Rabia al-Basri (Rabia al- Adawiyya): Through and Through

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Through and Through

by Rabia al-Basri (Rabia al- Adawiyya)
(717 - 801) Timeline

English version by
Ivan Granger

Original Language
Persian/Farsi

You have thrust me
     though and through!
A true friend, I know,
     is ever true.

When I speak, my every word
     speaks of You.
And when silent,
     silently I ache for You.

Themes

Silence

Recommended Books

	Doorkeeper of the Heart: Versions of Rabia, Translated by Charles Upton
	Early Islamic Mysticism: Sufi, Quran, Miraj, Poetic and Theological Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality), by Michael A. Sells
	First Among Sufis: The Life and Thought of Rabia Al-Adawiyya, the Woman Saint of Basra, by Widad El Sakkakini
	Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse from the Early Mystics to Rumi, Translated by Mahmood Jamal
	Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West, Translated by Daniel Ladinsky

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