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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
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وَلِهَذَا قَبَضَ السَّامِرِيُّ قَبْضَةً مِنْ أَثَرِ الرَّسُولِ الَّذِي هُوَ جِبْرَئِيلُ وَهُوَ الرُّوحُ وَكَانَ السَّامِرِيُّ عَالِمًا بِهَذَا الأَمْرِ فَلَمَّا عَرَفَ أَنَّهُ جِبْرَئِيلُ عَرَفَ أَنَّ الحَيَاةَ قَدْ سَرَتْ فِيمَا وَطِئَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَبَضَ قَبْضَةً مِنْ أَثَرِ الرَّسُولِ بِالصَّادِ أَوْ بِالضَّادِ أَيْ عَلَىٰ يَدِهِ أَوْ بِأَطْرَافِ أَصَابِعِهِ فَنَبَذَهَا فِي العِجْلِ فَخَارَ العِجْلُ إِذْ صَوْتُ البَقَرِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ خُوَارٌ وَلَوْ أَقَامَهُ صُورَةً أُخْرَىٰ لَنُسِبَ إِلَيْهِ اسْمُ الصَّوْتِ الَّذِي لِتِلْكَ الصُّورَةِ كَالرُّغَاءِ لِلإِبِلِ وَالثُّوْاجِ لِلْكِبَاشِ وَاليُعَارِ لِلشِّيَاهِ وَالصَّوْتِ لِلإِنْسَانِ أَوِ النُّطْقِ أَوِ الكَلَامِ
And for this reason al-Sāmirī took a handful from the track of the messenger, who is Gabriel, and he is the spirit [cf. Q 20:96]. Al-Sāmirī had knowledge of this matter. So when he recognized that it was Gabriel, he knew that life had pervaded whatever he had trodden upon. So he took a handful from the track of the messenger, [read] with ṣād or with ḍād, that is, with his [whole] hand or with the tips of his fingers, and he cast it into the calf, and the calf lowed. For the sound of cattle is nothing but lowing (khuwār). Had he set it up in another form, the name of the sound belonging to that form would have been ascribed to it: such as rughāʾ [grumbling] for camels, thuwāj [bleating] for rams, yuʿār [bleating] for sheep, and voice (ṣawt) for the human being, or rational utterance (nuṭq), or speech (kalām).
Words 1–12 · 3 of 3
وَلِهَذَا قَبَضَ السَّامِرِيُّ قَبْضَةً مِنْ أَثَرِ الرَّسُولِ الَّذِي هُوَ جِبْرَئِيلُ وَهُوَ الرُّوحُIbn Turka
﴿ولهذا قبض السامريّ قبضة من أثر الرسول الذي هو جبرئيل ، وهو الروح﴾
﴿ولهذا قبض السامريّ قبضة من أثر الرسول الذي هو جبرئيل ، وهو الروح﴾
Note by the modern editor (al-muḥaqqiq) of the ibnalarabi.com text, not by Ibn Turka
﴿ولهذا قبض السامريّ قبضة من أثر الرسول الذي هو جبرئيل ، وهو الروح﴾
Note by the modern editor (al-muḥaqqiq) of the ibnalarabi.com text, not by Ibn Turka
Jāmī
﴿قبض السامري قبضة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿قبض السامري قبضة من أثر الرسول﴾
Jāmī
﴿من أثر﴾
Words 8–37 · 1 of 3
الَّذِي هُوَ جِبْرَئِيلُ وَهُوَ الرُّوحُ وَكَانَ السَّامِرِيُّ عَالِمًا بِهَذَا الأَمْرِ فَلَمَّا عَرَفَ أَنَّهُ جِبْرَئِيلُ …Only Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿الذي هو جبرائيل وهو الروح وكان السامري عالما بهذا الأمر فلما عرف أنه جبرائيل عرف أن الحياة قد سرت فيما وطئ عليه فقبض قبضة من أثر الرسول عليه السلام بالضاد﴾
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Words 13–19 · 2 of 3
وَكَانَ السَّامِرِيُّ عَالِمًا بِهَذَا الأَمْرِ فَلَمَّا عَرَفَIbn Turka
﴿وكان السامريّ﴾
Jāmī
﴿وكان السامري عالما بهذا الأمر فلما عرف﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿عالما بهذا الأمر﴾
Words 18–47 · 1 of 3
