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Hassan of Basra asked her (Rabia), "In what manner hast thou known Him?" "O Hassan," she replied, "thou hast known by a certain method and process, but I without these."

— Attar of Nishapur Attributed Pebbles, Pearls and Gems from the Orient (1882)

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Do all you can to become a bird of the Way to God;
Do all you can to develop your wings and your feathers.

Since I have neither sign nor name
I shall speak only of things unnamed and without sign.

The sea
Will be a sea
Whatever the drop's philosophy.

All things are but masks at God's beck and call,
They are symbols that instruct us that God is all.

From each a mystic silence Love demands.

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