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أَرِحْ نَفْسَكَ مِنَ التَّدْبِيرِ فَمَا قَامَ بِهِ غَيْرُكَ عَنْكَ لَا تَقُمْ بِهِ لِنَفْسِكَ

Give yourself rest from self-direction: what Another has undertaken on your behalf, do not undertake yourself for your own sake.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

تدبير الخلق لامور دنياهم على الوجه الذى نقوله مذموم لان الله تعالى قد تكفل لهم بذلك وقام به عنهم وطلب منهم أن يفرغوا قلوبهم منه ويقوموا بحق عبوديته ووظائف تكليفاته فقط

The planning of creatures for the affairs of their worldly life, in the manner of which we speak, is blameworthy, because God Most High has guaranteed that for them and has taken charge of it on their behalf. He has asked of them only that they empty their hearts of it and fulfil the right of servanthood (*ʿubūdiyya*) owed to Him and the duties of His obligations (*taklīfāt*)

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 11 (printed p. 7) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 11 (printed p. 7)

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