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الْاَكْوَانُ ثَابِتَةٌ بِاِثْبَاتِهِ وَمَمْحُوَّةٌ بِأَحَدِيَّةِ ذَاتِهِ

The created things are established by His establishing them, and effaced by the oneness of His Essence.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

الاكوان من ذاتها العدم المحض كما تقدم وانما حصل لها وصف الثبوت باثبات الله تعالى لها وجعلها أكوانا فالثبوت لها أمر عرضى والحق اللازم هو وجود أحدية الله عز وجل

Engendered beings, of themselves, are sheer nonexistence (*al-ʿadam al-maḥḍ*), as was stated earlier. The attribute of being established (*thubūt*) accrued to them only through God Most High's establishing them and making them engendered beings. Their being established is therefore something accidental (*ʿaraḍī*) to them, whereas the necessary reality (*al-ḥaqq al-lāzim*) is the existence (*wujūd*) of the Oneness of God, Mighty and Majestic is He

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 119–120 (printed p. 115) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 119–120 (printed p. 115)

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