Sharh al-Arba'in al-Nawawiyya by Ibn Uthaymeen (شرح الأربعين النووية) — Page 60

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شَرْحُ الْأَرْبَعِينَ النَّوَوِيَّةِ.

(from previous page) ⟵ And when he had laid him down on his forehead, the relief came from Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, and Allah the Exalted relieved him: 'And We called to him, "O Abraham, you have fulfilled the vision." Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.'

هَذِهِ الْمَحَبَّةُ لِهَذَا الِابْنِ وَهَذَا الِابْتِلَاءُ وَهَذَا الِامْتِثَالُ التَّامُّ يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ مَحَبَّةَ اللَّهِ فِي قَلْبِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ مَحَبَّةِ الْوَلَدِ، فَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ خَلِيلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَالْخُلَّةُ: هِيَ أَعْظَمُ أَنْوَاعِ الْمَحَبَّةِ، وَالْمَحَبَّةُ أَنْوَاعُهَا عَشْرٌ، وَقِيلَ سَبْعٌ، لَكِنَّ أَعْلَاهَا الْخُلَّةُ وَفِي هَذَا يَقُولُ الشَّاعِرُ لِمَعْشُوقَتِهِ: قَدْ تَخَلَّلَتْ مَسْلَكَ الرُّوحِ مِنِّي وَبِذَا سُمِّيَ الْخَلِيلُ خَلِيلًا.

This love for this son, this trial, and this complete obedience indicate that the love of Allah in the heart of Ibrahim, peace be upon him, was greater than the love of the child; thus, Ibrahim was the Khalil (intimate friend) of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, and 'Khullah' (intimate friendship) is the greatest type of love, and love has ten types, and it is said seven, but the highest of them is 'Khullah', and regarding this, the poet says to his beloved: 'It has permeated the path of my soul, and thus the Khalil is called Khalil.'

لِأَنَّ مَحَبَّتَهَا تَخَلَّلَتْ مَسْلَكَ الرُّوحِ الْعُرُوقَ وَالْعِظَامَ وَالْمُخَّ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ.

This is because her love permeated the path of the soul, the veins, the bones, the marrow, and everything.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (11 verbs · 38 nouns)

• شَرَحَ — to explain
• دَلَّ — to indicate
• كَانَ — to be
• شَرْحٌ — explanation
• أَرْبَعُونَ — forty
• مَحَبَّةٌ — love