Rabia al-Basri Quote: O my Lord, Thous knowest that the desire...

O my Lord, Thous knowest that the desire of my heart is to obey Thee, and that the light of my eye is in the service of Thy court. If the matter rested with me, I should not cease for one hour from Thy service, but Thou hast made me subject to a creature

— Rabia al-Basri

Source: Quoted byFarid al-Din Attar

eye creature court one hast

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