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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
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أَلَا تَرَىٰ الذَّاتَ الخَارِجَةَ عَنْ هَذَا الحُكْمِ كَيْفَ جَاءَ فِيهَا الغِنَىٰ عَنْ العَٰلَمِينَ فَلِهَٰذَا خَرَجَ العَالَمُ عَلَىٰ صُوْرَةِ مَنْ أَوْجَدَهُمْ وَلَيْسَ إِلَّا النَّفَسُ الإِلَهِيُّ فَبِمَا فِيهِ مِنَ الحَرَارَةِ عَلَا وَبِمَا فِيهِ مِنَ البُرُودَةِ وَالرُّطُوبَةِ سَفُلَ وَبِمَا فِيهِ مِنَ اليُبُوسَةِ ثَبَتَ وَلَمْ يَتَزَلْزَلْ فَالرُّسُوبُ لِلْبُرُودَةِ وَالرُّطُوبَةِ أَلَا تَرَىٰ الطَّبِيبَ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَقَىٰ دَوَاءً لِأَحَدٍ يَنْظُرُ فِي قَارُورَةِ مَائِهِ فَإِذَا رَآهُ رَسَبَ عَلِمَ أَنَّ النَّضْجَ قَدْ كَمُلَ فَيَسْقِيهِ الدَّوَاءَ لِيُسْرِعَ فِي النُّجْحِ وَإِنَّمَا يَرْسُبُ لِرُطُوبَتِهِ وَبُرُودَتِهِ الطَّبِيعِيَّةِ
Do you not see how, concerning the Essence, which stands outside this ruling property, [the scripture] has come with [the statement of its] independence from the worlds [cf. Q 3:97; 29:6]? For this reason the cosmos came forth upon the form of the One who brought them into existence, and that is nothing but the divine Breath. Through the heat that is in it, it rose upward; through the coldness and moisture that are in it, it descended; and through the dryness that is in it, it stood firm and was not shaken. So settling (sedimentation) belongs to coldness and moisture. Do you not see the physician: when he wishes to give someone a medicine to drink, he looks into the flask of his urine (literally: his water). When he sees that it has settled, he knows that the ripening [of the humours] has been completed, so he gives him the medicine to drink, so that it may hasten toward a successful [cure]. And it settles only because of its natural moisture and coldness.
On the whole passage · 2 of 5
al-Jandī
﴿وبما فيه من اليبوسة ثبت ولم يتزلزل ، فالرسوب للبرودة والرطوبة ، ألا ترى الطبيب إذا أراد سقي دواء لأحد ، ينظر في قارورة مائه ، فإذا رآه رسب ، علم أنّ النضج قد حصل ، فيسقيه الدواء ليسرع في النجح ، وإنّما رسب لرطوبيته وبرودته الطبيعية ، ثمّ إنّ هذا الشخص الإنساني عجن طينته بيديه وهما متقابلتان وإن كانت كلتا يديه يمينا ، فلا خفاء بما بينهما من الفرقان ، ولو لم يكن إلَّا كونهما اثنتين أعني اليدين ، لأنّه لا يؤثّر في الطبيعة إلَّا ما يناسبها ، وهي متقابلة فجاء باليدين﴾
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Jāmī
﴿ألا ترى الذات الخارجة عن هذا الحكم كيف جاء فيها الغنى عن العالمين؟. فلهذا أخرج العالم على صورة من أوجدهم، وليس إلا النفس الإلهي. فبما فيه من الحرارة علا، وبما فيه من البرودة والرطوبة سفل، وبما فيه من اليبوسة ثبت ولم يتزلزل. فالرسوب للبرودة والرطوبة. ألا ترى الطبيب إذا أراد سقي دواء لأحد ينظر في قارورة مائه، فإذا رآه راسا علم أن النضج قد كمل فيسقيه الدواء ليسرع في النجح. ثم إن هذا الشخص الإنساني عجن طينته بيديه وهما متقابلتان و إن كانت كلتا يديه يمينا فلا خفاء بما بينهما من الفرقان، و لو لم يكن إلا كونهما اثنين أعني يدين﴾
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Words 1–4 · 2 of 5
أَلَا تَرَىٰ الذَّاتَ الخَارِجَةَJāmī
﴿ألا ترى الذات … الخارجة عن هذا الحكم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ألا ترى الذات﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿الخارجة عن هذا الحكم﴾
Words 8–13 · 2 of 5
كَيْفَ جَاءَ فِيهَا الغِنَىٰ عَنْ العَٰلَمِينَJāmī
﴿كيف جاء فيها الفناء عن العالمين﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿كيف جاء فيها الغني عن العالمين﴾
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Words 15–20 · 3 of 5
خَرَجَ العَالَمُ عَلَىٰ صُوْرَةِ مَنْ أَوْجَدَهُمْIbn Turka
﴿خرج العالم على صورة من أوجدهم﴾
Jāmī
﴿خرج العالم على صورة من أوجدهم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿خرج العالم على صورة من أوجدهم﴾
