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Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya ق

2 quotes attributed to Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya ق.

• The people asked her: 'When are servants of God contented?'. She replied: 'They are contented when they are as grateful for pain as they are for pleasure'.

  — Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya ق

• O God, whatsoever Thou hast apportioned to me of worldly things, do Thou give that to Thy enemies; and whatsoever Thou hast apportioned to me in the world to come, give that to Thy friends; for Thou sufficest me.

  — Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya ق - Quoted from Tadhkirāt al-Awliya. Translation by A.J. Arberry.