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أَظْهَرَ كُلَّ شَئٍ لِاَنَّهُ الْبَاطِنُ وَطَوَى وُجُودَ كُلِّ شَئٍ لِاَنَّهُ الظَّاهِرُ

He made everything manifest because He is the Hidden; and He folded away the existence of everything because He is the Manifest.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

من أسمائه تعالى الظاهر والباطن فاسمه الظاهر يقتضى بطون كل شئ حتى لا ظاهر معه فينطوى حينئذ وجود كل شئ واسمه الباطن يقتضى ظهور كل شئ حتى لا باطن معه فيظهر اذ ذاك وجود كل شئ فالحق تعالى هو الموجود بكل اعتبار والحمد لله

Among His names, exalted is He, are the Manifest and the Hidden. His name the Manifest entails the hiddenness (*buṭūn*) of every thing, such that nothing is manifest alongside Him; at that point the existence of every thing is folded away. His name the Hidden entails the manifestation (*ẓuhūr*) of every thing, such that nothing is hidden alongside Him; at that point the existence of every thing becomes manifest. So the Real (*al-Ḥaqq*), exalted is He, is the Existent (*al-mawjūd*) under every consideration (*iʿtibār*). Praise be to God.

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 119 (printed p. 115) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 119 (printed p. 115)

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