--- title: "1 Sky Belonged Quotes By Leila Aboulela" description: "1 Sky Belonged quotes by Leila Aboulela. Plus more from Leila Aboulela and more Sky Belonged sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/leila-aboulela-21855_eyes-looking_in-the-distant-past-muslim-doctors-advis_2037992.jpg" --- > [“In the distant past, Muslim doctors advised nervous people to look up at the sky. Forget the tight earth. Imagine that the sky, all of it, belonged to them alone. Crescent, low moon, more stars than the eyes looking up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/in-the-distant-past-muslim-doctors-advised-nervous-people-to-look-up/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/leila-aboulela-21855_eyes-looking_in-the-distant-past-muslim-doctors-advis_2037992.jpg) ## More by Leila Aboulela > [“He said that everything in this world, small or large, was created for a reason. Even the smallest mosquito that bites people and makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/he-said-that-everything-in-this-world-small-or-large-was-created-for/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) > [“I am touched by her life, how it moves forward, pulses and springs. There is no fragmentation, nothing stunted or wedged. I circle back,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/i-am-touched-by-her-life-how-it-moves-forward-pulses-and-springs/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) > [“So much darkness made her uneasy. There was definitely a weight pushing down on the world. Misfortune was always hovering close around people’s shoulders.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/so-much-darkness-made-her-uneasy-there-was-definitely-a-weight/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) > [All through life there were distinctions - toilets for men, toilets for women; clothes for men, clothes for women - then, at the end,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/all-through-life-there-were-distinctions-toilets-for-men-toilets-for/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) > [“But for Soraya, words on a page were seductive, free, inviting everyone, without distinction. She could not help it when she found words written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/but-for-soraya-words-on-a-page-were-seductive-free-inviting-everyone/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) > [“I like talking to you,' he said, slowly. 'Why?' That was the way to hear nice things. Ask why.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/i-like-talking-to-you-he-said-slowly-why-that-was-the-way-to-hear/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) > [I've come down in the world. I've slid to a place where the ceiling is low and there isn't much room for me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/i-ve-come-down-in-the-world-i-ve-slid-to-a-place-where-the-ceiling-is/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) > [Allah tests our patience and our fortitude. He tests out strength of faith. be patient and there will endless rewards for you, insha'Allah" -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/allah-tests-our-patience-and-our-fortitude-he-tests-out-strength-of/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) > [“He disliked English, not because they had invaded his country, but because of the effort required to understand their different languages and customs. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/he-disliked-english-not-because-they-had-invaded-his-country-but/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) > [“Can I aske forgiveness for someone else, someone whose already dead? Yes, you can. Of course you can. And you can give charity in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/can-i-aske-forgiveness-for-someone-else-someone-whose-already-dead/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) > [“This was where she belonged with Nur, right here, here in his songs. Here within the lyrics they were intimate, caught in the rythm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/this-was-where-she-belonged-with-nur-right-here-here-in-his-songs/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) > [The sweetest things in life were not necessarily what one strove for and grabbed. Instead, many many times the All-Merciful, the All-Generous would give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/the-sweetest-things-in-life-were-not-necessarily-what-one-strove-for/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) > [“I'm not middle-class; I do not have a degree. I am upper-class without money.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/i-m-not-middle-class-i-do-not-have-a-degree-i-am-upper-class-without/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) > [“The blow, inevitable in itself, comes straight from the source without any intermediaries.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/the-blow-inevitable-in-itself-comes-straight-from-the-source-without/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) > [“In the distant past, Muslim doctors advised nervous people to look up at the sky. Forget the tight earth. Imagine that the sky, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-aboulela/in-the-distant-past-muslim-doctors-advised-nervous-people-to-look-up/) [Leila Aboulela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-aboulela/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sky-belonged/leila-aboulela/#itemlist", "name": "1 Sky Belonged Quotes By Leila Aboulela", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In the distant past, Muslim doctors advised nervous people to look up at the sky. Forget the tight earth. Imagine that the sky, all of it, belonged to them alone. Crescent, low moon, more stars than the eyes looking up at them. But the sky was free, without any price, no one I knew spoke of it, no one competed for it. 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