extraction.sufi.rabia.divine_love_no_room_for_world

extraction.sufi.rabia.divine_love_no_room_for_world

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record_id: extraction.sufi.rabia.divine_love_no_room_for_world
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field.md
passage_locator:
  label: Mystics and Saints of Islam, Rabia, the Woman Sufi
  start: lines 1037
  end: lines 1047
  translation: Claud Field, Project Gutenberg eBook
  notes: Stable line locator from canonical Markdown; public-domain English study
    and translated material.
canonical_text:
  quote: |
    O Rabia, if thou desirest it, I will give thee the whole world
    for thine own; but I shall have to take away the love which thou hast
    for Me from thy heart.
  language: English
  quote_policy: short_public_domain_excerpt
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: A voice offers Rabia the whole world at the cost of the love she has for God.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The passage says the love of God and the love of the world cannot exist together.
  category: doctrine
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: Rabia responds by expelling earthly love from her heart and praying for absorption
    in divine love.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Rabia
  description: Woman Sufi whose heart is presented as wholly oriented toward divine
    love.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: divine voice
  description: Voice that frames the world and divine love as incompatible objects
    of attachment.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: lover of God
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: Rabia chooses divine love over the whole world and prays that no other affection
    remain.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:2
  label: revealer of attachment's cost
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The voice says the love of God and the love of the world cannot coexist in
    Rabia's heart.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: whole world
  literal_form: the world offered as possession
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs:
  - renunciation
  - sacrifice
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:2
  label: heart filled by divine love
  literal_form: Rabia's heart having no room for other affection
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_beloved
  - annihilation_union
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Rabia chooses divine love over the world
  summary: A divine voice offers Rabia worldly possession at the cost of divine love,
    and she turns away from earthly attachment.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: divine beloved excludes worldly possession
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_beloved
  - renunciation
  - sacrifice
  basis: Rabia rejects the whole world because divine love is treated as incompatible
    with worldly attachment.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: high
  cautions: The story is hagiographical and should be compared as devotional literature,
    not as direct biography.
- id: motif:2
  label: heart emptied for one love
  taxonomy_refs:
  - annihilation_union
  - mystical_quest
  basis: Rabia's prayer asks to be so absorbed in divine love that no other affection
    can occupy the heart.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage speaks of absorption in love, while technical union language
    should be reviewed carefully.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: Rabia's scene gives the atlas a Sufi form of sacred exchange where the offered
    object is the whole world and the chosen object is divine love.
  claim_level: same_function
  target: pattern.sacrifice_and_covenant / pattern.mystical_quest
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The passage is about renunciation and love, not covenant law or ritual
    sacrifice.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: quote_and_summary
  locator: Mystics and Saints of Islam, Rabia, lines 1037-1047
  quote_or_summary: A voice tells Rabia she cannot keep both the world and divine
    love; Rabia turns from earthly love and prays for absorption in God's love.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field.md
  rights_note: Public-domain Project Gutenberg source text.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: medium
  notes: The divine-love and renunciation motifs are explicit; union language is interpretive.
reviewer_status:
  status: draft
  notes: Draft extraction; mark hagiographical framing in future review.
extracted_by: Codex
extracted_at: '2026-04-27'
notes: Seed extraction for Rabia, divine beloved, renunciation, and heart symbolism.