Rabi'a interrupts one such sermon to give her greatest teaching. She tells the people that she prays -- not to get to Heaven, not to escape Hell. She worships God for the sake of love, and nothing but love.

Living to be almost 90 years old, Rabi'a becomes one of the greatest saints of Islam. Her strength and compassion inspire thousands of other seekers to follow the path of love, to touch that sacred place of love that exists within us all.