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68 – ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, saying, “al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān … narrated to us, and he recited:
‘I shall assuredly thank you for the kindness you merely intended,
for the very intention to show benevolence is itself a kindness.
Nor shall I reproach you if Destiny should withhold its fulfillment,
for every affair is steered by the unalterable decree.’
٦٨ - حدثنا عبد الله حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ .. .
لَأَشْكُرَنَّكَ مَعْرُوفًا هَمَمْتَ بِهِ ... فَإِنَّ هَمَّكَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ مَعْرُوفُ
وَلَا أَذُمُّ وَإِنْ لَمْ يُمْضِهِ قَدَرٌ ... وَالشَّيْءُ بالقدر المحتوم مصروف