I have not served God for fear of Hell, for I should be lik… - Rabia of Basri

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I have not served God for fear of Hell, for I should be like a wretched hireling, If I did it for fear: nor for love of Paradise, for I should be a bad servant if I served for the sake of what was given, but I have served Him only for the love of Him and out of desire for Him.

Rabia of Basri

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Rabia of Basra (Arabic: رابعة البصري, romanized: Rābiʿa al-Baṣrī; c. 714, 717 or 718—801 was an Arab Muslim saint and Sufi mystic.

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Native Name: رابعة العدوية القيسية‎

Alternative Names: Rabia Al Adawiyya • Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya • Rabia of Basra • Rabia Al Basri • Rabia Basri • Rabi'a al-Basri • Rabi'a • Rābiʿah al-ʿAdawīyah • Robia al-Adaviya

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O my Lord! If I worship Thee on account of the fear of Hell, burn me in Hell, and if I worship Thee with the hope of Paradise, exclude me from it, but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, then withhold not from me Thine Eternal Beauty.

I so detached my heart from the world and cut short my hopes that for thirty years now I have performed each prayer as though it were my last and I were praying the prayer of farewell.

The soul comes from God and it can be united with Him if it is purified through the process of mortification.

I have not served God for fear of Hell, for I should be like a wretched hireling, If I did it for fear: nor for love of Paradise, for I should be a b… - Rabia of Basri

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