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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
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فَأَدَّىٰ بَعْضُهُمْ فِيهِ إِلَىٰ القَوْلِ بِالحُلُولِ وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ اللهُ بِمَا أَحْيَا بِهِ مِنَ المَوْتَىٰ وَلِذَلِكَ نُسِبُوا إِلَىٰ الكُفْرِ وَهُوَ السَّتْرِ لِأَنَّهُمْ سَتَرُوا اللهَ الَّذِي أَحْيَا المَوْتَىٰ بِصُورَةِ بَشَرَةِ عِيسَىٰ فَقَالَ تَعَالَىٰ لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ فَجَمَعُوا بَيْنَ الخَطَإِ وَالكُفْرِ فِي تَمَامِ الكَلَامِ كُلِّهِ لِأَنَّهُ لَا بِقَوْلِهِمْ هُوَ اللهُ وَلَا بِقَوْلِهِمْ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ فَعَدَلُوا بِالتَّضْمِينِ مِنَ اللهِ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَحْيَا المَوْتَىٰ إِلَىٰ الصُّورَةِ النَّاسُوتِيَّةِ البَشَرِيَّةِ بِقَوْلِهِمْ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ بِلَا شَكٍّ
This led some of them, concerning him, to the doctrine of indwelling (ḥulūl), and to [saying] that he is God, by virtue of the dead he brought to life. For this reason they were charged with unbelief (kufr), which is covering, because they covered God, who brought the dead to life, with the human form of Jesus. So He, exalted is He, said: "They have certainly disbelieved who say, 'God is the Messiah, son of Mary'" [Q 5:17]. Thus they combined error and unbelief in the complete statement taken as a whole, for [their unbelief lies] neither in their saying 'He is God' [alone] nor in their saying 'son of Mary' [alone]. By enclosing [Him] (bi-l-taḍmīn: placing God within the form) they turned aside from God, insofar as He gave life to the dead, to the human form of nāsūt (humanity) by their saying 'son of Mary', and he is the son of Mary without doubt.
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al-Qāshānī
﴿فعدلوا بالتضمين من الله من حيث أنه أحيا الموتى إلى الصورة الناسوتية البشرية بقولهم ابن مريم وهو ابن مريم بلا شك ، فتخيل السامع أنهم نسبوا الألوهية للصورة وجعلوها عين الصورة ، وما فعلوا بل جعلوا الهوية ابتداء في صورة بشرية هي ابن مريم ، ففصلوا بين الصورة والحكم لأنهم جعلوا الصورة عين الحكم﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿فعدلوا بالتضمين من الله من حيث أحيا الموتى إلى الصورة الناسوتيّة البشرية بقولهم : ابن مريم وهو ابن مريم بلا شكّ ، فتخيّل السامع أنّهم نسبوا الإلهية للصورة وجعلوها عين الصورة وما فعلوا ، بل جعلوا الهوية الإلهية ابتداء في صورة بشرية هي ابن مريم ، ففصلوا بين الصورة والحكم ، لا أنّهم جعلوا الصورة عين الحكم﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فأدى بعضهم فيه إلى القول بالحلول، و أنه هو الله بما أحيا به من الموتى، و لذلك نسبوا إلى الكفر و هو الستر لأنهم ستروا الله الذي أحيا الموتى بصورة بشرية عيسى. فقال تعالى «لقد كفر الذين قالوا إن الله هو المسيح ابن مريم» فجمعوا بين الخطأ والكفر في تمام الكلام كله لأنه لا بقولهم هو الله، ولا بقولهم ابن مريم﴾
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Words 1–3 · 4 of 5
فَأَدَّىٰ بَعْضُهُمْ فِيهِal-Jandī
﴿فأدّى بعضهم فيه﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فأدّى بعضهم فيه … إلى القول بالحلول﴾
Jāmī
﴿بعضهم فيه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿بعضهم فيه﴾
Words 4–6 · 3 of 5
إِلَىٰ القَوْلِ بِالحُلُولِal-Jandī
﴿إلى القول بالحلول﴾
Jāmī
﴿إلى القول بالحلول﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلى القول بالحلول﴾
Words 7–46 · 4 of 5
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ اللهُ بِمَا أَحْيَا بِهِ مِنَ المَوْتَىٰ وَلِذَلِكَ نُسِبُوا إِلَىٰ الكُفْرِ وَهُوَ السَّتْرِ …al-Jandī
﴿وأنّه هو الله بما أحيا به الموتى ، ولذلك نسبوا إلى الكفر وهو الستر ، لأنّهم ستروا الله الذي أحيا الموتى بصورة بشرية عيسى ، فقال : "لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قالُوا إِنَّ الله هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ " فجمعوا بين الخطأ والكفر في تمام الكلام﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وأنّه هو الله بما أحي الموتى ، ولذلك نسبوا إلى الكفر - وهو الستر - لأنّهم ستروا الله الذي أحيا الموتى بصورة بشريّة عيسى … لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قالُوا إِنَّ الله هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ﴾
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Jāmī
﴿هو اللّه سبحانه بما أحيا به من الموتى﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿هو اللّه بما﴾
Words 16–26 · 2 of 5
