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اُخْرُجْ مِنْ أَوْصَافِ بَشَرِيَّتِكَ عَنْ كُلِّ وَصْفٍ مُنَاقِضٍ لِعُبُودِيَّتِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِنِدَاءِ الْحَقِّ مُجِيبًا وَمِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ قَرِيبًا

Go forth from the attributes of your human nature, out of every attribute that contradicts your servanthood, so that you may be one who answers the call of the Real and one near to His presence.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

أوصاف البشرية المتعلقة بأمر الدين نوعان احدهما ما يتعلق بظاهر العبد وجوارحه وهى الاعمال والثانى ما يتعلق بباطنه وقلبه وهى العقود فاما ما يتعلق بظاهره وجوارحه فينقسم قسمين أحدهما ما وافق الامر ويسمى طاعة والثانى ما خالفه ويسمى معصية

The attributes of human nature that bear on the matter of religion are of two kinds. The first concerns the servant's outward being and his bodily members, and these are acts (*aʿmāl*). The second concerns his inward being and his heart, and these are convictions (*ʿuqūd*). As for what concerns his outward being and bodily members, it divides into two parts. The first is what conforms to the command (*amr*), and it is called obedience (*ṭāʿa*). The second is what opposes it, and it is called disobedience (*maʿṣiya*).

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 36–38 (printed p. 32) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 36–38 (printed p. 32)

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