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سَوَابِقُ الْهِمَمِ لَا تَخْرِقُ أَسْوَارَ الْاَقْدَارِ

The foremost of aspirations do not breach the ramparts of the decrees.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

الهمم السوابق هى قوى النفس التى تنفعل عنها بعض الموجودات باذن الله تعالى وتسميها الصوفية همة فيقولون أحال فلان همته على امر ما فانفعل له ذلك وهذه الهمم السابقة لا تنفعل الاشياء عنها الا بالقضاء والقدر

The forerunning aspirations are faculties of the soul (*nafs*) by which certain existent things are affected, by the permission of God Most High. The Sufis call such a faculty an "aspiration" (*himma*), and they say: "So-and-so turned his aspiration upon some matter, and that matter was brought about for him." Yet these forerunning aspirations affect things only by way of the divine decree (*qaḍāʾ*) and the measuring-out of destiny (*qadar*)

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 10–11 (printed p. 6) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 10–11 (printed p. 6)

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