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الصَّلَاهُ مَحَلُّ الْمُنَاجَاهِ وَمَعْدِنُ الْمُصَافَاهِ تَتَّسِعُ فِيهَا مَيَادِينُ الْأَسْرَارِ وَتُشْرِقُ فِيهَا شَوَارِقُ الْأَنْوَارِ

The ritual prayer is the place of intimate converse and the mine of mutual sincerity: in it the fields of the innermost secrets open wide, and in it the dawning rays of the lights break forth.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

لان فيها يكون محل الثناء والدعاء والمناجاة مخاطبة الاسرار عند صفاء الاذكار للملك الجبار … وهى زوال الاكدار الكونية بينك وبين ربك حتى يصفو قلبك وسرك فيصفو لك حينئذ شهوده ويمحو ذاتك وجوده … حتى تتكاثر عليك فى الظهور … فيكون قلبك نورا على نور وهذه العبارات الست معانيها متقاربة

This is because in it lies the place of praise (*thanāʾ*), supplication (*duʿāʾ*), and intimate converse. Intimate converse is the addressing of the innermost selves to the Compelling King (*al-Malik al-Jabbār*) when the invocations (*adhkār*) have become pure… And pure communion is the removal of the creaturely turbidities (*al-akdār al-kawniyya*) between you and your Lord, until your heart and your innermost self (*sirr*) become pure. Then the witnessing (*shuhūd*) of Him becomes pure for you, and His existence (*wujūd*) effaces your own self (*dhāt*)… until they multiply upon you in manifestation (*ẓuhūr*)… and so your heart becomes light upon light. These six expressions are close to one another in meaning

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 105–106 (printed p. 101–102) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 105–106 (printed p. 101–102)

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