The Greatest Master Muhyiddin Ibn al-Arabi

Muhammad the Messenger, may Allah grant him perfect peace, once reported:

One of the people of Paradise will be brought forward, and Allah the Exalted will say: O child of Adam, do you approve of the dwelling I have bestowed upon you?

The blessed soul will reply: "O Lord, this is the most sublime of dwellings."

Bring forth the desires of your heart and make supplication to Me.

"I ask You to send me back to earth so that I can die ten times over in Your Way of love and self-sacrifice." The soul will make this request because of tasting in Paradise the unique Divine Blessing accorded to the martyrs.

*This hadith, appearing in the collection of the sage an-Nasa'i from the transmission of the noble companion Anas, may Allah be pleased with him.