Two Loves

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ 

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

“I have loved You with two loves -

A selfish love and a love that is worthy of You.

As for the love which is selfish,

Therein, I occupy myself with You,

To the exclusion of all others.

But in the love which is worthy of You,

You Raise the veil that I may see You.

Yet is the praise not mine in this or that,

But the praise is to You in both that and this.”






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