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Poetry
In my soul by Rabia Al Basri

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.

Anecdotes
After, the death of Rabias parents, she was approached by a slave trader; she tried to run, but slipped and sprained her wrist. When she knew her freedom was lost, she cried: “O God! I am an orphan, and am about to become a slave; on top of that, my wrist is broken. But that’s not what I care about; the thing I have to know is: are You satisfied with me?” Immediately a Voice answers her: “Don’t worry-on the Day Of Resurrection your rank will be so high that even the closest companions of God will envy you.”

In her life as a salve, Rabia found time for her worship of God by doing without sleep. She fasted and prayed. One, night Rabias master sees her praying and making dua. He overhears her say, “O Lord you know that the desire of my heart is in the service of your court. If, the matter rested with me I would not seize for 1 hour from your service. But what can I do when you have made subject to another master?” As, he is watching her he is amazed to see a lamp appear above her head, suspended in mid-air; the  light from this miraculous lamp lit up the whole house. Terrified and astonished, her master decides to set  Rabia free. In the morning he tells her she can leave. Rabia becomes a free woman.

A leading scholar of Basra visited Rabia on her sick-bed. Sitting beside her pillow, he reviled the world. “You love the world very dearly, “ Rabia commented. “If you did not love the world, you would not make mention of it so much. It is always the purchaser who disparages the wares. If you were done with the world, you would not mention it either for good or evil. As it is, you keep mentioning it because as the proverb says, whoever loves a thing mentions it frequently.

Miracle Story:

One day Hazrat Hasan al-Basri (ra) saw Hazrat Rabia (ra) sitting by the side of the Euphrates. Throwing his prayer rug on the surface of the water, he called for her to come and offer two rakaats there. She retorted by telling him that if he was showing off his spiritual goods in the worldly market, it should be things his fellow-men were incapable of displaying. On saying that, she flung her prayer rug into the air and flew up on it, and continued by asking him to join her up there where people would be able to see. Hazrat Hasan al-Basri (ra), who had still not attained that station, remained silent, on which she said, "Fishes also do what you did, while what I do is but a mosquito's performance. Real work transcends both."

Quotes
When asked about some worldly thing she wanted to have, she replied: I am ashamed to ask for a thing of this world from Him to whom this world belongs; how can I ask for it from those to whom it does not belong.

• Indeed your days are numbered, for when one day passes; a significant portion of your life has passed away. And when that portion has fled, soon it will come to pass that your whole life has disappeared. As you know this, strive always towards the performance of good deeds.”

• I am not after any reward for my good works, but only that on the Day of Judgment the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) should say to the rest of the Prophets: 'Behold this woman of my community; this was her work.'

• All people are afraid of the reckoning of the Day of Judgment, whereas I long for it. At last Allah will address me as ‘O, My servant!'

• Conceal your good qualities as much as you conceal your bad qualities.”

• Death is a bridge between friends. The time now nears that I cross that bridge, and friend meets Friend.

//Islam in America// Personal Life
Movita Johnson Harrell was raised in a proverty-stricken home full of alcohol abuse. She received support from welfare and lived in public housing. She began to make social change in order to break the cycle of poverty and violence. "I never thought I would get into politics. I come from generations of poverty and substance abuse", said Johnson-Harrell in her interview with Elle.

She lost her son to gun violence in 2013. Because of this one of her top priorities consist of education reform. Specifically, gun violence prevention in Harrisburg. Johnson-Harrell hopes to foster economic development in low-income communities and to create jobs. She wants to make sure that the tax breaks that are given are benefiting the poor too.

Early Career
During her time as supervisor of Victim Services in Philadelphia District Attorney’s office, she worked to establish the Crisis Assistance and Response to Empower Survivors (CARES) program, which raised $1.6 million dollars and produced 15 jobs.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Before, Movita Johnson-Harrell’s swearing in ceremony Rep. Stephanie Borowicz from Clinton county gave an opening prayer which referenced Israel and President Donald Trump. Near the end, Borowicz said: “Every tongue will confess, Jesus, that you are Lord." Initially, Johnson-Harrell didn't think anything of it. Then at some point, she felt that something was wrong. Browoicz went on to talk about Trump and his support for Israel against Palestine. This is when Movita-Johnson-Harrell became "appalled." "This is a political statement masked as a prayer. It felt intentional, and it felt planned," Johnson-Harrell said. After, the opening prayer Johnson-Harrell was sworn in. She used her son, Charles' Quran and wore orange for gun violence prevention.