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الحكم العطائية

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رُبَّمَا أَعْطَاكَ فَمَنَعَكَ وَرُبَّمَا مَنَعَكَ فَأَعْطَاكَ

It may be that He gives to you and thereby withholds from you, and it may be that He withholds from you and thereby gives to you.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

منع الله تعالى عبده من نيل شهواته ولذاته والسكون مع شئ من عاداته عطاء جزيل منه لانه أبقاه معه واقتطعه عن حظوظه وأغراضه وجرده منها وعكس هذا هو المنع على التحقيق وان كان عطاء فى الظاهر

God Most High's withholding (*manʿ*) from His servant the attainment of his desires (*shahawāt*) and pleasures (*ladhdhāt*), and the resting at ease (*sukūn*) with anything of his habitual comforts (*ʿādāt*), is an abundant gift (*ʿaṭāʾ*) from Him, because He has kept him with Himself, cut him off from his selfish portions (*ḥuẓūẓ*) and aims (*aghrāḍ*), and stripped him bare (*jarrada*) of them. The reverse of this is withholding in true reality (*ʿalā al-taḥqīq*), even if it is a gift in outward appearance (*fī al-ẓāhir*).

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 79 (printed p. 75) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 79 (printed p. 75)

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