Laila Quotes

I was like a ten-year-old kid who had been scraped off a mother's love so sudden and surreal that I kept hoping I could chant a few magical words and slowly, Mama Jas would materialise in front of me.

I could just felt the twinge of resentment with her being there, where my mother was supposed to be. What right did she have, to replace that place?

I will serve with all my might.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Prayer is a spiritual act.

Lailah Gifty Akita

You are the greatest wife of all times and I love you so much more’ said my husband, Jeremiah Nii Mama Akita

Lailah Gifty Akita

Dwell on the beauty of sacred-existence.

Lailah Gifty Akita

It was bittersweet and lovely how this thing called family could make you feel belonged, wanted and complete.

Thou seekest Lailâ. Yet she manifesteth herself within thee.Thou deemest her to be elsewhere, but elsewhere existeth not.That is a madness, well-known to lovers. So be on your guard, for otherness is the epitome of separation.Seest thou not, how her beauty enfoldeth thee.She disappeareth only if thou refusest part of thee.Come close to me, thou sayst to her, to her who is thine All.And when she loveth thee, she leadeth thee to thyself.Bliss ineffable is the meeting with her.No one reacheth her, who knoweth not essence without form.I have dissimulated about her,After I had truly displayed her through my veil.I hid her from myself, with the garment of mine own existence,And, out of jealousy, I hid her from the envier.Dazzling beauty! Should the light of thy countenanceTouch the eyes of a blind man, he would see each particle of dust.She is adorned with every grace pertaining unto beauty.And wherever she appeareth, she is desired by those who love.(Diwân)

Muhammad al-Harrâq

Whatever you dream of, there will be fulfillment.

Lailah Gifty Akita