Disregarding Heaven & Hell

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Shaykha Rabi’ah al-‘Adawiyyah al-Qaysiyyah al-Baswri (q.s.) said: 

“O God, if tomorrow, on the Day of Judgement,

If You Send me to Hell,

I will tell such a secret that Hell will break, and run from me,

Until it is a thousand years away.

Give the goods of this world to Your enemies;

Give the treasures of Paradise to Your friends;

But as for me; You are all I need. 

O God!  If I adore You out of fear of Hell,

Burn me in Hell!

If I adore You out of desire for Paradise,

Lock me out of Paradise.

But if I adore You for Yourself Alone,

Do not deny me Your Eternal Beauty.”