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مَتَى كُنْتَ اِذَا أُعْطِيتَ بَسَطَكَ العَطَاءُ وَاِذَا مُنِعْتَ قَبَضَكَ المَنْعُ فَاسْتَدِلَّ بِذَلِكَ عَلَى ثُبُوتِ طُفُولِيَّتِكَ وَعَدَمِ صِدْقِكَ فِى عُبُودِيَّتِكَ

Whenever, on being given, the giving expands you, and on being withheld from, the withholding contracts you, take this as evidence that your childishness [ṭufūliyya; Ibn ʿAbbād reads ṭufayliyya, the hanger-on's uninvited presence] still persists and that you are not sincere in your servanthood.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

القبض عند المنع والبسط عند العطاء من علامات بقاء الحظ والعمل على نيله وهو مناقض للعبودية عند العارفين فمن وجد ذلك فليعرف به عدم صدقه فى عبوديته وأنه طفيلى بين أهل الله تعالى فى ادعائه مقاماتهم وهو لم يؤهل لها

Contraction (*qabḍ*) when denied and expansion (*basṭ*) when given are among the signs that one's self-interest (*ḥaẓẓ*) still remains and that one is working to obtain it. In the view of the gnostics (*ʿārifūn*), this is contrary to servanthood. So whoever finds this in himself should recognize by it that he is not sincere in his servanthood, and that he is an uninvited guest (*ṭufaylī*) among the people of God (exalted is He) in claiming their stations (*maqāmāt*), when he has not been made worthy of them

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 122–123 (printed p. 118) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 122–123 (printed p. 118)

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