then he sang: "His love has turned my brain. Have you ever seen a lover who is not intoxicated with love?"
These narratives point out that Riza or joyous submission to God's will is possible and is one of the highest stages to which the souls of true devotees could aspire. People believe in eccentricities of Cupid's votaries but give no ear to the ecstasies of the true lovers of God. Perhaps they have no eyes to look at the manifestation of His beauty; no ears to listen to the music of His Jove, no heart to gaze at and enjoy His sweet presence. Perhaps they are proud of their learning and think too much of their good deeds but they have no idea of humble and broken hearts.
A certain nobleman of Bustam, comely in appearance and lordly in bearing, used to attend the sermons of saint Bayazid of Bustam.[1] One day he said to the saint
- ↑ One of the most renowned of the early Sufis, His grandfather was a Magian who accepted Islam. He was born in 777 A.D. and died at a great age in 878 A. D.
