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الحكم العطائية

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قَلَّمَا تَكُونُ الْوَارِدَاتُ الْاِلَهِيَّةُ اِلَّا بَغْتَةً لِئَلَّا يَدَّعِيَهَا الْعِبَادُ بِوُجُودِ الِاسْتِعْدَادِ

Divine inrushes seldom come except suddenly, lest servants lay claim to them on the grounds that they possessed the preparedness for them.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

الواردات الالهية هدايا من الله تعالى وتحف وكرامات يكرم بها عباده فلا تكن فى الغالب الا بغتة أى فجأة لئلا يدعوها ويرون أنفسهم أهلا لها بوجود استعدادهم وتهيئهم

Divine inrushes are gifts from God, exalted is He, presents and marks of favour (*karāmāt*) by which He honours His servants. So for the most part they come only suddenly, that is, without warning, lest they lay claim to them and regard themselves as worthy of them by virtue of their own preparedness and readiness (*tahayyuʾ*)

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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