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النَّاسُ فِى وُرُودِ الْمِنَنِ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَقْسَامٍ فَرِحٌ بِالْمِنَنِ لَامِنْ حَيْثُ مُهْدِيهَا وَمُنْشِئِهَا وَلَكِنْ بِوُجُودِ مُتْعَتِهِ فِيهَا فَهَذَا مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ يَصْدُقُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى حَتَّى اِذَا فَرِحُوا بِمَا أُوتُوا أَخَذْنَاهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَفَرِحٌ بِالْمِنَنِ مِنْ حَيْثُ اِنَّهُ شَهِدَهَا مِنَّةً مِمَّنْ أَرْسَلَهَا وَنِعْمَةً مِمَّنْ أَوْصَلَهَا يَصْدُقُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى قُلْ بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ فَبِذَلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُوا هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ وَفَرِحٌ بِاللَّهِ مَاشَغَلَهُ مِنَ الْمِنَنِ ظَاهِرُ مُتْعَتِهَا وَلَا بَاطِنُ مِنَّتِهَا بَلْ شَغَلَهُ النَّظَرُ اِلَى اللَّهِ عَمَّا سِوَاهُ وَالْجَمْعُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَا يَشْهَدُ اِلَّا اِيَّاهُ يَصْدُقُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى قُلِ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ ذَرْهُمْ فِى خَوْضِهِمْ يَلْعَبُونَ وَقَدْ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى اِلَى دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ يَادَاوُدُ قُلْ لِلصِّدِّيقِينَ بِى فَلْيَفْرَحُوا وَبِذِكْرِى فَلْيَتَنَعَّمُوا وَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى يَجْعَلُ فَرَحَنَا وَاِيَّاكُمْ بِهِ وَبِالرِّضَا مِنْهُ وَأَنْ يَجْعَلَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْفَهْمِ عَنْهُ وَاَنْ لَا يَجْعَلَنَا مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ وَأَنْ يَسْلُكَ بِنَا مَسْلَكَ الْمُتَّقِينَ بِمَنِّهِ وَكَرَمِهِ

With regard to the arrival of gracious gifts, people fall into three classes. One rejoices in the gifts, not with respect to the One who bestows them and brings them into being, but because he finds his own enjoyment in them; such a one is among the heedless, and to him applies His saying (exalted is He): "Until, when they rejoiced in what they had been given, We seized them suddenly" [Q 6:44]. Another rejoices in the gifts inasmuch as he witnesses them as a gracious gift from the One who sent them and a blessing from the One who conveyed them; to him applies His saying (exalted is He): "Say: In the bounty of God and in His mercy, in that let them rejoice; it is better than what they amass" [Q 10:58]. And another rejoices in God: neither the outward enjoyment of the gifts nor their inward graciousness occupies him; rather, gazing upon God has occupied him to the exclusion of all else, together with being gathered wholly upon Him, so that he witnesses none but Him; to him applies His saying (exalted is He): "Say: God! Then leave them to play in their idle plunging" [Q 6:91]. God (exalted is He) revealed to David (upon him be blessing and peace): "O David, say to the truthful ones: in Me let them rejoice, and in My remembrance let them take their delight." May God (exalted is He) make our rejoicing, and yours, to be in Him and in His good pleasure; may He make us among those who understand from Him; may He not make us among the heedless; and may He lead us along the path of the God-fearing, by His grace and generosity.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

تضمن هذا الفصل بيان مايحمد من أحوال الناس ومايذم عند ورود النعم عليهم وحصول الفرح اذ ذاك لهم وينبغى عليه مايكون من ذلك شكرا لها ومالا يكون … بهذا تحققت صديقيتهم وعلى ارتفاع رتبتهم على من دونهم قيل ان عتبة الغلام دخل فى بعض الايام على رابعة العدوية رضى الله عنها وعليه قميص جديد وهو يتبختر فى مشيته بخلاف ماسبق من عادته … هذا دعاء حسن موافق لمعنى ماتقدم وهو بين لايحتاج الى تبيين ولاتنبيه عليه فالله تعالى يحقق لنا ذلك بفضله واحسانه انه أرحم الراحمين

This section contains an exposition of which of people's states (*aḥwāl*) are praiseworthy and which are blameworthy when blessings (*niʿam*) come upon them and joy (*faraḥ*) arises in them at that moment, and on this rests the question of which [joy] amounts to gratitude (*shukr*) for those blessings and which does not … by this their station of utter truthfulness (*ṣiddīqiyya*) was made real, and upon the elevation of their rank above those beneath them. It is related that ʿUtba al-Ghulām came in one day to Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya, may God be pleased with her, wearing a new shirt and swaggering in his gait, contrary to his former habit … This is a fine supplication, in keeping with the sense of what has gone before. It is plain and needs no elucidation or remark. So may God Most High make that a reality for us by His bounty and beneficence; truly He is the Most Merciful of the merciful.

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 220–222 (printed p. 216–218) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 220–222 (printed p. 216–218)

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