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الحكم العطائية

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اِجْتِهَادُكَ فِيمَا ضُمِنَ لَكَ وَتَقْصِيرُكَ فِيمَا طُلِبَ مِنْكَ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى انْطِمَاسِ الْبَصِيرَةِ مِنْكَ

Your striving after what has already been guaranteed to you, and your falling short in what is required of you, is a sign that your inner sight has been effaced.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

الشئ المضمون للعبد هو رزقه الذى يحصل له به قوام وجوده فى دنياه ومعنى كونه مضمونا أن الله تعالى تكفل بذلك وفرغ العباد عنه ولم يطلب منهم الاجتهاد فى السعى فيه ولا الاهتمام له

The thing guaranteed to the servant is his provision (*rizq*), through which the sustenance of his existence in this world is secured. The meaning of its being guaranteed is that God Most High has taken it upon Himself (*takaffala*) and has relieved His servants of it, and has not required of them that they exert themselves in striving after it, nor that they be preoccupied with it

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 11–12 (printed p. 7) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 11–12 (printed p. 7)

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