There comes a time in the seeker's life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved. The aspiring soul which he embodies is the lover in him. And the transcendental Self which he reveals from within is his Beloved.
Bio: Al-Hasan ibn Abi-l-Hasan al-Basri <r;, also known as Hasan al-Basri, was a well-known Muslim preacher, theologian, and scholar of Islam who was born in 642 from Persian parents.
