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تَشَوُّفُكَ اِلَى مَا بَطَنَ فِيكَ مِنَ الْعُيُوبِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ تَشَوُّفِكَ اِلَى مَا حُجِبَ عَنْكَ مِنَ الْغُيُوبِ

Your eager gazing toward the faults hidden within you is better than your eager gazing toward the unseen things veiled from you.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

حكم المريد أن يتشوف الى معرفة ما غاب عنه من معايب نفسه ويتطلبها ويبحث عنها فان ذلك هو حق الحق تعالى منه فينبغى أن يحرص عليه ويصرف عنها عنان اعتنائه اليه ليحصل له صفاء أعماله من الآفات ونقاء أحواله من الكدورات

The rule for the aspirant (*murīd*) is that he should yearn to know the defects of his own soul (*nafs*) that are hidden from him, seeking them out and searching for them, for this is what the Real (*al-Ḥaqq*), exalted is He, rightfully claims (*ḥaqq*) of him. He should therefore be eager for it and turn the reins of his concern away from them [the unseen realities] and toward it, so that his works may attain purity (*ṣafāʾ*) from blemishes (*āfāt*) and his spiritual states (*aḥwāl*) be cleansed of turbidities (*kudūrāt*)

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 34 (printed p. 31) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 34 (printed p. 31)

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