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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
¶ 15 · 85 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
وَأَمَّا الإِحْيَاءُ المَعْنَوِيُّ بِالعِلْمِ فَتِلْكَ الحَيَاةُ الإِلَهِيَّةُ الدَّائِمَةُ العَلِيَّةُ النُّورِيَّةُ الَّتِي قَالَ اللهُ فِيهَا أَوَمَن كَانَ مَيْتًا فَأَحْيَيْنَـٰهُ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ نُورًا يَمْشِى بِهِۦ فِى ٱلنَّاسِ فَكُلُّ مَنْ أَحْيَا نَفْسًا مَيْتَةً بِحَيَاةٍ عِلْمِيَّةٍ فِي مَسْأَلَةٍ خَاصَّةٍ مُتَعَلِّقَةٍ بِالعِلْمِ بِاللهِ فَقَدْ أَحْيَاهُ بِهَا وَكَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَمْشِي بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ أَيْ بَيْنَ أَشْكَالِهِ فِي الصُّورَةِ فَلَوْلَاهُ وَلَوْلَانَا لَمَا كَانَ الَّذِي كَانَا فَإِنَّا أَعْبُدٌ حَقًّا وَإِنَّ اللهَ مَوْلَانَا وَإِنَّا عَيْنُهُ فَاعْلَمْ إِذَا مَا قُلْتَ إِنْسَانًا فَلَا تُحْجَبْ بِإِنْسَانٍ فَقَدْ أَعْطَاكَ بُرْهَانًا فَكُنْ حَقًّا وَكُنْ خَلْقًا تَكُنْ بِاللَّهِ رَحْمَانًا
As for the spiritual giving of life (iḥyāʾ) through knowledge, that is the divine, everlasting, exalted, luminous life of which God said: "Is he who was dead, and We gave him life and appointed for him a light by which he walks among the people…" [Q 6:122]. So everyone who gives life to a dead soul through a life of knowledge concerning a particular question connected with knowledge of God has given him life by it, and it has become for him a light by which he walks among the people, that is, among those who resemble him in form. Were it not for Him, and were it not for us, that which came to be would not have come to be. For we are servants in truth, and God is our Master; and we are His very self (ʿayn), so know [this] whenever you say "a human being." So do not be veiled by a human being, for He has given you a proof. So be the Real and be creation, and you will be, through God, all-merciful (raḥmān).
On the whole passage · 2 of 5
al-Qāshānī
﴿وأما الإحياء المعنوي بالعلم فتلك الحياة الإلهية الذاتية الدائمة العلية النورية التي قال الله فيها – " أَومن كانَ مَيْتاً فَأَحْيَيْناه وجَعَلْنا لَه نُوراً يَمْشِي به في النَّاسِ " - فكل من أحيا نفسا ميتة بحياة علمية في مسألة خاصة متعلقة بالعلم باللَّه فقد أحياه بها ، وكانت له نورا يمشى به في الناس ، أي بين أشكاله في الصورة﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿وأما الإحياء المعنوي بالعلم فتلك الحياة الإلهية الذاتية الدائمة العلية النورية التي قال الله فيها – " أَومن كانَ مَيْتاً فَأَحْيَيْناه وجَعَلْنا لَه نُوراً يَمْشِي به في النَّاسِ " - فكل من أحيا نفسا ميتة بحياة علمية في مسألة خاصة متعلقة بالعلم باللَّه فقد أحياه بها ، وكانت له نورا يمشى به في الناس ، أي بين أشكاله في الصورة﴾
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Words 1–14 · 3 of 5
وَأَمَّا الإِحْيَاءُ المَعْنَوِيُّ بِالعِلْمِ فَتِلْكَ الحَيَاةُ الإِلَهِيَّةُ الدَّائِمَةُ العَلِيَّةُ النُّورِيَّةُ الَّتِي قَالَ اللهُ فِيهَاIbn Turka
﴿وأما الإحياء المعنويّ بالعلم﴾
Jāmī
﴿وأما الإحياء المعنوي﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وأما الإحياء المعنوي بالعلم فتلك الحياة الإلهية الذاتية العلمية النورية التي قال تعالى فيها﴾
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Words 4–32 · 2 of 5
بِالعِلْمِ فَتِلْكَ الحَيَاةُ الإِلَهِيَّةُ الدَّائِمَةُ العَلِيَّةُ النُّورِيَّةُ الَّتِي قَالَ اللهُ فِيهَا أَوَمَن كَانَ مَيْتًا …Ibn Turka
