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Ibn_Masheesh_the_Pivot, page : 44
Allah, be for me, or to say, let the hearts of Your creation serve
me, because if He is for you, everything will be for you.'
Allah was sufficient for ibn Bashish. He loved his seclusion in
which he was able to immerse himself deeply in the worship of
Allah anxiously desiring to be in presence of His Glory and
Beauty.
It is possible that the answer for his love of seclusion lies in the
advice he gave to Abulhasan, "Escape from the best of people
even more than escaping from the worst of them who hurt your
body, because the best of them hurt you in their heart and it is
better for you to be hurt in your body rather than your heart."
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From this statement we understand the meaning of the phrase
'swerve from him' and his statement 'until I have no refuge except
me, because if He is for you, everything will be for you.'
Allah was sufficient for ibn Bashish. He loved his seclusion in
which he was able to immerse himself deeply in the worship of
Allah anxiously desiring to be in presence of His Glory and
Beauty.
It is possible that the answer for his love of seclusion lies in the
advice he gave to Abulhasan, "Escape from the best of people
even more than escaping from the worst of them who hurt your
body, because the best of them hurt you in their heart and it is
better for you to be hurt in your body rather than your heart."
18
From this statement we understand the meaning of the phrase
'swerve from him' and his statement 'until I have no refuge except