Love is the effacement of the lover's attributes and the establishments of the Beloved's Essence.
Al-Qushayri on Christmas
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Al-Qushayri (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Al-Qushayri (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.