﴿فتلك الحياة الإلهيّة الذاتيّة العليّة النوريّة التي قال الله فيها : " أَوَمن كانَ مَيْتاً فَأَحْيَيْناه ُ وَجَعَلْنا لَه ُ نُوراً يَمْشِي به في النَّاسِ " … فكلّ من أحيا نفسا ميتة بحياة علميّة في مسألة خاصّة متعلَّقة بالعلم باللَّه ، فقد أحياه بها ، وكانت له نورا يمشى به في الناس . أي بين أشكاله في الصورة﴾
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Jāmī
﴿بالعلم فتلك الحياة﴾
Words 7–17 · 1 of 5
الإِلَهِيَّةُ الدَّائِمَةُ العَلِيَّةُ النُّورِيَّةُ الَّتِي قَالَ اللهُ فِيهَا أَوَمَن كَانَ مَيْتًاOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿الإلهية الدائمة العلية النورية التي قال اللّه فيهاأَ وَمَنْ كانَ مَيْتاً﴾
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al-Qāshānī
﴿أَومن كانَ مَيْتاً فَأَحْيَيْناه﴾
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Words 19–26 · 2 of 5
وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ نُورًا يَمْشِى بِهِۦ فِى ٱلنَّاسِ فَكُلُّJāmī
﴿"وَجَعَلْنا لَهُ نُوراً" … "يَمْشِي بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ"، فكل من أحيا نفسا ميتة … بحياة علمية في مسألة خاصة متعلقة بالعلم باللّه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وجعلنا له نورا … يمشي به … في الناس﴾
Words 26–42 · 1 of 5
فَكُلُّ مَنْ أَحْيَا نَفْسًا مَيْتَةً بِحَيَاةٍ عِلْمِيَّةٍ فِي مَسْأَلَةٍ خَاصَّةٍ مُتَعَلِّقَةٍ بِالعِلْمِ بِاللهِ فَقَدْ …Only Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿فكل من يحيي نفسا ميتة بحياة علمية في مسألة خاصة متعلقة بالعلم باللّه فقد أحياه بها وكانت﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فقد أحياه بها وكانت … لَهُ نُوراً﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿له نورا يمشي به في الناس أي بين أشكاله … في الصورة﴾
Jāmī
﴿به في الناس أي بين أشكاله﴾
Jāmī
﴿في الصورة﴾
Words 54–97 · 5 of 5
فَلَوْلَاهُ وَلَوْلَانَا لَمَا كَانَ الَّذِي كَانَا فَإِنَّا أَعْبُدٌ حَقًّا وَإِنَّ اللهَ مَوْلَانَا وَإِنَّا عَيْنُهُ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فلولاه ولولان %~% لما كان الذي كانا﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿فلولاه ولولان %~% لما كان الذي كانا﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فلولاه ولولان %~% لما كان الذي كانا﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فلولاه ولولانا %~% لما كان الذي كان فإنا أعبد حق %~% وإن الله مولان وإنا عينه فاعلم %~% إذا ما قلت إنسان فلا تحجب بإنسان %~% فقد أعطاك برهان فكن حقا وكن خلقا %~% تكن بالله رحمان وغذ خلقه منه %~% تكن روحا وريحان فأعطيناه ما يبدو %~% به فينا وأعطانا﴾
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﴿فلولاه ولولانا %~% لما كان الذي كانا﴾
﴿ولولانا لما كان الذي كانا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فلولاه ولولان %~% لما كان الذي كانا﴾
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﴿فلولاه ولولانا %~% لما كان الذي كان … فلولاه ولولانا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لما كان الذي كانا﴾
Words 60–66 · 5 of 5
فَإِنَّا أَعْبُدٌ حَقًّا وَإِنَّ اللهَ مَوْلَانَا وَإِنَّاal-Qāshānī
﴿فأنا أعبد حق %~% وإن الله مولانا … وأنا عينه فاعلم %~% إذ ما قلت إنسانا﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿فإنّا أعبد حقّ %~% وإنّ الله مولانا … وإنّا عينه فاعلم %~% إذا ما قلت إنسانا﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وإنا أعبد حق %~% وإنّ الله مولانا﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فإنا أعبد حق %~% وإن الله مولانا﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فأنا أعبد حق %~% وأن اللّه مولانا﴾
