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al-ḥamdu lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīn {[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -} Quran(1,2) الفاتحة - الآية 2

— Maria Eugenia Calderara, from Poems of Exile; “I Still Don't Know Your Name,”

— Bertrand Russell, from “What Desires Are Politically Important?” (via letsbelonelytogetherr)

María Casares, from a letter to Albert Camus, featured in Correspondance, 1944-1959

al-ḥamdu lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīn {[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -} Quran(1,2) الفاتحة - الآية 2

lā ilāha illā anta sub'ḥānaka innī kuntu mina l-ẓālimīn “There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.” Quran (21,87) الأنبياء - الآية 87

Nikolay Punin, from a diary entry featured in The Diaries of Nikolay Punin: 1904 - 1953