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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

The Egyptian Epistle - Muhammad ibn Muqatil al-Qati'i

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and a blessing that necessitates congratulations.

Specialized for him whom He willed for security,

rewarded by what the two hands earn.

He informed us with certainty from Him

in the seven of His oft-repeated mention.

For I have supported the discourse

regarding Him with precise verses from the Quran.

So it became like a bride revealed,

boasting over the gold-beads and the pearls.

The intelligent one gains from it, by pardon,

the ultimate pleasure of aspirations.

I named it for that which it contained

of the inward secret and the meanings.

By the methodology of science and clarification,

and the delight of hearing and witnessing.

And the light of the proof of every truth

for a believer who is therein in security.

And in its description also:

A bride who found no noble equivalent to be wed to,

except with a magnificent dowry.

We clothed her in the finest of garments

and in ornaments upon her like the stars.

Chapters like jewels and pearls,

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