Risālat Ibn al-Qayyim ilā IkhwānihIbn al-Qayyim

and the delight of the eye stands above mere love, for not every beloved thing gladdens the eye. (1) The eye finds true repose (2) only in the loftiest of beloveds, the One who is loved for His very essence; (3) that is none other than God—there is no deity but Him. (4) Everything besides Him is loved merely as a consequence of loving Him; it is loved on His account. One must not love anything alongside Him, (5) for loving another with Him is polytheism, whereas loving for His sake is pure monotheism. Thus the polytheist takes rivals apart from God and loves them as he loves God, (6) whereas the monotheist loves only those whom he loves for God’s sake, (7) hates whom he hates for God’s sake, (8) acts solely for God, (9) and refrains solely for God. (10)

The entire religion revolves around these four foundations: love and hate, and—arising from them—acting and abstaining, giving and withholding. (11) Whoever perfects all of this for God alone has perfected faith; whatever portion of it falls short of being for God’s sake reflects a shortfall in the servant’s faith. (12)

(1) The base text reads, “al-uyun (the eyes)”; the reading adopted is that of manuscripts B and C. (2) The word “al-ayn (the eye)” is omitted from manuscript C. (3) The base text reads, “ala (upon)”; the reading adopted is that of manuscripts B and C. (4) Manuscripts B and C read, “illa lillah (only for Allah).” (5) See Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, al-Ubudiyyah, p. 30. (6) The base text contains two superfluous letters with no meaning: “mur.” (7) Manuscripts B and C read, “The one who affirms Allah’s oneness loves only those whom Allah loves.” (8) Manuscript B reads, “and he hates those whom Allah hates,” while manuscript C reads, “and he hates those whom Allah hates.” (9) Manuscripts B and C read, “what he does.” (10) Manuscript B reads, “what he leaves.” (11) The base text reads, “alayha (upon it)”; the reading adopted is that of manuscripts B and C. (12) Manuscript C reads, “because of a deficiency in faith,” instead of, “because of a deficiency in the servant’s faith.”
وقُرَّةُ العين فوق المحبة، فإنه ليس كل محبوبٍ تَقَرُّ به [العين] (١)، وإنما تَقَرُّ العينُ (٢)، [بأعلى] (٣) المحبوبات، الذي يُحَبُّ لِذَاته، وليس ذلك إلا الله (٤) الذي لا إله إلا هو، وكل ما سواه فإنما يُحَبُّ تبعًا لمحبته فَيُحَبُّ لأجله. ولا يُحَبُّ معه (٥)، فإن الحب معه شرك، والحب لأجله توحيد. فالمشرك يتخذ … (٦) من دون الله أندادًا يحبهم كحب الله، والموَحِّدُ إنما يحب مَنْ يحبه لله (٧)، ويبغض من يبغضه في الله (٨)، ويفعل ما يفعله (٩) لله، ويترك ما يتركه (١٠) لله. ومدار الدين على هذه القواعد الأربع، وهي: الحب والبغض، ويترتب [عليهما] (١١) الفعل والترك والعطاء والمنع. فمن استكمل أن يكون هذا كله لله استكمل الإيمان، وما نقص منها أن كون لله عاد بنقص إيمان العبد (١٢).
(١) في الأصل (العيون)، والمثبت من ب، و ج. (٢) (العين) ساقطة من ج. (٣) فى الأصل (على)، والمثبت من ب، و ج. (٤) في ب، و ج (إلا لله). (٥) انظر العبودية، لشيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية (ص ٣٠). (٦) في الأصل زيادة حرفين ليس لهما معنى، وهما: (مر). (٧) في ب، و ج (والموحد إنما يحب من أحبه الله). (٨) في ب (ويبغض من أبغضه الله)، وفي ج (ويبغض من يبغضه الله). (٩) في ب، و ج (ما يفعل). (١٠) في ب (ما يترك). (١١) في الأصل (عليها)، والمثبت من ب، و ج. (١٢) في ج (بنقص الإيمان) بدل (بنقص إيمان العبد).

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