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{ وَٱلَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ ٱلْكِتَابَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمِنَ ٱلأَحْزَابِ مَن يُنكِرُ بَعْضَهُ قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ ٱللَّهَ وَلاۤ أُشْرِكَ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ أَدْعُو وَإِلَيْهِ مَآبِ }

…Say, ‘I have been commanded to worship God, and not to associate anything with Him…’Sahl was asked: ‘When does the servant prove true in the station of servanthood (ʿubūdiyya)?’ He replied:When he gives up his own management (tadbīr) and becomes satisfied with the management of God, Exalted is He, for him. His words, Exalted is He:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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