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النَّاسُ يَمْدَحُونَكَ لِمَا يَظُنُّونَهُ فِيكَ فَكُنْ أَنْتَ ذَامًّا لِنَفْسِكَ لِمَا تَعْلَمُهُ مِنْهَا

People praise you for what they suppose to be in you; so be you the one who blames your self for what you know of it.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

ذم العبد لنفسه واحتقاره لها لما يتحققه من عيوبها وآفاتها مطلوب منه لان ذلك يؤديه الى الحذر من غرورها وشرورها فتصلح بسبب ذلك أعماله وتصدق أحواله

The servant's (*ʿabd*) blaming of his self and his disdain for it, on account of the faults and blights (*āfāt*) in it of which he has become certain, is required of him, because that leads him to wariness of its delusion (*ghurūr*) and its evils; and by reason of that his works become sound and his spiritual states (*aḥwāl*) become true.

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 120–121 (printed p. 116) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 120–121 (printed p. 116)

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