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لَا تُطَالِبْ رَبَّكَ بِتَأَخُّرِ مَطْلَبِكَ وَلَكِنْ طَالِبْ نَفْسَكَ بِتَأَخُّرِ أَدَبِكَ

Do not hold your Lord to account for the delay of what you have asked for; rather, hold yourself to account for the delay of your courtesy toward Him.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

اذا دعوت ربك وسألت منه مطلبا من المطالب ولم تظهر لك الاجابة فحسن به ظنك ولا تطالبه بالوفاء بذلك فانه يفعل ما شاء لا يسئل عما يفعل ولكن طالب نفسك بتأخر أدبك فانها أهل للمطالبة

When you call upon your Lord and ask Him for one of the things that are asked for, and the answer (*ijāba*) does not appear to you, then think well of Him (*ḥusn al-ẓann*) and do not press Him with demands (*muṭālaba*) to fulfil that, for He does whatever He wills, and "He is not questioned about what He does" [Q 21:23]. Rather, press yourself with demands over the lagging of your proper conduct, for it is the self (*nafs*) that deserves to be held to account.

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 96 (printed p. 92) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 96 (printed p. 92)

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