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    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

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