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السِّتْرُ عَلَى قِسْمَيْنِ سِتْرٌ عَنِ الْمَعْصِيَةِ وَسِتْرٌ فِيهَا فَالْعَامَّةُ يَطْلُبُونَ مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالَى السِّتْرَ فِيهَا خَشْيَةَ سُقُوطِ مَرْتَبَتِهِمْ عِنْدَ الْخَلْقِ وَالْخَاصَّةُ يَطْلُبُونَ مِنَ اللهِ السِّتْرَ عَنْهَا خَشْيَةَ سُقُوطِهِمْ مِنْ نَظَرِ الْمَلِكِ الْحَقِّ

Veiling is of two kinds: a veiling from sin, and a veiling within it. The common folk ask God Most High for veiling within sin, fearing the loss of their standing among creatures; the elect ask God for veiling from sin, fearing to fall from the regard of the King, the Real.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

العامة يغلب عليهم شهود الخلق والتصنع والتزين لهم ومحبة حمدهم وكراهية ذمهم فهم يعملون المعصية ويستخفون بها ويطلبون الستر من الله عليهم فيها أى فى حال كونهم عاملين بها لئلا يراهم الخلق فيسقطوا من أعينهم وفى أمثالهم

The common folk are dominated by the witnessing of creatures (*shuhūd al-khalq*), by affectation (*taṣannuʿ*) and self-adornment for them, by love of their praise and dislike of their blame. So they commit sin and hide it, and ask God to cover them in it, that is, while they are in the act of committing it, lest creatures see them and they fall in their eyes. And among their proverbs

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 114–115 (printed p. 110) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 114–115 (printed p. 110)

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