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مَنْ لَمْ يُقْبِلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ بِمُلَاطَفَاتِ الْاِحْسَانِ قِيدَ اِلَيْهِ بِسَلَاسِلِ الْاِمْتِحَانِ

Whoever does not turn toward God through the gentle caresses of His beneficence will be led to Him in the chains of trial.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

النفوس الكريمة تقبل على الله تعالى بملاطفات احسانه وموالاة فضله وامتنانه والنفوس اللئيمة لاتنقاد الا بسلاسل الامتحان ووقوع المصائب فى الاموال والأبدان والقود بالسلاسل استعارة حسنة

Noble souls turn toward God Most High through the gentle kindnesses of His beneficence and the unbroken succession of His bounty (*faḍl*) and gracious favor (*imtinān*). Base souls, however, will not let themselves be led except by the chains of trial and by calamities befalling their wealth and their bodies. Leading by chains is a fine metaphor (*istiʿāra*)

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 60 (printed p. 56) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 60 (printed p. 56)

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