Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 992
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وَسَمِعْتُ أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيَّ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ الرَّازِيَّ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا يَعْقُوبَ النَّهْرَجُورِيَّ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا يَعْقُوبَ السُّوسِيَّ،
يَقُولُ: " الْعَابِدُ يَعْبُدُ اللهَ تَحْذِيرًا، وَالْعَارِفُ يَعْبُدُ اللهَ تَشْرِيفًا، وَالْعَالِمُ يَعْبُدُ اللهَ خَائِفًا وَرَاجِيًا "
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machine translationAnd I heard Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī say: I heard Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Rāzī say: I heard Abū Yaʿqūb al-Nahrajūrī say: I heard Abū Yaʿqūb al-Sūsī say,
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He said: "The devout worshipper (al-ʿābid) worships Allah out of caution, the gnostic (al-ʿārif) worships Allah out of reverence, and the scholar (al-ʿālim) worships Allah in fear and hope."
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