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الْغَافِلُ اِذَا أَصْبَحَ يَنْظُرُ مَاذَا يَفْعَلُ وَالْعَاقِلُ يَنْظُرُ مَاذَا يَفْعَلُ اللّٰهُ بِهِ

When the heedless man rises in the morning, he considers what he will do; the man of understanding considers what God will do with him.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

أول خاطر يرد على العبد هو ميزان توحيده فالغافل اذا أصبح أول خاطر يرد عليه نسبة الفعل الى نفسه فيقول ماذا أفعل اليوم فهو مشتغل بتدبير نفسه مصروف عن النظر الى مولاه وذلك لوجود غفلته عنه

The first passing thought (*khāṭir*) that comes upon the servant is the scale of his affirmation of divine unity (*tawḥīd*). So the heedless one, when morning comes, has as the first passing thought that comes upon him the attribution of action to himself, and he says, "What shall I do today?" He is thus occupied with managing his own affairs (*tadbīr*), turned away from looking to his Master (*mawlā*), and that is because of the presence of his heedlessness (*ghafla*) toward Him

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 101–103 (printed p. 97) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 101–103 (printed p. 97)

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