Rabia Basri Quotes

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• O God! if I worship Thee in fear of Hell, burn me in Hell; and if I worship Thee in hope of Paradise, exclude me…
• Great doubt will eventually lead to great awakening.
• Since no one really knows anything about God, those who think they do are just troublemakers.
• How many gifts and graces You have given me! How many favors You have fed me from your hand! I look for your love in…
• I will not serve Allah like a laborer, in expectation of my wages.
• How long will you keep pounding on an open door Begging for someone to open it?
• I seek forgiveness from Allah for the lack of my sincerity when I say I seek the forgiveness of Allah
• O my Lord, whatever share of this world You have bestowed on me, bestow it to my enemies, and whatever share of the next world…
• O Beloved of Hearts, I beseech only You. Have pity this day on those who turn to You. My Hope, my Rest, my Delight, this…
• He does not refuse sustenance to the one who speaks ill of Him. How then could He refuse sustenance to the one whose soul is…
• I love Allah: I have no time left in which to hate the devil.
• May Allah steal from you All that steals you from Him.
• True devotion is for itself: not to desire heaven nor to fear hell.
• You know of the how, but I know of the how-less.
• 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 the…

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