters sent from Kufa bearing the murder of trust, the very summit of cruelty, and leaving behind nothing but everlasting mourning. "KHALIFA"

"The sins of the damned were sleeping with those forbidden to them and drinking wine; yet the rewards of the blessed are sleeping with those forbidden to them and drinking wine. Our descendants will laugh at our simplicity. Do you understand? I do not. What is the difference between a houri and a prostitute? One is in God's service; the other is in the service of God's servant. A God who bribes His followers with houris, and a Paradise that resembles a brothel—which of the two is innocent? The prostitute who, out of desperation, fills her stomach this way? Or the houri whose body's pleasure is the reward for the righteous deeds of believers? Do you know? I do not." — Sadegh Hedayat @dreamsleilaa

We are those whose presence is like a verse from the Gospel people like us are preserved in the deepest chambers of hearts. "KHALIFA"

It is astonishing that, even in this age, people continue to fall prey to the illusion of love and romance. "KHALIFA"

I took my own hand in mine, for there was no one near enough to hold it. "KHALIFA"

This love is a story much later, I had held her hand in a moment of distress. "KHALIFA"

You've seen a burning cigarette! Have you ever thought someone might have smoldered the same way? "KHALIFA"

Do not ask me, a dweller in separation, about the joy of union.. "KHALIFA"

You draw a path within a painting I become the wanderer arriving from a distant horizon. "KHALIFA"

I don't steal hearts I seize them. Those who truly know me know exactly who I am. "KHALIFA"

All are God’s advocates, yet man stands without one. "KHALIFA"

O moon, why are you so proud of your beauty? If I were to describe her radiance, even you would hide your face in embarrassment. "KHALIFA"

Oh God, may it never happen that the long deprived devotees, upon entering Your Paradise, are overwhelmed by its endless bounty. "KHALIFA"

لا يوم كيومك يا أبا عبد الله

O Allah, curse the killers of al-Husayn (peace be upon him) with an everlasting curse.

O Allah, curse all of the Umayyads without exception.

You don't lose friends because real friends can never be lost. You lose people masquerading as friends, and you're better for it. MAYA HALE