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اَلْبَسْطُ تَأْخُذُ النَّفْسُ مِنْهُ حَظَّهَا بِوُجُودِ الْفَرَحِ وَالْقَبْضُ لَا حَظَّ لِلنَّفْسِ فِيهِ

In expansion the self takes its share through the presence of joy; in contraction the self has no share.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

فى هذا اشارة لما تقدم من أن مراعاة الأدب فى البسط أمر عسير وذلك أن فى البسط وجود حظ النفس فيستولى عليها الفرح بذلك فلا يتمالك حتى يقع فى سوء الأدب والقبض ليس فيه حظ للنفس فلذلك كان أسلم

In this there is an allusion to what was said earlier: that observing proper courtesy (*adab*) in expansion is a difficult matter. For in expansion the self finds its share, and joy at this overpowers it, so that one cannot restrain oneself and falls into discourtesy (*sūʾ al-adab*). Contraction holds no share for the self, and for that reason it is the safer of the two.

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 77–79 (printed p. 73) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 77–79 (printed p. 73)

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