Aania Rana

“Ironic, but one of the most intimate acts of our body is death.”
― Rabia al Basri

“Take Away The Words Of The Devil

O God, take away the words of the devil
That mix with my prayer-
If not, then take my prayer as it is, devil and all.”
― Rabia al Basri

“Die Before You Die

Ironic, but one of the most intimate acts
of our body is
death.

So beautiful appeared my death - knowing who then I would kiss,
I died a thousand times before I died.

"Die before you die," said the Prophet
Muhammad.

Have wings that feared ever
touched the Sun?

I was born when all I once
feared - I could
love.”
― Rabia al Basri

“In My Soul

In
my soul
there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a church
where I kneel.

Prayer should bring us to an altar where no walls or names exist.

Is there not a region of love where the sovereignty is
illumined nothing,

where ecstasy gets poured into itself
and becomes
lost,

where the wing is fully alive
but has no mind or
body?

In
my soul
there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque,
a church

that dissolve, that
dissolve in

God.”
― Rabia al Basri