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خَيْرُ اَوْقَاتِكَ وَقْتٌ تَشْهَدُ فِيهِ وُجُودَ فَاقَتِكَ وَتُرَدُّ فِيهِ اِلَى وُجُودِ ذِلَّتِكَ

The best of your moments is a moment in which you witness the reality of your destitution and are brought back to the reality of your lowliness.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

انما كان هذا خير الاوقات لك لوجود حضورك فيها مع ربك وانقطاع نظرك عن الوسائط والاسباب الموجبة لبعدك وحجبك فهى لامحالة خير اوقاتك وهى مواسمك واعيادك

This is the best of moments for you only because in such moments you are present (*ḥuḍūr*) with your Lord, and your gaze is cut off from the intermediaries (*wasāʾiṭ*) and the secondary causes (*asbāb*) that bring about your distance (*buʿd*) and your veiling (*ḥijāb*). They are therefore, without doubt, the best of your moments; they are your festive seasons (*mawāsim*) and your feast days (*aʿyād*)

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 88 (printed p. 84) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 88 (printed p. 84)

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