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أَنَارَ الظَّوَاهِرَ بِأَنْوَارِ آثَارِهِ وَآنَارَ السَّرَائِرَ بِأَنْوَارِ أَوْصَافِهِ لِاَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَفَلَتْ أَنْوَارُ الظَّوَاهِرِ وَلَمْ تَأْفُلْ أَنْوَارُ الْقُلُوبِ وَالسَّرَائِرِ وَلِذَلِكَ قِيلَ اِنَّ شَمْسَ النَّهَارِ تَغْرُبُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَشَمْسَ الْقُلُوبِ لَيْسَتْ تَغِيبُ

He illumined outward forms with the lights of His traces, and He illumined the innermost selves with the lights of His attributes. For this reason the lights of outward forms have set, while the lights of hearts and innermost selves have not set. And so it has been said: "The sun of the day sets at night, but the sun of hearts never goes down."

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Ibn ʿAbbād

أنوار الظواهر التى بها أنارها الحق تعالى هى الادراكات والاحساسات والحركات التى اتصف بها ظاهر العبد وأنوار السرائر التى بها أنارها الحق تعالى هى المعارف والعلوم ولطائف الادراكات والفهوم التى اشتمل عليها باطنه وسره

[Commentary] The lights of the outward forms, with which the Real (*al-Ḥaqq*), exalted is He, illumined them, are the perceptions (*idrākāt*), sensations (*iḥsāsāt*), and movements (*ḥarakāt*) by which the servant's outward aspect (*ẓāhir*) is characterized. The lights of the innermost selves, with which the Real, exalted is He, illumined them, are the gnoses (*maʿārif*), the forms of knowledge (*ʿulūm*), and the subtle perceptions (*laṭāʾif al-idrākāt*) and understandings (*fuhūm*) contained within his inward aspect (*bāṭin*) and his inmost secret (*sirr*)

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 89–90 (printed p. 85) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 89–90 (printed p. 85)

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