The great mystics of Islam was a woman Rabi'a al-Adawiyya, who lived in Basra(iraq) in the first century after the death of Mohammed.One of her best-known sayings is:
"O Allah! If I worship Thee in fear of Hell, burn me in Hell; and if I worship Thee in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise; but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, withhold not Thine Everlasting Beauty!"
Another story about Rabi'a has her carrying a burning torch in one hand and a bucket of water in the other. When asked why, she replied:
"I am going to set fire to Paradise and quench the fires of Hell, so that men may worship Allah for his own glory alone."
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