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نِعْمَتَانِ مَاخَرَجَ مَوْجُودٌ عَنْهُمَا وَلَابُدَّ لِكُلِّ مُكَوَّنٍ مِنْهُمَا نِعْمَةُ الاِيجَادِ وَنِعْمَةُ الاِمْدَادِ

Two graces there are from which no existent thing is ever outside, and which every created being must needs have: the grace of bringing into existence, and the grace of continual sustenance.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

نعمة الايجاد ونعمة الامداد نعمتان لازمتان لكل مكون موجود لانه فى ذاته معدوم متلاش فنعمة الايجاد أزالت العدم السابق ولولا ذلك لم يزل معدوما ونعمة الامداد أزالت العدم اللاحق ولولا ذلك لتلاشى وفنى

The blessing of bringing into existence and the blessing of continual sustenance are two blessings inseparable from every engendered, existent thing, because in itself it is nonexistent (*maʿdūm*) and evanescent (*mutalāshin*). The blessing of bringing into existence removed the prior nonexistence (*al-ʿadam al-sābiq*); were it not for that, the thing would have remained nonexistent. The blessing of continual sustenance removed the subsequent nonexistence (*al-ʿadam al-lāḥiq*); were it not for that, the thing would have dwindled away and passed out of being (*fanī*).

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 86 (printed p. 82) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 86 (printed p. 82)

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