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مِنْ عَلَامَاتِ مَوْتِ الْقَلْبِ عَدَمُ الْحُزْنِ عَلَى مَا فَاتَكَ مِنَ الْمُوَافَقَاتِ وَتَرْكُ النَّدَمِ عَلَى مَا فَعَلْتَهُ مِنْ وُجُودِ الزَّلَّاتِ

Among the signs of the heart's death are the absence of sorrow over the acts of conformity [to God's command] that have slipped past you, and the abandonment of remorse over the lapses you have actually committed.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

القلب اذا كان حيا بالايمان حزن على ما فاته من الطاعات وندم على ما فعله من الزلات ومقتضى هذا وجود الفرح بما يستعمل فيه من الطاعات ويوفق له من اجتناب المعاصى والسيآت

When the heart is alive through faith (*īmān*), it grieves over the acts of obedience (*ṭāʿāt*) that have escaped it and feels remorse over the slips it has committed. What follows from this is the presence of joy (*faraḥ*) in the acts of obedience in which it is employed, and in the avoidance of acts of disobedience (*maʿāṣī*) and evil deeds (*sayyiʾāt*) for which it is granted divine enabling (*tawfīq*).

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 50–51 (printed p. 46) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 50–51 (printed p. 46)

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