Quotes from Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“يبدو اننا جميعا بحاجة كي نؤمن بأحد ما أو شيء ما. فالحياة دون معنى او اتجاه بائسة حقا. ويبدو
انه يتوجب ان نحيا من اجل هدف او شيء ما عزيز علينا ونموت من اجله، سواء كان هذا الهدف او الشيء مبدأ سياسي او خطة حياتية او أمة او
حلما او فكرة او مالا او اسرة. اعتقد ان التقديس هو جبلة في الانسان، وأن قدرنا هو أن نكون عبيدا سواء شئنا ذلك ام ابينا.”
― Jeffrey Lang, quote from Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“والإسلام هو عقيدة الرجل الذي يفكر.”
― Jeffrey Lang, quote from Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“النقطة المهمة ليست في وجوب أن يعرف الإنسان الله ويعبده، بل هي أنه يجب على الإنسان أن يختار بحرية تامة أن يعرف الله ويعبده.”
― Jeffrey Lang, quote from Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“ من الخطأ الجسيم الإنقياد بطاعة عمياء للأقدمين ،،، وأن تؤيد آراؤهم وكأنها العقيد نفسها ،،،
 إلا إذا كان لدى المرء الإستعدادد للقبول بالتوقف عن النمو ،،، وبالتالي اللإهتراء وعدم التجدد ”
― Jeffrey Lang, quote from Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“even in our most intense worship, we should not forget that our relationship to god is tied to our relationship with others.”
― Jeffrey Lang, quote from Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“I told her that we go to work to provide for our families, attend school functions that our children are involved in, take a few pieces of cake we just baked over to our neighbor next door, drive our children to school in the morning. “No! No!” She said. “How do you worship?” I said we make love to our spouses, smile and greet someone we pass on the street, help our children with their homework, hold open a door for someone behind us. “Worship! I’m asking about worship!” She exclaimed. I asked her exactly what she had in mind. “You know-Rituals!” She insisted. I answered her that we practice those also and that they are a very important part of Muslim worship. I was not trying to frustrate her, but I answered her in this way in order to emphasize Islam’s comprehensive conception of worship.”
― Jeffrey Lang, quote from Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“ في لحظة من اللحظات الخاصة في حياتنا - لحظة لم نتنبأ من قبل أن نمر بها عندما نكبر_منَّ الله بواسع من علمه ورحمته وعطفه علينا_،،،
بعد أن وجد فينا من العذاب ما نكابد ،،، ومن الألم ما نشعر به ،،، ومن عظيم الحاجة إلى ملء الخواء الكبير الروحي في أنفسنا ،،، 
وبعد أن وجد لدينا الإستعداد الكبير لقبول ذلك ،،،
وعلى كل حال فقد حقق الله لنا ذلك ،،،
فله الشكر والمنة إلى يوم الدين ”
― Jeffrey Lang, quote from Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“إن الإسلام في السعودية قد توقف أن يكون قوة للتغيير الشخصي, وسرعان ما شعرت أن الحيوية قد نبضت من إيماني.”
― Jeffrey Lang, quote from Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“ويبدو أن كل مجتمع يثبت شرفه و أعرافه و تقاليده و استقراره على نسائه, ولذلك إذا ما خرجت الأنثى عن الخط تفتح أبواب الحجيم, وتدور الدوائر على ذلك المجتمع.”
― Jeffrey Lang, quote from Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“Personal ignorance should be admitted, but it should not be allowed to place limits and bounds on the ways 'and means of revelation.”
― Jeffrey Lang, quote from Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“تتملك الدكتور لانغ الشجاعة ليقترح أن على كل جيل من المسلمين أن يعيد البحث في أساسيات الإيمان على اعتبار "أن المعرفة تنمو مع الزمن.”
― Jeffrey Lang, quote from Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“ومع ذلك فإني أكره أن أرى بحث أولادي منتهياً حيث انتهيت, بل إن أملي الكبير هو أن يبدؤوا من حيث أنتهي, وذلك لأنه ليس ثمة جواب نهائي و كامل لأي إنسان.”
― Jeffrey Lang, quote from Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“و هدف المسلم المؤمن هو أن يُصبح باستمرار مُتلقياً و مُرسلاً لبهاء الله المطلق، و أن يقترب ما استطاع من مصدر كل ما هو جميل، و أن يقبل أن يكون رسولاً لمن له الأسماء الحُسنى، و من هنا يكون بحق خليفة الله على الأرض كما جاء في الآية الثلاثين من سورة البقرة”
― Jeffrey Lang, quote from Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“فى حين أن نموّنا ما قبل الولادة هو نموّ جسدى بالدرجة الأولى ,فإن تطورنا الدنيوي هو بشكل رئيسي تطور أخلاقي وروحى”
― Jeffrey Lang, quote from Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

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