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عَلِمَ وُجُودَ الضَّعْفِ مِنْكَ فَقَلَّلَ أَعْدَادَهَا وَعَلِمَ احْتِيَاجَكَ اِلَى فَضْلِهِ فَكَثَّرَ أَمْدَادَهَا

He knew the weakness present in you, so He made their number [the acts of obedience] few; and He knew your need of His bounty, so He made the supplies they bring abundant.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

فهذا من فضل الله تعالى الذى عوده عنده فتقليل أعدادها بان جعل الخمسين خمسة وذلك تخفيف منه لما علم من وجود ضعفه وتكثير أمدادها بأن جعل للخمسة ثواب الخمسين وذلك فضل منه عليه اذ كان محتاجا اليه فله الحمد والشكر على ذلك

This belongs to the bounty of God Most High that He has made customary for him [the servant] with Him. The reducing of their number lies in His making the fifty [prayers] five, and that is a lightening (*takhfīf*) from Him, because of what He knew of the existence of [the servant's] weakness. The multiplying of their succours lies in His assigning to the five the reward (*thawāb*) of the fifty, and that is a bounty from Him to him, since he was in need of it. To Him, then, be praise and thanks for that.

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 106–107 (printed p. 102) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 106–107 (printed p. 102)

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