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مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَدَّعِىَ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ مِمَّا لِلْمَخْلُوقِينَ أَفَيُبِيحُ لَكَ أَنْ تَدَّعِىَ وَصْفَهُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

He has forbidden you to lay claim to what is not yours among the things that belong to created beings; would He then permit you to lay claim to His attribute, when He is the Lord of the worlds?

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Ibn ʿAbbād

أورد هذا كالدليل على ما ذكره آنفا من انه لاحظ للعبد من صفات مولاه الا التعلق بها فقط وان ادعاء شئ منها من كبائر معاصى القلب ومن مشاركة المربوب للرب

He sets this down as a kind of proof (*dalīl*) for what he mentioned just before: that the servant (*ʿabd*) has no share (*ḥaẓẓ*) in the attributes (*ṣifāt*) of his Master (*mawlā*) except attachment (*taʿalluq*) to them, and nothing more; and that claiming any of them is among the major sins (*kabāʾir*) of the heart (*maʿāṣī al-qalb*), and a form of the one who is lorded over (*marbūb*) making himself a partner (*mushāraka*) with the Lord (*rabb*)

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 108–110 (printed p. 104) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 108–110 (printed p. 104)

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