“Love is of two natures; the love which is tranquil, which is found among both the elect and the common folk, and the love which is rapture, which is found only among the elect. This is road which leads direct to God.”

— Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 84

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