Ibn al-Qayyim’s Kitāb al-Rūḥ 143
A. MS EscorialϢΘΣήϟϦϤΣήϟௌϢδΑ
ϦϳΪϟβϤηϡϼϋϻΔϤϻΪΣϡήϜϟΥϠδϟΔΘϘΑωέΎΒϟΔΠΤϟΔϣϼόϟϢϟΎόϟϡΎϣϻΦΘθϟϝΎϗ
έϮϔβϟϢϳήϜϟϢΘϠΤϟϢΘψόϟςϠόϟͿΪϤΤϟϪΘϤΣήΑௌϩΪϤβΗΔϳίϮΠϟϢΘϗϦΑΪϤΤϣௌΪΒϋ
ϦΘρϦϣΔϟϼγϦϣϥΎδϧϻπϠΧϦϳΪϟϡϮϳϚϟΎϣϢΘΣήϟϥΎϤΣήϟϦΘϤϟΎόϟΏέͿΪϤΤϟϢΘΣήϟ
ΔότϗΔβπϣΔϘϠόϟπϠΧϢΛϦϳήυΎϨϠϟ˯ΩϮγΔϘϠϋΔϔτϨϟπϠΧϢΛϦΘϜϣέήϗςϓΔϔτϧϪϠόΟϢΛ
ϩΎθϧϢΛϦΘδΑϼϟΏϮΜϟΎϛΎϬϟϮϫΎϤΤϟϡΎψόϟΎδϛϢΛϦΘΒϤϟ˯ΎϨΒϟπϠΧϢΛϦΘβοΎϤ˷ ϟΔϠϛέΪϘΑϢΤϟ
ΖϠϤηϦϣϥΎΤΒδϓϦΘϘϟΎΨϟϦδΣௌϙέΎΒΘϓήΧ˯ΎϘϠΧ
πϠΨϳνέϻϭΕϮϤδϟϚϠϤΑΩήϔΗϭέϮϣϻΥϳέΎμΘΑϪϘϠΧςϓϪΘΘθϣΕήΟϭέϭΪϘϣϞϛϪΗέΪϗ
ϪϟϻϥΪϬηϭϢΘϜΤϟΰϳΰόϟϮϫϻϪϟϻ˯θϳΥΘϛϡΎΣέϻςϓϢϛέϮμϳράϟϮϫ˯θϳΎϣ
ϦϋαΪϘΗϭήΘϬψϟϭϚϳήθϟϦϋκϟΎόΗϭήΘψϨϟϭϞΘΜϤΘϟϦϋϞΟΎϬϟϪϟϚϳήηϻϩΪΣϭௌϻ
ϪϘϠΧϦϣϪΗήΘΧϭϪϟϮγέϭϩΪΒϋΪϤΤϣϥΪϬηϭήΘμΒϟϊΘϤδϟϮϫϭ˯ςηϪϠΜϤϛβΘϠϓϪϘϠΧϪΒη
ϦΘϜϟΎδϠϟΔΠΤϣϭϦΘϤϟΎόϠϟΓέΪϗϮϨΘϤϟΎόϠϟΓΔϤΣέϪϠγέϩΩΎΒϋκϠϋϪΘΠΣςϓϪΘΣϭκϠϋϪϨΘϣϭ
ΎϣϪΗΎϛήΑϭௌΔϤΣέϭϡϼδϟϪΘϠϋϭϪΘϠϋϪϠγέϭϪΘϜϼϣϭௌκϠμϓϦΘόϤΟΩΎΒόϟκϠϋΔΠΣϭ
κϟϭϻΔϠΌδϤϟΎϣΎϬΘϧΎόϣϭΡϭήϟςϓϞΎδϣκϠϋϞϤΘθϣΏΎΘϜϟϩάϬϓΪόΑ«
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful;
Said the Shaykh, the imām, the learned, the sign, the proof, the skill-
ful, the remnant of the forefathers, the noble, the keenest of the leaders
[and of] the eminent, Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad Ibn
Qayyim al-Jawziyya, may God protect him in His mercy. Praise to
God, the Sublime, the Great, the Clement, the Noble, the Forgiving,
the Merciful; Praise to God, Lord of the Worlds, the Compassionate,
the Merciful, Sovereign over Judgment Day;
He created man out of the choicest clay; He then made it into a
drop in a firm abode; He then crafted from the drop a clot, black to
the beholders; then He made from the clot a lump [of flesh, muḍgha],
that is, a piece of meat, of the size of a chewable portion [literally, “the
size of the food of those who chew”, al-māḍighīn]; He then created
the evident structure; He then covered the bones with flesh, which is
like a suit of clothes; then He brought him into being as a different cre-
ation. Blessed is God, the best of the creators! Praise to Him, Whose
power (qudra) prevails over every capability (maqdūr), and Whose
will pervades His creation in the management of affairs. He is Alone
in being sovereign over heavens and earth, creating what He wishes.
It is He Who formed you as He wished in the wombs. There is no
God other than He, Mighty and Wise! I testify that there is no God
other than Allah alone. He has no partner, too noble for any likeness
or equivalent. Exalted is He above any partner or assistant, sanctified
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