"He who loves his Master's choice
Will in chastisement rejoice."
Rabia saw some selfish will
In their maxims lingering still,
And replied: "O men of grace!
He who sees his Master's face
"Will not in his prayer recall
That he is chastised at all."
—Arabian, tr. by James Freeman Clarke, from the German of Tholuck.
(Rabia was a very holy Arabian woman who lived in the second century of the Hegira, or the eighth century of our era.)