Words 22–24 · 4 of 5
إِلَّا النَّفَسُ الإِلَهِيُّal-Qāshānī
﴿إلا النفس الإلهي﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿إلا النفس الإلهي﴾
Jāmī
﴿إلا النفس الإلهي﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿النفس الإلهي﴾
Words 25–42 · 4 of 5
فَبِمَا فِيهِ مِنَ الحَرَارَةِ عَلَا وَبِمَا فِيهِ مِنَ البُرُودَةِ وَالرُّطُوبَةِ سَفُلَ وَبِمَا فِيهِ مِنَ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فيما فيه من الحرارة علا﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿فبما فيه من الحرارة علا في الصور الأسمائية الربانية ، وبما فيه من البرودة سفل﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فبما فيه من الحرارة علا ، وبما فيه من الرطوبة سفل ، وبما فيه من اليبوسة ثبت ولم يتزلزل ، فالرسوب﴾
Jāmī
﴿فبما فيه﴾
Words 29–43 · 2 of 5
عَلَا وَبِمَا فِيهِ مِنَ البُرُودَةِ وَالرُّطُوبَةِ سَفُلَ وَبِمَا فِيهِ مِنَ اليُبُوسَةِ ثَبَتَ وَلَمْ يَتَزَلْزَلْ …al-Qāshānī
﴿وبما فيه من الرطوبة والبرودة سفل﴾
Jāmī
﴿علا وبما فيه من البرودة والرطوبة سفل وبما فيه من اليبوسة ثبت ولم يتزلزل فالرسوب﴾
Words 36–75 · 2 of 5
وَبِمَا فِيهِ مِنَ اليُبُوسَةِ ثَبَتَ وَلَمْ يَتَزَلْزَلْ فَالرُّسُوبُ لِلْبُرُودَةِ وَالرُّطُوبَةِ أَلَا تَرَىٰ الطَّبِيبَ إِذَا …al-Qāshānī
﴿وبما فيه من اليبوسة ثبت ولم يتزلزل فالرسوب للبرودة والرطوبة ألا ترى الطبيب إذا أراد سقى دواء لأحد ينظر في قارورة مائه ، فإذا رآه رسب علم أن النضج قد كمل فيسقيه الدواء ليسرع في النجح ، وإنما يرسب لرطوبته وبرودته الطبيعية﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وبما فيه من اليبوسة ثبت ولم يتزلزل فالرسوب للبرودة والرطوبة ألا ترى الطبيب إذا أراد سقى دواء لأحد ينظر في قارورة مائه ، فإذا رآه رسب علم أن النضج قد كمل فيسقيه الدواء ليسرع في النجح ، وإنما يرسب لرطوبته وبرودته الطبيعية﴾
Bālī Zāde's gloss, printed inside al-Qāshānī's commentary in the ibnalarabi.com text (line 8489); moved here
﴿وبما فيه من اليبوسة ثبت ولم يتزلزل فالرسوب للبرودة والرطوبة ألا ترى الطبيب إذا أراد سقى دواء لأحد ينظر في قارورة مائه ، فإذا رآه رسب علم أن النضج قد كمل فيسقيه الدواء ليسرع في النجح ، وإنما يرسب لرطوبته وبرودته الطبيعية﴾
Bālī Zāde's gloss, printed inside al-Qāshānī's commentary in the ibnalarabi.com text (line 8493); moved here
﴿وبما فيه من اليبوسة ثبت ولم يتزلزل﴾
Words 44–59 · 3 of 5
لِلْبُرُودَةِ وَالرُّطُوبَةِ أَلَا تَرَىٰ الطَّبِيبَ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَقَىٰ دَوَاءً لِأَحَدٍ يَنْظُرُ فِي قَارُورَةِ مَائِهِ …Ibn Turka
﴿للبرودة والرطوبة﴾
Jāmī
﴿للبرودة والرطوبة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿والرطوبة ألا ترى الطبيب إذا أراد سقى دواء لأحد ينظر في قارورة مائه فإذا رآه﴾
Words 46–63 · 2 of 5
أَلَا تَرَىٰ الطَّبِيبَ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَقَىٰ دَوَاءً لِأَحَدٍ يَنْظُرُ فِي قَارُورَةِ مَائِهِ فَإِذَا رَآهُ …Ibn Turka
﴿ألا ترى الطبيب إذا أراد سقى دواء لأحد ينظر في قارورة مائه ، فإذا رآه رسب علم أنّ النضج﴾
Jāmī
﴿ألا ترى الطبيب إذا أراد سقي دواء لأحد ينظر في قارورة مائه فإذا رآه رسب علم أن النضج﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿أن النضج﴾
Words 64–70 · 2 of 5
قَدْ كَمُلَ فَيَسْقِيهِ الدَّوَاءَ لِيُسْرِعَ فِي النُّجْحِIbn Turka
﴿قد كمل ، فيسقيه الدواء ليسرع في النجح﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿قد كمل فيسقيه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿الدواء ليسرع﴾
Words 71–75 · 3 of 5
وَإِنَّمَا يَرْسُبُ لِرُطُوبَتِهِ وَبُرُودَتِهِ الطَّبِيعِيَّةِIbn Turka
﴿وإنّما يرسب لرطوبته وبرودته الطبيعيّة﴾
Jāmī
﴿وإنما يرسب﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وإنما يرسب لرطوبته وبرودته الطبيعة﴾
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Jāmī
﴿لرطوبته وبرودته الطبيعية﴾
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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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