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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
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فَامْتَنَّ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بِمَا أَوْجَدَهُ فِي نَفْسِهِ فَأَوَّلُ أَثَرٍ كَانَ لِلنَّفَسِ إِنَّمَا كَانَ فِي ذَلِكَ الجَنَابِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَزَلِ الأَمْرُ يَنزِلُ بِتَنْفِيسِ العُمُومِ إِلَىٰ آخِرِ مَا وُجِدَ فَالْكُلُّ فِي عَيْنِ النَّفَسِ كَالضَّوْءِ فِي ذَاتِ الغَلسِ وَالْعِلْمُ بِالْبُرْهَانِ فِي سَلْخِ النَّهَارِ لِمَنْ نَعَسْ فَيَرَى الَّذِي قَدْ قُلْتُهُ رُؤْيَا تَدُلُّ عَلَى النَّفَسِ فَيُرِيحُهُ مِنْ كُلِّ غَمٍّ فِي تِلَاوَتِهِ عَبَسَ وَلَقَدْ تَجَلَّى لِلَّذِي قَدْ جَاءَ فِي طَلَبِ القَبَسِ فَرَآهُ نَارًا وَهُوَ نُورٌ فِي المُلُوكِ وَفِي العَسَسِ فَإِذَا فَهِمْتَ مَقَالَتِي تَعْلَمُ بِأَنَّكَ مُبْتَئِسٌ لَوْ كَانَ يَطْلُبُ غَيْرَ ذَا لَرَآهُ فِيهِ وَمَا نَكَسَ
So He conferred a favor upon Himself through what He brought into existence within Himself (fī nafsihi, as the edition vowels it; Jāmī and Bālī Zāde read nafasihi, "in His Breath", with the translators). Thus the first effect that belonged to the Breath was only in that [divine] side; then the affair did not cease descending through the relieving of all-inclusive generality until the last thing that came into existence. So the whole is within the very entity of the Breath, like light in the very essence of the predawn darkness. And knowledge through demonstration, in the stripping of the day [cf. Q 36:37], is for one who dozes, so that he sees what I have said as a dream-vision that points to the Breath; and it relieves him of every grief in his recitation of 'He frowned' [Q 80:1]. And indeed He disclosed Himself to the one who came seeking a firebrand [cf. Q 20:10; 28:29], and he saw Him as fire, while He is light among the kings and among the night-watchmen. So if you understand my words, you will know that you are in distress. Had he been seeking other than this, he would have seen Him in it, and he would not have turned back.
On the whole passage · 1 of 5
Only Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿لو كان يطلب غير ذا %~% لرآه فيه وما نكس وأما هذه الكلمة العيسوية لما قام لها الحق في مقام «حتى نعلم» ويعلم، استفهما عما نسب إليها هل هو حق أم لا مع علمه الأول بهل وقع ذلك الأمر أم لا فقال له «أ أنت قلت للناس اتخذوني وأمي إلهين من دون الله». فلا بد في الأدب من الجواب للمستفهم لأنه لما تجلى له في هذا المقام وهذه الصورة اقتضت الحكمة الجواب في التفرقة بعين الجمع،﴾
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Words 1–16 · 3 of 5
فَامْتَنَّ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بِمَا أَوْجَدَهُ فِي نَفْسِهِ فَأَوَّلُ أَثَرٍ كَانَ لِلنَّفَسِ إِنَّمَا كَانَ فِي …Ibn Turka
﴿فامتنّ على نفسه بما أوجده في نفسه ، فأوّل أثر كان للنفس إنّما كان في ذلك الجناب﴾
Jāmī
﴿على نفسه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فامتنّ على نفسه﴾
Words 4–27 · 2 of 5
بِمَا أَوْجَدَهُ فِي نَفْسِهِ فَأَوَّلُ أَثَرٍ كَانَ لِلنَّفَسِ إِنَّمَا كَانَ فِي ذَلِكَ الجَنَابِ ثُمَّ …al-Jandī
﴿بما أوجده في نفسه ، فأوّل أثر كان للنفس إنّما كان في ذلك الجناب ، ثم لم يزل الأمر ينزل بتنفيس الهموم إلى آخر ما وجد﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿بما أوجده﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿في نفسه﴾
Words 8–12 · 2 of 5
فَأَوَّلُ أَثَرٍ كَانَ لِلنَّفَسِ إِنَّمَاJāmī
﴿فأول أثر كان للنفس الرحماني﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فأول أثر كان﴾
Words 12–17 · 2 of 5
إِنَّمَا كَانَ فِي ذَلِكَ الجَنَابِ ثُمَّJāmī
﴿إنما كان في ذلك الجناب﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إنما كان في ذلك الجناب الإلهي﴾
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Words 17–27 · 3 of 5
ثُمَّ لَمْ يَزَلِ الأَمْرُ يَنزِلُ بِتَنْفِيسِ العُمُومِ إِلَىٰ آخِرِ مَا وُجِدَIbn Turka
﴿ثمّ لم يزل الأمر يتنزّل بتنفيس الغموم إلى آخر ما وجد﴾
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Jāmī
