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سُبْحَانَ مَنْ سَتَرَ سِرَّ الْخُصُوصِيَّةِ بِظُهُورِ الْبَشَرِيَّةِ وَظَهَرَ بِعَظَمَةِ الرُّبُوبِيَّةِ فِى اِظْهَارِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ

Glory be to Him who has veiled the secret of special election behind the outward appearance of human nature, and who has shown Himself in the majesty of Lordship through the display of servanthood.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

سر الخصوصية هو حقيقة المعرفة التى اختص بها أهل ولاية الله تعالى بحيث لايبقى معها وجود لغير ولا كون وذلك لما جعله فيهم من التهيؤ والقابلية فمن لطيف حكمة الله تعالى أن ستر ذلك بما أظهره من البشرية التى من لوازمها وجود الغير والكون

The secret of special election is the reality of gnosis (*ḥaqīqat al-maʿrifa*) with which the people of God's friendship (*ahl walāyat Allāh*), exalted is He, have been singled out, such that, along with it, no existence remains for any other (*ghayr*) nor for created being (*kawn*). That is owing to the preparedness (*tahayyuʾ*) and receptivity (*qābiliyya*) that He placed within them. It is of the subtlety of God's wisdom, exalted is He, that He veiled this by the human nature He made manifest, among whose necessary concomitants is the existence of the other and of created being

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 95–96 (printed p. 91) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 95–96 (printed p. 91)

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