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قَوْمٌ أَقَامَهُمُ الْحَقُّ لِخِدْمَتِهِ وَقَوْمٌ اخْتَصَّهُمْ بِمَحَبَّتِهِ كُلًّا نُمِدُّ هَؤُلَاءِ وَهَؤُلَاءِ مِنْ عَطَاءِ رَبِّكَ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَاءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًا

There are folk whom the Real has set up for His service, and folk whom He has singled out for His love. "Each do We supply, these and those, from the bestowal of your Lord; and the bestowal of your Lord is not withheld" (Qur'an 17:20).

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Ibn ʿAbbād

الحق تعالى له الاختيار التام والمشيئة النافذة لا يسئل عما يفعل وهم يسئلون فطائفة أقامهم الحق تعالى لخدمته حتى صلحوا لجنته وهم الزاهدون والعابدون كما تقدم وطائفة اختصهم بمحبته حتى صلحوا لقربه والدخول الى حضرته وهم العارفون والعلماء

The Real, exalted is He, possesses complete freedom of choice (*ikhtiyār*) and a will (*mashīʾa*) that is always carried out. "He is not questioned about what He does, but they are questioned" [Q 21:23]. So there is one group whom the Real, exalted is He, has established in His service until they became fit for His Garden; these are the renunciants (*zāhidūn*) and the worshippers (*ʿābidūn*), as was mentioned earlier. And there is another group whom He has singled out for His love until they became fit for His nearness (*qurb*) and for entry into His Presence (*ḥaḍra*); these are the gnostics (*ʿārifūn*) and the knowers (*ʿulamāʾ*)

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 70 (printed p. 66) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 70 (printed p. 66)

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