Rabia al-Basri Quote: This is a disease no doctor can cure,...

This is a disease no doctor can cure, only Union with the Friend can cure it.

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The lover of God will cry and weep until he finds rest in the Beloved’s embrace.

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