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مَا الشَّأْنُ وُجُودُ الطَّلَبِ اِنَّمَا الشَّأْنُ أَنْ تُرْزَقَ حُسْنَ الْاَدَبِ

What matters is not that there be asking; what matters is only that you be granted good comportment (adab).

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Ibn ʿAbbād

اذا التزم العبد طلب حوائجه وحظوظه من مولاه ولم يطلب ذلك من غيره فلا يظنن أنه وفى بما يجب عليه من حق الربوبية فليس ذلك بالشأن المعتبر عند المحققين وانما الشأن أن يتأدب العبد بين يدى مولاه أدبا حسنا بأن يفوض أمره اليه ويرضى بما قسم له

When the servant holds himself to seeking his needs and his personal portions (*ḥuẓūẓ*) from his Master, and does not seek them from anyone else, let him not suppose that he has thereby fulfilled what is incumbent upon him of the right due to Lordship (*ḥaqq al-rubūbiyya*). That is not the matter held to be of consequence among those who have realized the truth (*al-muḥaqqiqūn*). What matters, rather, is that the servant conduct himself before his Master with beautiful courtesy (*adab*), by consigning his affair to Him (*tafwīḍ*) and being content (*riḍā*) with what He has apportioned him

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 112 (printed p. 108) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 112 (printed p. 108)

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