January 2012
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Yearning
It is said that Yahya ibn Mu’adh wrote to Abu Yazid al-Bistami:
“Here is the one who drunk from the cup of love and will never feel thirst again.”
Abu Yazid responded to him:
“I am surprised at the weakness of your spiritual state! Here’s a man who has gulped down all the seas of existence, yet his mouth is agape, wanting more.”
- Imam al Qushayri’s...
