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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
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فَهُوَ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ وَهُوَ رُوحُ اللهِ وَهُوَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ فِي الصُّورَةِ الحِسِّيَّةِ لِغَيْرِهِ بَلْ كُلُّ شَخْصٍ مَنْسُوبٌ إِلَىٰ أَبِيهِ الصُّورِيِّ لَا إِلَىٰ النَّافِخِ رُوحَهُ فِي الصُّورَةِ البَشَرِيَّةِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ إِذَا سَوَّىٰ الجِسْمُ الإِنْسَانِيَّ كَمَا قَالَ فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ نَفَخَ فِيهِ هُوَ تَعَالَىٰ مِنْ رُوحِهِ فَنَسَبَ الرُّوحَ فِي كَوْنِهِ وَعَيْنِهِ إِلَيْهِ تَعَالَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ فَإِنَّهُ انْدَرَجَتْ تَسْوِيَةُ جِسْمِهِ وَصُورَتِهِ البَشَرِيَّةِ بِالنَّفْخِ الرُّوحِيِّ وَغَيْرُهُ كَمَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِثْلَهُ فَالمَوْجُودَاتُ كُلُّهَا كَلِمَاتُ اللهِ الَّتِي لَا تَنْفَدُ فَإِنَّهَا عَنْ كُنْ وَكُنْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ
So he is the Word of God, and he is the Spirit of God, and he is the servant of God. That does not belong to anyone other than him in the sensory form. Rather, every person is ascribed to his formal father, not to the one who breathes his spirit into the human form. For when God has proportioned the human body, as He said, "And when I have proportioned him" [Qurʾān 15:29], He Himself, exalted is He, breathes into it of His spirit, and so He ascribes the spirit, in its engendered being and its very self, to Himself, exalted is He. But Jesus is not like that. The proportioning of his body and of his human form was included within the spiritual blowing, whereas others, as we have mentioned, were not like him. So the existents, all of them, are the words of God that are never exhausted, for they come from "Be!", and "Be!" is the word of God.
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al-Qāshānī
﴿بل كل شخص منسوب إلى أبيه الصوري لا إلى النافخ روحه في الصورة البشرية ، فإن الله إذا سوى الجسم الإنسانى كما قال – " فَإِذا سَوَّيْتُه " - نفخ فيه هو تعالى من روحه فنسب الروح في كونه وعينه إليه تعالى ، وعيسى ليس كذلك فإنه أدرجت تسوية جسمه وصورته البشرية بالنفخ الروحي وغيره كما ذكرنا لم يكن مثله﴾
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﴿فالموجودات كلها كلمات الله التي لا تنفد فإنها عن كن ، وكن كلمة الله فهل تنسب الكلمة إليه بحسب ما هو عليه فلا يعلم ماهيتها ، أو ينزل هو تعالى إلى صورة من يقول كن فيكون قول كن حقيقة لتلك الصورة التي نزل إليها وظهر فيها فبعض العارفين يذهب إلى الطرف الواحد ، وبعضهم إلى الطرف الآخر ، وبعضهم يحار في الأمر ولا يدرى﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿فالموجودات كلَّها كلمات الله التي لا تنفد ، فإنّها عين « كن » و « كن » كلمة الله ، فهل تنسب الكلمة إليه بحسب ما هو عليه ، فلا تعلم ماهيتها ، أو ينزل هو - تعالى - إلى صورة من يقول له : « كن » فيكون قول : « كن » حقيقة لتلك الصورة التي نزل إليها وظهر فيها ؟ فبعض العارفين يذهب إلى الطرف الواحد ، وبعضهم إلى الطرف الآخر ، وبعضهم يحار في الأمر ، ولا يدري﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فإن الله إذا سوى الجسم الإنساني كما قال تعالى «فإذا سويته» نفخ فيه هو تعالى من روحه فنسب الروح في كونه وعينه إليه تعالى. وعيسى ليس كذلك، فإنه اندرجت تسوية جسمه وصورته البشرية بالنفخ الروحي، وغيره كما ذكرناه لم يكن مثله. فالموجودات كلها كلمات الله التي لا تنفد، فإنها عن «كن» وكن كلمة الله. فهل تنسب الكلمة إليه بحسب ما هو عليه فلا تعلم ماهيتها، أو ينزل هو تعالى﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فالموجودات كلها كلمات الله التي لا تنفد فإنها عن كن ، وكن كلمة الله فهل تنسب الكلمة إليه بحسب ما هو عليه فلا يعلم ماهيتها ، أو ينزل هو تعالى إلى صورة من يقول كن فيكون قول كن حقيقة لتلك الصورة التي نزل إليها وظهر فيها فبعض العارفين يذهب إلى الطرف الواحد ، وبعضهم إلى الطرف الآخر ، وبعضهم يحار في الأمر ولا يدرى﴾
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Bālī Zāde's gloss, printed inside al-Qāshānī's commentary in the ibnalarabi.com text (line 8269); moved here
