(from a medieval Persian dictionary)
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“If I adore you out of fear of Hell, burn me! If I adore you out of desire for paradise, lock me out of paradise. But if I adore you for Yourself alone, don’t deny to me your eternal beauty.”
Rabi‘a al-‘Adawiyya of Basra (d. AD 801)
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