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لَمَّا عَلِمَ الْحَقُّ مِنْكَ وُجُودَ الْمَلَلِ لَوَّنَ لَكَ الطَّاعَاتِ وَعَلِمَ مَا فِيكَ مِنْ وُجُودِ الشَّرَهِ فَحَجَرَهَا عَلَيْكَ فِى بَعْضِ الْأَوْقَاتِ لِيَكُونَ هَمُّكَ اِقَامَةَ الصَّلَاةِ لَا وُجُودَ الصَّلَاةِ فَمَا كُلُّ مُصَلٍّ مُقِيمٌ

Since the Real knew that weariness exists in you, He varied the acts of obedience for you; and since He knew the greed that is in you, He barred them to you at certain times, so that your concern would be the establishing of the prayer, not merely the prayer's taking place. For not everyone who prays establishes it.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

تلون الطاعات لوجود الملل وتحجرها فى الاوقات لوجود الشره نعمتان عظيمتان أنعم الله بهما على عبده فان الملل والشره فتنتان عظيمتان قاطعتان على العبد سبيل عبوديته

The varying of the acts of obedience because weariness is present, and their being barred at certain times because avidity is present, are two immense graces that God has bestowed upon His servant. For weariness and avidity are two immense trials (*fitna*, pl. *fitan*) that cut the servant off from the path of his servanthood (*ʿubūdiyya*)

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 104–105 (printed p. 100) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 104–105 (printed p. 100)

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