“Beloved is man, for he was created in the image of God.”
Akiba ben Joseph (50–136) Tanna
Pirkei Avot, 3:18.
“Beloved has been created in your image and sent to you in order to put you on the right path.”
Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 269
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