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162 · 10 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word

رُبَّمَا دَخَلَ الرِّيَاءُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَنْظُرُ الْخَلْقُ إِلَيْكَ

Ostentation may well creep in upon you from a place where no created being is looking at you.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

رياء العبد بالعمل حيث يكون بمرأى من الناس ظاهر لايحتاج الى أمارة عليه ورياؤه بعمله حيث لايراه أحد أمر خفى لايعرف الا بالامارات والعلامات بل هو أخفى من دبيب النمل

The servant's (*al-ʿabd*) ostentation in a deed done where it is in plain view of people is evident and needs no indication (*amāra*) to point to it. But his ostentation in his deed where no one sees him is a hidden matter, recognized only by indications and signs (*ʿalāmāt*). Indeed, it is more hidden than the creeping of ants

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 129–130 (printed p. 125) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 129–130 (printed p. 125)

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