THE FIRST STEP IS TO SAY - GOD . AND NOTHING ELSE; THE SECOND IS INTIMACY; AND THE THIRD IS TO BURN.

THE FIRST STEP IS TO SAY - GOD . AND NOTHING ELSE; THE SECOND IS INTIMACY; AND THE THIRD IS TO BURN.

HASAN AL BASRI ASKED - AL AJAMI, HOW DID YOU ATATIN TO SUCH SPIRITUAL HEIGHT ? BY WHITENING THE HEART, BY PRAYERS AND NOT BY DARKENING PAPERS BY WRITING.

HASAN AL BASRI ASKED - AL AJAMI, HOW DID YOU ATATIN TO SUCH SPIRITUAL HEIGHT ? BY WHITENING THE HEART, BY PRAYERS AND NOT BY DARKENING PAPERS BY WRITING.

SOME ISRAELITES INSULTED JESUS ONE DAY AS HE WALK THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE. HE ANSWERED THEM ONLY BY REPEATING PRAYERS IN THEIR NAME. SOMEONE SAID TO HIM - YOU PRAYED FOR THESE MEN. DO YOU NOT FEEL ANGER AT THEIR TREATMENT OF YOU? HE ANSWERED - I COULD SPEND ONLY WHAT I CARRY IN MY PURSE.

SOME ISRAELITES INSULTED JESUS ONE DAY AS HE WALK THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE. HE ANSWERED THEM ONLY BY REPEATING PRAYERS IN THEIR NAME. SOMEONE SAID TO HIM - YOU PRAYED FOR THESE MEN. DO YOU NOT FEEL ANGER AT THEIR TREATMENT OF YOU? HE ANSWERED - I COULD SPEND ONLY WHAT I CARRY IN MY PURSE.

RABIA WAS ASKED - DO YOU LOVE THE LORD OF GLORY ? SHE SAID - I DO. THEN SHE WAS ASKED - DO YOU HOLD SATAN AS AN ENEMY ? SHE REPLIED - NO. THE QUESTIONER WAS ASTONISHED - HOW IS THAT ? RABIA SAID - MY LOVE OF GOD LEAVES NO ROOM FOR HATING SATAN. SHE WENT ON - I SAW THE PROPHET IN A DREAM. HE SAID TO ME - RABIA ! DO YOU LOVE ME? I SAID - O PROPHET ! WHO IS THERE WHO DOES NOT LOVE THEE? BUT MY LOVE TO GOD HAS SO POSSESSED ME THAT NO PLACE REMAINS FOR LOVING OR HATING ANY SAVE HIM

RABIA WAS ASKED - DO YOU LOVE THE LORD OF GLORY ? SHE SAID - I DO. THEN SHE WAS ASKED - DO YOU HOLD SATAN AS AN ENEMY ? SHE REPLIED - NO. THE QUESTIONER WAS ASTONISHED - HOW IS THAT ? RABIA SAID - MY LOVE OF GOD LEAVES NO ROOM FOR HATING SATAN. SHE WENT ON - I SAW THE PROPHET IN A DREAM. HE SAID TO ME - RABIA ! DO YOU LOVE ME? I SAID - O PROPHET ! WHO IS THERE WHO DOES NOT LOVE THEE? BUT MY LOVE TO GOD HAS SO POSSESSED ME THAT NO PLACE REMAINS FOR LOVING OR HATING ANY SAVE HIM

SO COMPLETE WAS THE BAYAZID'S ABSORPTION IN GOD THAT, EVERY DAY WHEN HE WAS CALLED BY A DISCIPLE WHO HAD BEEN HIS INSEPARABLE COMPANION FOR TWENTY YEARS, HE WOULD SAY - MY SON ! WHAT IS YOUR NAME ? MASTER THE DISCIPLE SAID ONE DAY - YOU ARE MOCKING ME. FOR TWENTY YEARS I HAVE BEEN SERVING YOU, AND EVERY DAY YOU ASK ME MY NAME. MY SON ..REPLIED BAYAZID . I DO NOT DERIDE YOU. BUT HIS NAME HAS ENTERED MY HEART AND HAS EXPELLED ALL OTHER NAMES. AS SOON AS I LEARN A NEW NAME. I PROMPTLY FORGET IT.

SO COMPLETE WAS THE BAYAZID'S ABSORPTION IN GOD THAT, EVERY DAY WHEN HE WAS CALLED BY A DISCIPLE WHO HAD BEEN HIS INSEPARABLE COMPANION FOR TWENTY YEARS, HE WOULD SAY - MY SON ! WHAT IS YOUR NAME ? MASTER THE DISCIPLE SAID ONE DAY - YOU ARE MOCKING ME. FOR TWENTY YEARS I HAVE BEEN SERVING YOU, AND EVERY DAY YOU ASK ME MY NAME. MY SON ..REPLIED BAYAZID . I DO NOT DERIDE YOU. BUT HIS NAME HAS ENTERED MY HEART AND HAS EXPELLED ALL OTHER NAMES. AS SOON AS I LEARN A NEW NAME. I PROMPTLY FORGET IT.