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كُنْ بِأَوْصَافِ رُبُوبِيَّتِهِ مُتَعَلِّقًا وَبِأَوْصَافِ عُبُودِيَّتِكَ مُتَحَقِّقًا

Be attached to the attributes of His lordship, and be truly realized in the attributes of your servanthood.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

التعلق بأوصاف الربوبية أن تشهد وجودك ولوازم وجودك لاشئ من جميع ذلك لك ولا منك وانما هى عوارض عندك فلا ترى وجودك الا بوجوده ولا بقاء الا ببقائه ولا عزتك الا بعزته ولا قدرتك الا بقدرته

Attachment (*taʿalluq*) to the attributes of Lordship means that you witness (*tashhad*) your existence (*wujūd*) and the concomitants (*lawāzim*) of your existence, none of which belongs to you or proceeds from you; rather, they are only accidents (*ʿawāriḍ*) lodged with you. Thus you see your existence only through His existence, no subsistence (*baqāʾ*) except through His subsistence, your might only through His might, and your power only through His power

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 108 (printed p. 104) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 108 (printed p. 104)

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