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الطَّىُّ الحَقِيقِىُّ أَنْ تُطْوَى مَسَافَةُ الدُّنْيَا عَنْكَ حَتَّى تَرَى الآخِرَةَ أَقْرَبَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْكَ

The true folding-up [of distance] is that the distance of this world be folded up away from you, until you see the Hereafter nearer to you than you are to yourself.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

طى مسافة الدنيا انما يتصور من العبد اذا أشرق نور اليقين فى قلبه فحينئذ تنعدم الدنيا فى نظره وتنطوى فى اعتباره ويرى الآخرة حاضرة لديه موجودة عنده بل يراها أقرب اليه منه اذ ذاته فانية منطوية بهذا الاعتبار

The folding of the distance of this world can be conceived of in the servant only when the light of certainty (*nūr al-yaqīn*) dawns in his heart. At that point this world becomes nonexistent in his sight and is folded away in his consideration (*iʿtibār*), and he sees the Hereafter as present before him and existing with him. Indeed, he sees it as nearer to him than he is to himself, since his own self (*dhāt*) is passing away (*fāniya*) and folded away by this same consideration

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 80 (printed p. 76) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 80 (printed p. 76)

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