जो काम हिकमत से ख़ाली है, वो आफ़त है। जो ख़ामोशी हिकमत से ख़ाली है, वो ग़फ़लत है। जो नज़र हिकमत से ख़ाली है, वो ज़िल्लत है।

When asked about some worldly thing she wanted to have, she replied: “I am ashamed to ask for a thing of this world from Him to whom this world belongs; how can I ask for it from those to whom it does not belong.

When asked about some worldly thing she wanted to have, she replied: “I am ashamed to ask for a thing of this world from Him to whom this world belongs; how can I ask for it from those to whom it does not belong.

ऐ नफ़्स! तू ख़ुदा से मुहब्बत का दावेदार है और उस की नाफ़रमानी भी करता है। अगर तू मुहब्बत में सादिक़ है तो अपने रब की इताअत भी कर। मुहब्बत करने वाला अपने महबूब की इताअत ज़रूर करता है।

Love, for Rabia, is the basis of spiritual perfection at all the stages on the journey to God. She teaches to love God for the sake of God.

Love, for Rabia, is the basis of spiritual perfection at all the stages on the journey to God. She teaches to love God for the sake of God.

She asked in her private prayer, “O my Lord, will you burn in the Fire a heart that holds love for you?” The caller answered, “We will never do such a thing. Do not think so poorly of Us.”

She asked in her private prayer, “O my Lord, will you burn in the Fire a heart that holds love for you?” The caller answered, “We will never do such a thing. Do not think so poorly of Us.”