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النُّورُ لَهُ الْكَشْفُ وَالْبَصِيرَةُ لَهَا الْحُكْمُ وَالْقَلْبُ لَهُ الْاِقْبَالُ وَالْاِدْبَارُ

To light belongs disclosure, to inner sight belongs judgment, and to the heart belongs turning toward and turning away.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

هذه الفاظ مختلفة لمعان متغايرة فالنور يفيد كشف المعانى المغيبات حتى تتضح وتشاهد والبصيرة التى هى ناظرة القلب تفيد الحكم وهو صحة ما شاهدته والقلب له الاقبال عملا بمقتضى ما شاهدته البصيرة وله أيضا الادبار تركا للعمل بمقتضى ما شاهدته البصيرة

These are different words for distinct meanings. Light brings about the unveiling of hidden meanings (*maʿānī*), so that they become clear and are witnessed. Inner sight, which is the eye of the heart, brings about judgment, namely that what it has witnessed is sound. The heart has turning toward, which is acting in accordance with what inner sight has witnessed. It also has turning away, which is abandoning action in accordance with what inner sight has witnessed.

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 54 (printed p. 50) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 54 (printed p. 50)

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