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اِنْ لَمْ تُحَسِّنْ ظَنَّكَ بِهِ لِأَجْلِ حُسْنِ وَصْفِهِ فَحَسِّنْ ظَنَّكَ بِهِ لِوُجُودِ مُعَامَلَتِهِ مَعَكَ فَهَلْ عَوَّدَكَ اِلَّا حَسَنًا وَهَلْ أَسْدَى اِلَيْكَ اِلَّا مِنَنًا

If you do not think well of Him because of the beauty of His attributes, then think well of Him because of the way He has dealt with you. Has He accustomed you to anything but good? Has He bestowed upon you anything but gracious gifts?

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Ibn ʿAbbād

حسن الظن بالله تعالى أحد مقامات اليقين والناس فيه على قسمين خاصة وعامة فالخاصة حسنوا الظن به لما هو عليه من النعوت السنية والصفات العلية والعامة حسنوا الظن به لما هم فيه من سبوغ النعم وشمول الفضل والكرم

Thinking well of God Most High (*ḥusn al-ẓann*) is one of the stations (*maqāmāt*) of certainty (*yaqīn*). People are of two kinds in this: the elect (*khāṣṣa*) and the commonalty (*ʿāmma*). The elect think well of Him because of what He is in Himself: His sublime qualities (*nuʿūt*) and exalted attributes (*ṣifāt*). The commonalty think well of Him because of what they themselves enjoy: blessings in abundance, and a bounty and generosity that encompass all things.

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 42–43 (printed p. 38) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 42–43 (printed p. 38)

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