Al-Uqud al-Durriyya - Ibn Abd al-Hadi - (الكتاب/441)

than what has appeared to you; and—praise be to Allah—we are engaged in great striving in His cause.

He then added some words, saying: “Indeed, our struggle in this matter is like our struggle on the Day of Qazan and al-Jabaliyya, and against the Jahmiyyah and the Ittiḥādiyyah (2) and others of that kind. This is among the greatest favors Allah has granted us and the people, yet most people do not realize it.”

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Among the sheets is one on which he wrote:

“Praise and thanks be to Allah, we are enjoying tremendous blessings that grow day by day, and Allah, Exalted is He, keeps renewing further favors. The release of the books was one of the greatest of those favors, for I had been keen for at least some of them to be published so that they (3) might examine them. They had opposed the publication of al-Ikhnāʾiyya, but Allah used them to bring out the entire collection and compelled the disputants to study it. In this way the guidance and the religion of truth with which Allah sent His messengers (4) become manifest.

“These issues had (5) been obscure to most people; once they are made clear, whoever seeks the truth, Allah guides him, whereas whoever seeks falsehood, Allah’s proof is established against him, and he thereby deserves (6) to be humiliated and disgraced by Allah.”

(1) The base text and manuscript B read thumma (then). (2) Manuscripts K and T read “Qazan,” whereas B has “wal-ittihadiyya wal-jahmiyya” (the pantheists and the Jahmites). (3) Manuscripts F, K, and T read litaqafu (so that you may stop). (4) Manuscripts F and K read rasuluhu (His Messenger). (5) Omitted in manuscript B. (6) Manuscripts F, K, and T read aw istahaqqa (or deserved).

مما ظهر لكم، ونحن ولله الحمد على عظيم الجهاد في سبيله. ثم ذكر كلامًا وقال: بل جهادُنا في هذا مثل (١) جهادنا يوم قزان والجبلية، والجهمية والاتحادية (٢)، وأمثال ذلك. وذلك من أعظم نعم الله علينا وعلى الناس ولكنَّ أكثر الناس لا يعلمون. *** ومنها ورقة قال فيها: ونحن ولله الحمد والشكر في نِعَم عظيمة تتزايدُ كلَّ يوم، ويُجَدِّد الله تعالى من نعمه نعمًا أخرى، وخروج الكتب كان من أعظم النِّعم، فإنِّي كنت حريصًا على خروج شيءٍ منها، ليقفوا (٣) عليه، وهم كرهوا خروج «الإخنائية»، فاستعملهم الله في إخراج الجميع، وإلزام المنازعين بالوقوف عليه، وبهذا يظهر ما أرسل الله به رُسلَه (٤) من الهدى ودين الحق. فإنَّ هذه المسائل كانت (٥) خفيَّة على أكثر الناس، فإذا ظهرت لمن كان قصده الحقّ هداه الله، ومن كان قصده الباطل قامت عليه حُجّةُ الله، واستحقَّ (٦) أن يُذِلَّه الله ويُخزِيه.

(١) الأصل و (ب): «ثم». (٢) (ك، ط): «قازان». و (ب): «والاتحادية والجهمية». (٣) (ف، ك، ط): «لتقفوا». (٤) (ف، ك): «رسوله». (٥) ليست في (ب). (٦) (ف، ك، ط): «أو استحق».