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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 over flowing with love f….
Your hope in my heart is the rarest treasure Your Name on my tongue is the sweetest word My choicest hours Are the hours I spend with You - O Go….
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 all directions, then suddenly it….
Great doubt will eventually lead to great awakening..
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 You have for me, give ….
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 t….
I love Allah: I have no time left in which to hate the devil..
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 heart can love none other bu….
How long will you keep pounding on an open door Begging for someone to open it?.
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 was.….
The real work is in the Heart: Wake up your Heart! Because when the heart is completely awake, Then it needs no Friend..
If I repent now will God forgive me? No, but if God forgives you, you will repent..
O Allah, You know that the only thing I want in this life Is to be obedient to Your command. Even the living sight of my eyes Is service at y….
I will not serve Allah like a laborer, in expectation of my wages..
Eyes are at rest, the stars are setting. Hushed are the stirrings of birds in their nests, Of monsters in the ocean. You are the Just who knows ….
True devotion is for itself: not to desire heaven nor to fear hell..
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 yo….
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 from Paradise; but if I worship Thee….
Stay close by the door, if you desire all beauty And leave aside sleep, if you wish to arrive And make of the spirit your first place of account T….
I swear that ever since the first day You brought me back to life, The day You became my Friend, I have not slept - And even if You drive me from….
May Allah steal from you All that steals you from Him..