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مَنِ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى اَسْرَارِ الْعِبَادِ وَلَمْ يَتَخَلَّقْ بِالرَّحْمَةِ الْاِلٰهِيَّةِ كَانَ اطِّلَاعُهُ فِتْنَةً عَلَيْهِ وَسَبَبًا لِجَرِّ الْوَبَالِ اِلَيْهِ

Whoever is given insight into the secrets of [God's] servants without having taken on the character of divine mercy, his insight becomes a trial for him and a means of drawing ruin upon himself.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

المطلع على السرائر التى تقتضى وجود العيب اذا لم يتخلق صاحبه بالرحمة الالهية فيرحم المذنبين ويحلم على الظالمين ويصفح عن الجاهلين ويحسن الى المسيئين ويرأف بعباد الله أجمعين فانه يكون ذلك الاطلاع فتنة عليه لان ذلك يؤديه الى رؤية نفسه واستعظام أمرها والعجب بعمله والتكبر على غيره وهذا هو أعظم الفتنة

Insight into the hidden inner states (*sarāʾir*) that entail the existence of fault: if the one who possesses it does not take on the character of divine mercy, showing mercy to sinners, forbearance toward wrongdoers, pardon toward the ignorant, kindness toward those who do evil, and tenderness toward all the servants of God, then that insight becomes a trial for him. For it leads him to regard his own self (*ruʾyat nafsihi*), to think its standing great, to be pleased with his own works (*ʿujb*), and to look down in arrogance (*takabbur*) on others; and this is the greatest of trials.

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Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 127–128 (printed p. 123)

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