"I carry a torch in one hand and a bucket of water in the other with these things I am..." - Rabia al-Adawiyya

🤲 Acceptance

“I carry a torch in one hand and a bucket of water in the other with these things I am going to set fire to heaven and put out the flames of hell”

— Rabia al-Adawiyya

Accepting pure love beyond hope of reward or fear of punishment.

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“O God if I worship you from fear of punishment burn me in hell if I worship you in hope of paradise exclude me from it but if I worship you for your own sake then do not withhold from me your eternal kindness”

— Rabia al-Adawiyya