Early Sufi Women

4 comment (s):

1. Mo'in said...
   January 09, 2010 6:37 PM

   Dear Maryam,
   
   Thank you so much for this reading.
   
   Rabia al-Adawiya inspires me. There is the teaching that is attributed to her that I carry with me. I share it here.
   
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   "Everyone prays to You from fear of the fire, and if You do not put them in the fire, this is their reward. Or they pray to You for the garden full of fruits and flowers, and for them, this is their reward. But I do not pray to You like this, for I am not afraid of the fire and I have no desire for the garden. All I want is the essence of Your love, and to return to be one with you, to become Your face."
   
   Best wishes,
   
   mo'in

2. Maryam said...
   January 11, 2010 5:37 AM

   Yes Dear Friend!
   
   Ya Haqq,
   
   Maryam

3. BAFS said...
   May 19, 2011 11:47 AM

   DEAR MARYAM
   
   Ever since I had read about Rābiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya, some 20 years ago, I have always promoted her because we share the same understanding about Paradise and Hell, but, unfoortunately I found no approval at all from the diseased mainstrean Muslims.
   
   Regards
   
   Basheer Ahmad

4. BAFS said...
   May 19, 2011 11:51 AM

   This might be of interest to some readers:
   
   http://fremaux-soormally.blogspot.com/2011/05/early-christian-mystics-and-muslims.html
   
   My friend and Christian Brother Mark Glenn had first posted it on his website The Ugly Truth.
   
   http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/early-christian-mystics-and-muslims/#comment-25821
   
   BAFS