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أَنْوَارٌ أُذِنَ لَهَا فِى الْوُصُولِ وَأَنْوَارٌ أُذِنَ لَهَا فِى الدُّخُولِ

There are lights that are permitted to arrive, and lights that are permitted to enter.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

الانوار الواردة على القلوب من خزائن الغيوب تنقسم الى قسمين أنوار أذن لها فى الوصول الى ظاهر القلب فقط وأنوار أذن لها فى الدخول الى صميم القلب وسويدائه

The lights (*anwār*) that come upon the hearts (*qulūb*) from the treasuries of the hidden realms (*khazāʾin al-ghuyūb*) are divided into two kinds: lights permitted to arrive (*wuṣūl*) only at the outer surface of the heart, and lights permitted to enter (*dukhūl*) into the very core of the heart (*ṣamīm al-qalb*) and its innermost dark point (*suwaydāʾ*)

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 163 (printed p. 159) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 163 (printed p. 159)

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