نُسِبُوا إِلَىٰ الكُفْرِ وَهُوَ السَّتْرِ لِأَنَّهُمْ سَتَرُوا اللهَ الَّذِي أَحْيَا المَوْتَىٰJāmī
﴿نسبوا إلى الكفر﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿نسبوا إلى الكفر وهو الستر لأنهم ستروا اللّه الذي أحيا الموتى﴾
Jāmī
﴿ستروا اللّه الذي أحيا الموتى﴾
Words 30–48 · 2 of 5
فَقَالَ تَعَالَىٰ لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ فَجَمَعُوا بَيْنَ …Jāmī
﴿فقال :لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَفجمعوا بين الخطأ والكفر في تمام الكلام كله﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فقال تعالى :لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ *فجمعوا بين الخطأ﴾
Words 32–57 · 2 of 5
لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ فَجَمَعُوا بَيْنَ الخَطَإِ وَالكُفْرِ …al-Qāshānī
﴿" لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قالُوا إِنَّ الله هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ " - فجمعوا بين الخطأ والكفر في تمام الكلام كله لا بقولهم هو الله ولا بقولهم ابن مريم﴾
﴿لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قالُوا إِنَّ الله هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قالُوا إِنَّ الله هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ﴾
Bālī Zāde's gloss, printed inside al-Qāshānī's commentary in the ibnalarabi.com text (line 8171); moved here
Words 36–41 · 4 of 5
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَal-Qāshānī
﴿إِنَّ الله هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ﴾
al-Jandī
﴿إِنَّ الله هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ﴾
﴿إِنَّ الله هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ﴾
﴿ولا بقولهم : المسيح ابن مريم﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿إِنَّ الله هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ﴾
﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ﴾
Words 42–50 · 1 of 5
فَجَمَعُوا بَيْنَ الخَطَإِ وَالكُفْرِ فِي تَمَامِ الكَلَامِ كُلِّهِ لِأَنَّهُOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿فجمعوا بين الخطأ والكفر في تمام الكلام كلَّه ، لأنّه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿في تمام الكلام كله﴾
Words 51–54 · 3 of 5
لَا بِقَوْلِهِمْ هُوَ اللهُal-Jandī
﴿لا بقولهم هو الله﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿لا بقولهم : « هو الله »﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لا بقولهم هو اللّه﴾
Jāmī
﴿هو اللّه﴾
Words 55–58 · 3 of 5
وَلَا بِقَوْلِهِمْ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَIbn Turka
﴿ولا بقولهم : " ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ "﴾
Jāmī
﴿بقولهم ابن مريم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ولا بقولهم ابن مريم﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ﴾
Jāmī
﴿من حيث … أحيا الموتى إلى الصورة الناسوتية البشرية﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿أحيا الموتى … إلى الصورة الناسوتية البشرية﴾
Words 71–78 · 1 of 5
بِقَوْلِهِمْ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ بِلَا شَكٍّOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿بقولهم ابن مريم وهو ابن مريم بلا شك﴾
Words 74–78 · 2 of 5
وَهُوَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ بِلَا شَكٍّIbn Turka
﴿وهو ابن مريم بلا شكّ﴾
Jāmī
﴿ابن مريم بلا شك﴾
Sources: where each commentator's text comes from
- ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Qāshānī (d. 730/1330), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
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- Muʾayyad al-Dīn al-Jandī (d. c. 691/1291), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
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- ʿAfīf al-Dīn al-Tilimsānī (d. 690/1291), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
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- Ṣāʾin al-Dīn Ibn Turka (d. 835/1432), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
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- Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898/1492), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
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- Muṣṭafā b. Sulaymān Bālī Zāde (d. 1073/1663), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
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- Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī (d. 673/1274), al-Fukūk fī asrār mustanadāt ḥikam al-Fuṣūṣ
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