"That someone can want something out of another person who gives absolutely nothing in return astounds me."

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Seeing that he owns absolutely nothing to ‘repay’ his debt, ‘his own consciousness’ of the fact ‘that he is himself the very substance’ of debt, so must he ‘repay’ with himself, so must he ‘return’ himself to Him Who owns him absolutely.

— Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas