APOLARITY

I carry a torch in one hand
And a bucket of water in the other:
With these things I am going to set fire to heaven
And put out the flames of hell
So that voyagers to God can rip the veils
And see the real goal.

- Rābiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya, c.713-c.801 CE

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