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اِحَالَتُكَ الاَعْمَالَ عَلَى وُجُودِ الفَرَاغِ مِنْ رُعُونَاتِ النَّفْسِ

Your deferring of (pious) works until you find yourself free of occupation is one of the follies of the ego.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

اذا كان العبد متلبسا بحال من احوال دنياه وكان له فيها شغل يمنعه من العمل بالاعمال الصالحة واحال ذلك العمل على فراغه من تلك الاشغال وقال اذا تفرغت عملت فذلك من رعونة نفسه والرعونة ضرب من الحماقة

When the servant (*ʿabd*) is caught up in one of the circumstances of his worldly life, and has some occupation in it that keeps him from performing righteous works, and he defers that work until he is free of those occupations, saying, "When I have free time, I will act," then that comes from the folly (*ruʿūna*) of his ego (*nafs*). Folly is a kind of stupidity (*ḥamāqa*).

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 26–27 (printed p. 22) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 26–27 (printed p. 22)

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