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الْكَوْنُ كُلُّهُ ظُلْمَةٌ وَاِنَّمَا أَنَارَهُ ظُهُورُ الْحَقِّ فِيهِ فَمَنْ رَأَى الْكَوْنَ وَلَمْ يَشْهَدْهُ فِيهِ أَوْ عِنْدَهُ أَوْ قَبْلَهُ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ فَقَدْ أَعْوَزَهُ وُجُودُ الْاَنْوَارِ وَحُجِبَتْ عَنْهُ شُمُوسُ الْمَعَارِفِ بِسُحُبِ الْآثَارِ

The whole of created being is darkness; what alone has lit it up is the manifestation of the Real within it. So whoever sees created being and does not witness Him in it, or with it, or before it, or after it, has been left wanting for the presence of lights, and the suns of gnostic knowledge have been veiled from him by the clouds of the traces.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

العدم ظلمة والوجود نور فالكون بالنظر الى ذاته عدم مظلم وباعتبار تجلى نور الحق عليه وظهوره فيه وجود مستنير ثم اختلف أحوال الناس ههنا فمنهم من لم يشاهد الا الاكوان وحجب بذلك عن رؤية المكون فهذا تائه فى الظلمات محجوب بسحب الآثار

Nonexistence (*ʿadam*) is darkness and existence (*wujūd*) is light. Created being (*kawn*), therefore, considered in itself, is dark nonexistence; considered in terms of the self-disclosure (*tajallī*) of the light of the Real (*al-Ḥaqq*) upon it and His manifestation (*ẓuhūr*) within it, it is illumined existence. People's states (*aḥwāl*) differ on this point. Among them is one who witnesses (*yushāhidu*) nothing but created things (*akwān*) and is thereby veiled from seeing the One who brings them into being (*al-mukawwin*): such a one wanders lost in the darknesses, veiled (*maḥjūb*) by the clouds of traces (*āthār*)

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 23 (printed p. 19) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 23 (printed p. 19)

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