﴿ثم لم يزل الأمر ينزل بتنفيس العموم إلى آخر ما وجد﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ثم لم يزل الأمر يتنزل بتنفيس الغموم إلى آخر ما وجد … فالكل في عين النفس %~% كالضوء في ذات الغلس﴾
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Words 28–35 · 5 of 5
فَالْكُلُّ فِي عَيْنِ النَّفَسِ كَالضَّوْءِ فِي ذَاتِ الغَلسِal-Qāshānī
﴿فالكل في عين النفس %~% كالضوء في ذات الغلس﴾
al-Jandī
﴿فالكلّ في عين النفس %~% كالضوء في ذات الغلس﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿الكلّ في عين النفس %~% كالضوء في ذات الغلس﴾
Jāmī
﴿في عين النّفس … كالضوء في ذات الغلس﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿في عين النفس﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿في ذات الغلس﴾
Words 36–43 · 5 of 5
وَالْعِلْمُ بِالْبُرْهَانِ فِي سَلْخِ النَّهَارِ لِمَنْ نَعَسْ فَيَرَىal-Qāshānī
﴿والعلم بالبرهان في %~% سلخ النهار لمن نعس … فيرى الذي قد قلته %~% رؤيا تدل على النفس﴾
al-Jandī
﴿والعلم بالبرهان في %~% سلخ النهار لمن نعس … فيرى الذي قد قلته %~% رؤيا تدلّ على النفس﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿والعلم بالبرهان في %~% سلخ النهار لمن نعس … فيرى الذي قد قلته %~% رؤيا تدلّ على النفس﴾
Jāmī
﴿والعلم بالبرهان﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿والعلم بالبرهان في %~% سلخ النهار لمن نعس﴾
﴿بالبرهان في سلخ النهار … لمن نعس﴾
Jāmī
﴿في . . سلخ النهار﴾
Jāmī
﴿لمن نعس﴾
Words 43–50 · 2 of 5
فَيَرَى الَّذِي قَدْ قُلْتُهُ رُؤْيَا تَدُلُّ عَلَى النَّفَسِJāmī
Bālī Zāde
﴿فيرى الذي قد قلته %~% رؤيا تدل على النفس﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿قد قلته﴾
Words 47–54 · 2 of 5
رُؤْيَا تَدُلُّ عَلَى النَّفَسِ فَيُرِيحُهُ مِنْ كُلِّ غَمٍّJāmī
﴿رؤيا تدل على النفس﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿تدل على النفس … فيريحه من كل غم %~% في تلاوته «عبس»﴾
Words 51–57 · 3 of 5
فَيُرِيحُهُ مِنْ كُلِّ غَمٍّ فِي تِلَاوَتِهِ عَبَسَIbn Turka
﴿فيريحه من كل غمّ %~% في تلاوته عبس﴾
Jāmī
﴿من كل غم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿من كل غم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿في تلاوته﴾
Words 58–65 · 5 of 5
وَلَقَدْ تَجَلَّى لِلَّذِي قَدْ جَاءَ فِي طَلَبِ القَبَسِal-Qāshānī
﴿ولقد تجلى للذي %~% قد جاء في طلب القبس﴾
al-Jandī
﴿ولقد تجلَّى للذي %~% قد جاء في طلب القبس﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ولقد تجلَّى للذي %~% قد جاء في طلب القبس … فرآه نارا - وهو نور %~% في الملوك وفي العسس﴾
Jāmī
﴿ولقد تجلى … للذي قد جاء في طلب القبس﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ولقد تجلى للذي %~% قد جاء في طلب القبس﴾
Words 66–74 · 3 of 5
فَرَآهُ نَارًا وَهُوَ نُورٌ فِي المُلُوكِ وَفِي العَسَسِ فَإِذَاal-Qāshānī
﴿فرآه نارا وهو نور %~% في الملوك وفي العسس﴾
al-Jandī
﴿فرآه نارا وهو نور %~% في الملوك وفي العسس﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فرآه نارا وهو نور %~% في الملوك و في العسس﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وهو نور في الملوك﴾
Jāmī
﴿في الملوك﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وفي العسس﴾
Words 74–79 · 4 of 5
فَإِذَا فَهِمْتَ مَقَالَتِي تَعْلَمُ بِأَنَّكَ مُبْتَئِسٌal-Qāshānī
﴿فإذا فهمت مقالتي %~% فاعلم بأنك مبتئس﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿فإذا عرفت مقالتي %~% تعلم بأنّك مبتئس﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فإذا فهمت﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فإذا فهمت مقالتي %~% تعلم بأنك مبتئس﴾
Jāmī
﴿بأنك مبتئس﴾
Words 80–88 · 5 of 5
لَوْ كَانَ يَطْلُبُ غَيْرَ ذَا لَرَآهُ فِيهِ وَمَا نَكَسَal-Qāshānī
﴿لو كان يطلب غير ذ %~% لرآه فيه وما نكس﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿لو كان يطلب غير ذ %~% لرآه فيه وما نكس﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿لو كان يطلب غير ذ %~% لرآه فيه وما نكس﴾
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Jāmī
﴿لو كان يطلب غير ذا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لو كان يطلب غير ذا %~% لرآه فيه وما نكس … لو كان﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿يطلب غير ذا﴾
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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