early-islamic · early-islamic · Tasawwuf — Sufi Poetry

رابعة العدوية
يَا قَلْبُ إِلَى أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ؟ وَمَا الْوَجْهُ؟ وَقَدْ حَاصَرَتْكَ الْمَحَنُ وَحَبَسَتْكَ الْشُّكُونُ
O heart, where is the escape? And what is the path? Calamities have surrounded you, and sorrows have imprisoned you.
المصدر · Source: Margaret Smith, 'Rabia the Mystic and Her Fellow-Saints in Islam', 1928

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