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النَّعِيمُ وَاِنْ تَنَوَّعَتْ مَظَاهِرُهُ اِنَّمَا هُوَ لِشُهُودِهِ وَاقْتِرَابِهِ وَالْعَذَابُ وَاِنْ تَنَوَّعَتْ مَظَاهِرُهُ اِنَّمَا هُوَ لِوُجُودِ حِجَابِهِ فَسَبَبُ الْعَذَابِ وُجُودُ الْحِجَابِ وَاِتْمَامُ النَّعِيمِ بِالنَّظَرِ اِلَى وَجْهِهِ الْكَرِيمِ

Bliss, however varied its outward forms, is only for witnessing Him and drawing near to Him; and torment, however varied its outward forms, is only because His veil is present. So the cause of torment is the presence of the veil, and the completion of bliss lies in gazing upon His noble Face.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

مظاهر النعيم المتنوعة هى ما ورد من أنواع الثواب فى الدار الآخرة من الحور والقصور والولدان والغلمان والمآكل والمشارب والملابس الى غير ذلك من أنواع المسرات واللذات

The varied manifestations of bliss are the kinds of reward (*thawāb*) in the Abode of the Hereafter that have come down to us [in revelation]: the houris, the palaces, the youths and the serving lads, the foods, the drinks, the garments, and other such kinds of delights and pleasures

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 171 (printed p. 167) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 171 (printed p. 167)

Ibn ʿAbbād's Arabic: the opening of his commentary on each passage, transcribed from the page images of the Cairo 1319/1901 print and read twice (each comment links to the page where his commentary on that passage begins; the rest of it is on the following pages, not transcribed). English translations of the commentaries and of the passage are AI (Claude) and marked. Differences are computed by comparing the words each commentator quotes with our working text; they may reflect a different manuscript reading, a paraphrase, or an alignment error. About this text.