"Infidels when enjoying prosperity do wrong When they are in hell, they cry ‘O our Lord!’ The prison is the hermitage of the wicked thief For when he is there, he is ever crying to God. Whereas the object of man’s being is to worship God, Hell is ordained as a place of worship for the proud."
Rumi

January 1, 1970

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