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Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya

Also found as Rabia · Rabi'a

Devotional verse on divine love, as attributed in the posts.

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Lost Islamic History

Firas Alkhateeb

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“…world and reliance on God. His contemporary , Rabʿia al- ʿAdawwiya (d. 801), was another protoSufi, whose spirituality became renowned throughout the Muslim world. Her aphorism regarding the role of an individual’s love…”

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