Gift book wisdom: To give away one's cloak is to surrender oneself.
Islam means "surrender". And to surrender oneself to the power of Allah is the beginning of wisdom, beginning of faith.
"Truly to love one's little homeland, it is best to go away, to exile oneself for ever, to surrender oneself to the vast absorption of Paris, and for the homeland to grow so distant it seems to die.
A risk of absurdity always attends the willingness to surrender oneself to the spell of any mere object: the dirtied swatch of cloth that is a painting, for example.
According to Webster to be addicted is: to devote or surrender (oneself) to something habitually or obsessively addicted to something.
To "respect," according to the American Heritage Dictionary, is "to feel or show deferential regard for"; to "submit" is "to yield or surrender (oneself) to the will or authority of another".
Surrendering oneself to the spell of any mere artistic object always involves the risk of absurdity.
By Peter Schjeldahl June 4, 2016 Surrendering oneself to the spell of any mere artistic object always involves the risk of absurdity.
There is a famous, precautionary canard about surrendering oneself to the tender mercies of lawyers.
Islam is a deeply monotheistic religion in which God is the ultimate reality and by surrendering oneself to this reality one may find peace in this life and the next.
After decades of effort and sacrifice, it will not surrender that entirely, no matter how grim its economic prospects.Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and many in America's Congress argue that the only deal worth having is one that permanently dismantles every part of Iran's nuclear programme, including its capacity to enrich uranium.
