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in Basra, in present-day Iraq. According to biographical texts,
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—Amanda Ericson, EDITORIAL INTERN“The divine beauty in each
heart is the root of all time and space.”
—RǐBI‘A AL-‘ADAWIYYA (718–801 C.E.)End Note
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