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اِهْتَدَى الرَّاحِلُونَ اِلَيْهِ بِأَنْوَارِ التَّوَجُّهِ وَالْوَاصِلُونَ لَهُمْ أَنْوَارُ الْمُوَاجَهَةِ فَالْاَوَّلُونَ لِلْاَنْوَارِ وَهَؤُلَاءِ الْاَنْوَارُ لَهُمْ لِاَنَّهُمْ لِلَّهِ لَا لِشَئٍ دُونَهُ قُلِ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ ذَرْهُمْ فِى خَوْضِهِمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

Those journeying toward Him are guided by the lights of turning toward Him, while those who have arrived possess the lights of facing Him. The former belong to the lights, whereas the lights belong to the latter, because they belong to God and to nothing apart from Him. “Say: God! Then leave them to play in their idle plunging” (Qurʾān 6:91).

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Ibn ʿAbbād

أنوار التوجه هو ما صدر منهم الى الله تعالى من عبادات ومعاملات ومكابدات ومجاهدات وأنوار المواجهة هو ما صدر من الله لهم من تعرف وتقرب وتودد وتحبب

The lights of turning-toward are whatever proceeds from them toward God Most High: acts of worship (*ʿibādāt*), devout dealings (*muʿāmalāt*), hardships endured (*mukābadāt*), and spiritual strivings (*mujāhadāt*). The lights of face-to-face encounter are whatever proceeds from God to them: His making Himself known (*taʿarruf*), His drawing near (*taqarrub*), His showing of affection (*tawaddud*), and His making Himself beloved (*taḥabbub*).

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Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 33–34 (printed p. 30)

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