"True love has be-guided me, O friend! Reveal to me the land of my Beloved. At my parents' I was an innocent maid. Wit…"

"If I tell a lie, something is left out; If I speak out the truth, there is a blaze. My mind fears both the alternativ…"

"Accursed be prayers, to hell with fasts, and let confession of faith be damned. O Bullah, I have found the Lord withi…"

"In shrines dwell robbers, in idol-houses, thugs. In mosques live vagabonds, the lovers of God remaind aloof."

"Despite my age, I can almost say that I have never put pen to paper without worrying about censorship. The nightmare …"

"The Shāhnāmeh is the greatest epic in history. It is a treasure trove of ideas, wisdom, advice, help, guidance, and r…"

"the more sincere and intimate the relationship between a work and its reader, the better. So the countries that don’t…"

"Being iconoclastic is only acceptable and desirable if the public—or at least a specific segment of society—is open t…"

"You should definitely tell Pakistan’s story to your children. Our forefathers believed that we were different from Hi…"

"“During the war with India, Allah helped us raise our heads high,” Field Marshal Munir said. “When a Muslim puts thei…"