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الْاَكْوَانُ ظَاهِرُهَا غِرَّةٌ وَبَاطِنُهَا عِبْرَةٌ فَالنَّفْسُ تَنْظُرُ اِلَى ظَاهِرِ غِرَّتِهَا وَالْقَلْبُ يَنْظُرُ اِلَى بَاطِنِ عِبْرَتِهَا

Created things: their outward is a delusion, and their inward is an admonition. The self looks at the outward of their delusion, while the heart looks at the inward of their admonition.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

الاكوان ههنا كل ما يمكن أن يكون للنفس فيه حظ من متاع الدنيا وزهرتها وهى رائقة الظاهر قبيحة الباطن كما قيل

"Created things" here means everything in which the lower self might find some share (*ḥaẓẓ*) of the goods of this world (*matāʿ al-dunyā*) and its splendor (*zahra*). They are fair to look upon outwardly and ugly within, as has been said:

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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