The Rarest Treasure

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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

“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 God, I cannot live in this world,

Without remembering You -

How can I endure the next world,

Without seeing Your Face?

I am a stranger in Your Country,

And lonely among Your worshippers:

This is the substance of my complaint.”