Rabia al- Adawiyya al-Qaysiyya
( رابعة العدوية القيسية‎)
(714/717/718 - 801 CE)
She was a Muslim saint and Sufi mystic and known in some parts of the world as, Hazrat Bibi Rabia Basri, Rabia Al Basri or simply Rabia Basri.
Often noted as having been the single most famous and influential renunciant women of Islamic history, Rābiʻa was renowned for her extreme virtue and piety.
She was the one who first set forth the doctrine of Divine Love known as Ishq-e-Haqeeqi and is widely considered to be the most important of the early renunciant, one mode of piety that would eventually become labeled as Sufism.
Much of the poetry that is attributed to her is of unknown origin. After a life of hardship, she spontaneously achieved a state of self-realization. She was able to perform divine miracles because of her intimacy with God through this introspection.
I came to know love...
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.
And truly the love that you are worthy of is ......when you unveil the veils for me to see you
Truly the praise in either case, O My Lord ... is not mine
O my Lord, Truly, Praise in both cases belongs to you!
Music Credit:
Lifting Dreams
Aakash Gandhi
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