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مَنْ ظَنَّ انْفِكَاكَ لُطْفِهِ عَنْ قَدَرِهِ فَذَلِكَ لِقُصُورِ نَظَرِهِ

Whoever supposes that His gentle kindness can be separated from His decree, that is only because of the shortness of his own sight.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

قصور النظر فى عدم رؤية اللطف فى القدر انما هو من ضعف اليقين وقلة حسن الظن بالمقدر الحكيم ولو كمل نظر العبد وقوى بصره لرأى فى ذلك من الفوائد والمصالح مالايحصى وماغاب عنه أكثر

The shortness of sight (*quṣūr al-naẓar*) that keeps one from seeing subtle kindness within the decree comes only from weakness of certainty (*yaqīn*) and from lack of good opinion (*ḥusn al-ẓann*) of the All-Wise Decreer. Were the servant's sight made complete and his vision strengthened, he would see in that decree benefits and advantages beyond counting, and what remained hidden from him would be greater still

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 91–95 (printed p. 87) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 91–95 (printed p. 87)

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