Words 4–6 · 3 of 5
وَهُوَ رُوحُ اللهِIbn Turka
﴿وهو روح الله﴾
Jāmī
﴿وهو روح اللّه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وهو روح اللّه﴾
Words 7–9 · 3 of 5
وَهُوَ عَبْدُ اللهِIbn Turka
﴿وهو عبد الله﴾
Jāmī
﴿وهو عبد اللّه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وهو عبد اللّه﴾
Words 10–23 · 3 of 5
وَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ فِي الصُّورَةِ الحِسِّيَّةِ لِغَيْرِهِ بَلْ كُلُّ شَخْصٍ مَنْسُوبٌ إِلَىٰ أَبِيهِ الصُّورِيِّ لَاIbn Turka
﴿وليس ذلك … في الصورة الحسيّة لغيره … بل كلّ شخص منسوب إلى أبيه الصوري ، لا إلى النافخ روحه في الصورة البشريّة﴾
Jāmī
﴿وليس ذلك﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وليس ذلك﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿في الصورة الحسية﴾
Words 16–26 · 2 of 5
بَلْ كُلُّ شَخْصٍ مَنْسُوبٌ إِلَىٰ أَبِيهِ الصُّورِيِّ لَا إِلَىٰ النَّافِخِ رُوحَهُJāmī
﴿بل كل شخص منسوب إلى أبيه الصوري لا إلى النافخ روحه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿بل كل شخص﴾
Words 19–29 · 1 of 5
مَنْسُوبٌ إِلَىٰ أَبِيهِ الصُّورِيِّ لَا إِلَىٰ النَّافِخِ رُوحَهُ فِي الصُّورَةِ البَشَرِيَّةِOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿منسوب إلى أبيه الصوري لا إلى النافخ روحه في الصورة البشرية﴾
Jāmī
﴿في الصورة البشرية﴾
Words 29–49 · 3 of 5
البَشَرِيَّةِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ إِذَا سَوَّىٰ الجِسْمُ الإِنْسَانِيَّ كَمَا قَالَ فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ نَفَخَ فِيهِ هُوَ …Ibn Turka
﴿فإن الله إذا سوّى الجسم الإنسانيّ - كما قال : " فَإِذا سَوَّيْتُه ُ " نفخ فيه هو تعالى من روحه ، فنسب الروح في كونه﴾
Jāmī
﴿فإن اللّه إذا سوى الجسم الإنساني كما قال الشيخ رضي الله عنه : "فَإِذا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ" هو … تعالى من روحه﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فإن اللّه تعالى إذا سوى الجسم الإنساني كما قالفَإِذا سَوَّيْتُهُ *﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿نفخ فيه هو تعالى من روحه﴾
Words 46–49 · 2 of 5
فَنَسَبَ الرُّوحَ فِي كَوْنِهِJāmī
﴿فنسب الروح في كونه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فنسب الروح في كونه﴾
Words 51–63 · 3 of 5
إِلَيْهِ تَعَالَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ فَإِنَّهُ انْدَرَجَتْ تَسْوِيَةُ جِسْمِهِ وَصُورَتِهِ البَشَرِيَّةِ بِالنَّفْخِ الرُّوحِيِّIbn Turka
﴿إليه تعالى ، وعيسى ليس كذلك﴾
Jāmī
﴿إليه تعالى﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وعيسى عليه السلام ليس كذلك فإنه اندرجت تسوية جسمه وصورته البشرية بالنفخ الروحي﴾
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﴿إليه تعالى﴾
Jāmī
﴿وعيسى ليس كذلك﴾
Words 56–63 · 2 of 5
فَإِنَّهُ انْدَرَجَتْ تَسْوِيَةُ جِسْمِهِ وَصُورَتِهِ البَشَرِيَّةِ بِالنَّفْخِ الرُّوحِيِّIbn Turka
﴿فإنّه اندرجت تسوية جسمه وصورته البشريّة بالنفخ الروحي﴾
Jāmī
﴿فإنه اندرجت تسوية جسمه وصورته البشرية بالنفخ الروحي﴾
Words 64–69 · 3 of 5
وَغَيْرُهُ كَمَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِثْلَهُIbn Turka
﴿وغيره - كما ذكرناه - لم يكن مثله﴾
Jāmī
﴿كما ذكرناه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وغيره كما ذكرناه لم يكن مثله﴾
Jāmī
﴿لم يكن مثله﴾
Words 70–79 · 3 of 5
فَالمَوْجُودَاتُ كُلُّهَا كَلِمَاتُ اللهِ الَّتِي لَا تَنْفَدُ فَإِنَّهَا عَنْ كُنْIbn Turka
﴿فالموجودات كلها كلمات الله التي لا تنفد ، فإنّها عن : « كن »﴾
Jāmī
﴿فالموجودات كلها﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فالموجودات كلها كلمات اللّه التي لا تنفد فإنها﴾
Jāmī
﴿كلمات اللّه التي لا تنفذ﴾
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Words 78–85 · 3 of 5
عَنْ كُنْ وَكُنْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِIbn Turka
﴿و " كُنْ " كلمة الله ، فهل تنسب الكلمة﴾
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Jāmī
﴿كن وكن كلمة اللّه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿عن كن وكن كلمة اللّه﴾
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- 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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