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Words 62–65 · 2 of 5
حَقًّا وَإِنَّ اللهَ مَوْلَانَاIbn Turka
﴿وإنّ الله مولانا﴾
Jāmī
﴿حقا . . وإن اللّه مولانا﴾
Words 66–72 · 3 of 5
وَإِنَّا عَيْنُهُ فَاعْلَمْ إِذَا مَا قُلْتَ إِنْسَانًاIbn Turka
﴿وإنّا عينه فاعلم %~% إذا ما قلت إنسانا … وإنّا عينه﴾
Jāmī
﴿وإنا عينه فاعلم %~% إذا ما قلت إنسانا … وإنا عينه فاعلم . . إذا ما قلت﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وأنا عينه فاعلم %~% إذا ما قلت إنسانا﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿إذا ما قلت إنسانا﴾
Words 73–78 · 5 of 5
فَلَا تُحْجَبْ بِإِنْسَانٍ فَقَدْ أَعْطَاكَ بُرْهَانًاal-Qāshānī
﴿فلا تحتجب بإنسان %~% فقد أعطاك برهانا﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿فلا تحجب بإنسان %~% وقد أعطاك برهانا﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فلا تحجب بإنسان %~% فقد أعطاك برهانا … فلا تحجب بإنسان … فقد أعطاك﴾
Jāmī
﴿فلا تحجب بإنسان %~% فقد أعطاك برهانا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فلا تحتجب بإنسان %~% فقد أعطاك برهانا﴾
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﴿فلا تحجب بإنسان %~% فقد أعطاك برهان … فلا تحجب﴾
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Words 79–85 · 5 of 5
فَكُنْ حَقًّا وَكُنْ خَلْقًا تَكُنْ بِاللَّهِ رَحْمَانًاal-Qāshānī
﴿فكن حقا وكن خلق %~% تكن باللَّه رحمانا﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿فكن حقا وكن خلق %~% تكن بالله رحمانا﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فكن حقا وكن خلقا %~% تكن بالله رحمانا … فكن حقّا وكن خلقا﴾
Jāmī
﴿فكن حقا وكن خلقا %~% تكن بالله رحمانا … فكن حقا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فكن حقا وكن خلق %~% تكن باللَّه رحمانا﴾
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﴿فكن حقا وكن خلق %~% تكن باللَّه رحمانا﴾
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﴿فكن حقا وكن خلقا %~% تكن بالله رحمان … فكن حقا﴾
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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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Missing here: Dāwūd al-Qayṣarī: no text for chapters 15–27. The OpenITI barzakh file (and the ibnalarabi.com pages it was copied from) repeats chapter 14 in their place; a usable copy of the print has not yet been found.
The ibnalarabi.com texts sometimes print other hands inside a commentary: Bālī Zāde's glosses inside al-Qāshānī («إضافة بالي زادة»), and notes by the modern editor (al-muḥaqqiq) or compiler (al-jāmiʿ). We cut these out of the commentator's own text and show them as separate entries, each labelled with its author and the line of the file it came from.
Arabic of the commentaries from the OpenITI digital texts (each comment links to its line); Bosnevî's Ottoman Turkish from our collation of two OCRs of the 1873 Istanbul print (each comment links to its page scan at HathiTrust); passages matched to the commentators' quotations automatically.English translations of the commentaries and of the passage are AI (Claude) and marked. Differences are computed by comparing the words each commentator quotes with our working text; they may reflect a different manuscript reading, a paraphrase, or an alignment error. About this text.