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الزُّهَّادُ اِذَا مُدِحُوا انْقَبَضُوا لِشُهُودِهِمُ الثَّنَاءَ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ وَالْعَارِفُونَ اِذَا مُدِحُوا انْبَسَطُوا لِشُهُودِهِمْ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْمَلِكِ الْحَقِّ

When the renunciants are praised, they contract, because they see the commendation as coming from creatures; and when the knowers are praised, they expand, because they see it as coming from the King, the Real.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

تقدم أن الزهاد فى غيبة عن الله تعالى فهم لا يشاهدون الا الخلق فاذا مدحوا وأثنى عليهم شهدوا ذلك من الخلق فانقبضوا عند ذلك لانهم يخافون فوات نصيبهم من ربهم لأجل ما يتوقعون من الاغترار بذلك

It has already been stated that the ascetics are in a state of absence (*ghayba*) from God Most High, so they behold nothing but creatures. Thus when they are praised and commended, they witness that as coming from creatures, and they become contracted at it, for they fear losing their portion (*naṣīb*) from their Lord on account of the self-delusion (*ightirār*) they expect to result from it

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 122 (printed p. 118) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 122 (printed p. 118)

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