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مَا اسْتُودِعَ فِى غَيْبِ السَّرَائِرِ ظَهَرَ فِى شَهَادَةِ الظَّوَاهِرِ

Whatever has been deposited in the unseen depths of the inmost hearts becomes manifest in the visible realm of outward appearances.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

هذا بيان علامة يعرف بها حال المريد السالك وما تعمر به باطنه من المزيد المتدارك لان الظاهر مرآة الباطن كما قيل الاسرة تدل على السريرة

This is the explanation of a sign by which one may know the state (*ḥāl*) of the aspirant (*murīd*) who is traveling the path (*sālik*), and the ever-renewed increase (*al-mazīd al-mutadārak*) with which his inner being (*bāṭin*) is made to flourish. For the outward (*ẓāhir*) is the mirror of the inward, as it has been said: “The lines of the face (*asirra*) point to what lies hidden within (*sarīra*).”

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 32–35 (printed p. 28) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 32–35 (printed p. 28)

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