“Now wake up from the slumber, receive the glad tiding, and rejoice that you have a beloved who has no decline, no defect, no infirmity. The Light you seek is one whose brilliance illuminates the Universe: God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. (24:35)” SOURCE: FORTY HADITH | IMAM KHOMEINI (R)  

“If the object of your love were these imperfect beauties and these finite perfections, then why doesn’t the fire of your love subside after reaching them and why does the flame of your love grow fiercer on attaining them?” SOURCE: FORTY HADITH | IMAM KHOMEINI (R)  

“(It is) God’s nature upon which He originated mankind. (30:30) That nature is innate attention to the Absolute Beloved, and it is unchanging: It is a nature which seeks the knowledge (ma’rifah) of God. How long will you lavish this natural God-gifted love and this trust of God on this or that beloved on account…
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“All the members of human species long for an absolute beauty and perfection which has no defect, for a knowledge that has no trace of ignorance in it, for a power acid domination that is not accompanied with impotence and weakness, for a life that has no death, and, ultimately, the Absolute Perfection that is…
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“All the members of human species, from the people inhabiting far-flung regions of the world to the dwellers of civilized countries, from believers in materialism to the followers of various religious creeds, all yearn by nature and from the core of their hearts to attain immaculate perfection.” SOURCE: FORTY HADITH | IMAM KHOMEINI (R)