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رُبَّمَا عَبَّرَ عَنِ الْمَقَامِ مَنِ اسْتَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِ وَرُبَّمَا عَبَّرَ عَنْهُ مَنْ وَصَلَ اِلَيْهِ وَذَلِكَ مُلْتَبِسٌ اِلَّا عَلَى صَاحِبِ بَصِيرَةٍ

Sometimes one who has only glimpsed a station from afar speaks of it, and sometimes one who has arrived at it speaks of it; and the two are hard to tell apart, except for one possessed of inner sight.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

كما أن الواصل الى مقام من مقامات اليقين يعبر عنه كذلك يعبر عنه من استشرف عليه ولم يتحقق فيه بالمنازلة والمواصلة والتباس ذلك على من ليس له بصيرة ظاهرة وأما ذو البصيرة فلا يخفى عليه ذلك لانه يرى فى الكلام صورة المتكلم الباطنة وما هو عليه من كمال أو نقص

Just as one who has arrived at one of the stations of certainty (*yaqīn*) speaks of it, so too may one who has looked out over it from above speak of it, though he has not realized it (*taḥaqquq*) by actually alighting in it (*munāzala*) and abiding in continuous contact with it (*muwāṣala*). The two are confused by one who lacks clear insight. As for the one possessed of insight, this is not hidden from him, for he sees in the speech the inner form of the speaker, and whatever perfection or deficiency he is in.

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 146 (printed p. 142) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 146 (printed p. 142)

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