Your prayers are your light; Your devotion is your strength; Sleep is the enemy of both. Your life is the only opportunity that life can give you. If you ignore it, if you waste it, You will only turn to… — Rabia Basri Copy Share Image
Stay close by the door, if you desire all beauty And leave aside sleep, if you wish to arrive And make of the spirit… — Rabia Basri Copy Share
O my Lord, whatever share of this world You have bestowed on me, bestow it to my enemies, and whatever share of the next… — Rabia Basri Copy Share
Your hope in my heart is the rarest treasure Your Name on my tongue is the sweetest word My choicest hours Are the hours… — Rabia Basri Copy Share
I swear that ever since the first day You brought me back to life, The day You became my Friend, I have not slept… — Rabia Basri Copy Share
O Beloved of Hearts, I beseech only You. Have pity this day on those who turn to You. My Hope, my Rest, my Delight,… — Rabia Basri Copy Share
It is reported from the famous worshiper Rabi'ah al-Adawiyya (radiAllahu anha) that she said: "I have never heard the adhaan except that I remember… — Rabia Basri Copy Share
If I repent now will God forgive me? No, but if God forgives you, you will repent. — Rabia Basri Copy Share
Your prayers are your light; Your devotion is your strength; Sleep is the enemy of both. Your life is the only opportunity that life… — Rabia Basri Copy Share
Since no one really knows anything about God, those who think they do are just troublemakers. — Rabia Basri Copy Share
A leading scholar of Basra visited Rabi'a al-Adawiyya while she was ill. ting beside her pillow, the scholar spoke about how terrible the world… — Rabia Basri Copy Share
O Allah, You know that the only thing I want in this life Is to be obedient to Your command. Even the living sight… — Rabia Basri Copy Share
O Lord... Once I wanted You so much I didn't even dare walk past Your house- And now I am not even worthy to… — Rabia Basri Copy Share
I seek forgiveness from Allah for the lack of my sincerity when I say I seek the forgiveness of Allah — Rabia Basri Copy Share
