and the eyes of men are closed.
Kings have locked their doors
and each lover is alone with
his love.
Here, I am alone with you.
Brothers,
my peace is in my alonelyness.
My
Beloved is alone with me there, always.
I have
found nothing in all the worlds
That
could match His love,
This
love that harrows the sands of my desert.
If I
come to die of desire
And my
Beloved is still not satisfied,
I would
live in eternal despair.
To
abandon all that He has fashioned
And
hold in the palm of my hand
Certain
proof that He loves me
That is
the name and the goal of my search
My Beloved
My peace, O my brothers and
sisters, is my solitude,
And my Beloved is with me
always,
For His love I can find no
substitute,
And His
love is the test for me among mortal beings,
Whenever
His Beauty I may contemplate,
He is
my “mihrab”, towards Him is my “qiblah”
If I
die of love, before completing satisfaction,
Alas,
for my anxiety in the world, alas for my distress,
O
Healer (of souls) the heart feeds upon its desire,
The
striving after union with Thee has healed my soul,
O my
Joy and my Life abidingly,
You
were the source of my life and from Thee also came my ecstasy.
I have
separated myself from all created beings,
My hope
is for union with Thee, for that is the goal of my desire
My God and My Lord
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 no
change,
The Balance that can never
swerve,
The Eternal which never passes
away.
The doors of Kings are bolted
now and guarded by soldiers.
Your Door is open to all who
call upon You.
My Lord,
Each love is now alone with his
beloved.
And I am alone with You.
Quote: Rābiʻah al-ʻAdawīyah
Rabiah al-Adawiyah
Female mystic of slave
origin from Basra, introduced the doctrine of selfless love. Demonstrated the
importance of attitude and spiritual motivation for actions, rather than mere
ritual correctness. Emphasized ascetic detachment, renunciation of the world,
meditation, and love of God.
She was born between 95
and 99 Hijri in Basra, Iraq.
The untold story about Rabia
in regards to marriage was recorded by scholar.
Hasan al-Basri is usually
referred to as being one of the closest of the Beloveds of Allah around Rabi`a
in her early life.
It is he who is recorded as being the person who said to Rabi`a,
"Do you desire for us to get married?"
She replied, "The tie
of marriage is for those who have being. But here being has disappeared for I
have become as nothing to my self, and I exist only through Allah for I belong
wholly to Him, and I live in the shadow of His control. You must
ask for my hand from Him,
and not from me."
Hasan then replied,
"How did you find this secret, Rabi`a?"
She answered him, "I
lost all found things in Him."
Hasan then replied,
"How did you come to know Him?"
She said, "You know of
the how but I know of the howless."
For Rabia`s case was that
she had heard the Voice of her Beloved Who was Allah and none other than
He, and she had no need for any earthly husband because the only true marriage
for her was with Allah Himself alone.
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