فَلَمَّا عَرَفَ أَنَّهُ جِبْرَئِيلُ عَرَفَ أَنَّ الحَيَاةَ قَدْ سَرَتْ فِيمَا وَطِئَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَبَضَ قَبْضَةً …Only Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿فلما عرف أنّه جبرئيل ، عرف أنّ الحياة قد سرت فيما وطئ عليه ، فقبض قبضة من أثر الرسول - بالضاد أو بالصاد ، أي بملء يده ، أو بأطراف أصابعه فنبذها بالعجل ،فخار العجل﴾
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Words 21–29 · 1 of 3
جِبْرَئِيلُ عَرَفَ أَنَّ الحَيَاةَ قَدْ سَرَتْ فِيمَا وَطِئَ عَلَيْهِOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿جبريل عرف أن الحياة قد سرت فيما وطئ عليه﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فقبض قبضة من أثر﴾
Jāmī
﴿وبالصاد المهملة أي على يده … أو بأطراف أصابعه﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿أو بأطراف أصابعه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿في العجل فخار العجل﴾
Jāmī
﴿فخار العجل﴾
Words 49–56 · 3 of 3
إِذْ صَوْتُ البَقَرِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ خُوَارٌ وَلَوْ أَقَامَهُIbn Turka
﴿إذ صوت البقر إنما هو خوار ، ولو﴾
Jāmī
﴿صوت البقر إنما هو خوار ولو أقامه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إذ صوت البقر إنما هو خوار … ولو إقامة﴾
Words 56–65 · 3 of 3
أَقَامَهُ صُورَةً أُخْرَىٰ لَنُسِبَ إِلَيْهِ اسْمُ الصَّوْتِ الَّذِي لِتِلْكَ الصُّورَةِIbn Turka
﴿أقامه صورة أخرى لنسب إليه اسم الصوت الذي لتلك الصورة﴾
Jāmī
﴿صورة أخرى﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿صورة أخرى﴾
Words 59–77 · 1 of 3
لَنُسِبَ إِلَيْهِ اسْمُ الصَّوْتِ الَّذِي لِتِلْكَ الصُّورَةِ كَالرُّغَاءِ لِلإِبِلِ وَالثُّوْاجِ لِلْكِبَاشِ وَاليُعَارِ لِلشِّيَاهِ وَالصَّوْتِ …Only Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿لنسب إليه اسم الصوت الذي لتلك الصورة كالرغاء للإبل والثواج للكباش والعياء للشياه والصوت للإنسان أو النطق أو الكلام﴾
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Words 61–66 · 1 of 3
اسْمُ الصَّوْتِ الَّذِي لِتِلْكَ الصُّورَةِ كَالرُّغَاءِOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿اسم الصوت الذي لتلك الصورة كالرغاء﴾
Words 66–73 · 1 of 3
كَالرُّغَاءِ لِلإِبِلِ وَالثُّوْاجِ لِلْكِبَاشِ وَاليُعَارِ لِلشِّيَاهِ وَالصَّوْتِ لِلإِنْسَانِOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿كالرغاء للإبل ، والثواج للكباش ، والثغاء للشياة ، والصوت للإنسان﴾
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Jāmī
﴿والصوت للإنسان﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿أو النطق﴾
Words 76–84 · 2 of 3
أَوِ الكَلَامِIbn Turka
﴿أو الكلام﴾
Jāmī
﴿والكلام فذلك القدر من الحياة السارية في الأشياء﴾
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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
Digital text: OpenITI barzakh, 0691MuayyadDinJanadi.SharhCalaFususHikam.IAC00080-ara1 (commit 6b19bdc)
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- ʿAfīf al-Dīn al-Tilimsānī (d. 690/1291), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
Digital text: OpenITI barzakh, 0690CafifTilimsani.SharhFususHikam.IAC00081-ara1 (commit 6b19bdc)
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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.
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