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Rabia al-Adawiyya Quotes

2 sourced quotes from Rabia al-Adawiyya across Sufism.

“I love Thee with two loves — love for my own happiness, and perfect love, to love Thee as is Thy due.”

attributed · 8th century · the first woman Sufi master Sufism

“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 for Thine own sake, withhold not from me Thine eternal beauty.”

attributed · paraphrased Sufism