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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
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إِن كُنتُ قُلْتُهُۥ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَهُۥ لِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ القَائِلُ وَمَنْ قَالَ أَمْرًا فَقَدْ عَلِمَ مَا قَالَ وَأَنْتَ اللِّسَانُ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمُ بِهِ كَمَا أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ رَبِّهِ فِي الخَبَرِ الإِلَهِيِّ فَقَالَ كُنْتُ لِسَانَهُ الَّذِي يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ فَجَعَلَ هُوِيَّتَهُ عَيْنَ لِسَانِ المُتَكَلِّمِ وَنَسَبَ الكَلَامَ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ ثُمَّ تَمَّمَ العَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ الجَوَابَ بِقَوْلِهِ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِى نَفْسِى وَالمُتَكَلِّمُ الحَقُّ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِيهَا فَنَفَى العِلْمَ عَنْ هُوِيَّةِ عِيسَىٰ مِنْ حَيْثُ هُوِيَّتِهِ لَا مِنْ حَيْثُ أَنَّهُ قَائِلٍ وَذُو أَثَرٍ
"If I had said it, You would have known it" [Q 5:116], because You are the speaker, and whoever says a thing knows what he has said; and You are the tongue with which I speak, just as the Messenger of God (God bless him and give him peace) informed us from his Lord in the divine report, saying: "I am his tongue with which he speaks." Thus He made His He-ness the very self of the tongue of the speaker, and [yet] He ascribed the speech to His servant. Then the righteous servant completed the answer by his saying, "You know what is in my self" [Q 5:116], the speaker being the Real, "and I do not know what is in it." Thus he denied knowledge of the He-ness of Jesus inasmuch as it is his He-ness, not inasmuch as he is a speaker and one who exerts an effect.
Words 1–20 · 3 of 4
إِن كُنتُ قُلْتُهُۥ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَهُۥ لِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ القَائِلُ وَمَنْ قَالَ أَمْرًا فَقَدْ عَلِمَ مَا …Ibn Turka
﴿" إِنْ كُنْتُ قُلْتُه ُ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَه ُ " لأنّك أنت القائل ، ومن قال أمرا فقد علم ما قال ، وأنت اللسان الذي أتكلَّم به﴾
Jāmī
﴿إن كنت قلته فقد علمته لأنك أنت القائل في صورتي﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿أن كنت قلته﴾
Words 4–15 · 1 of 4
فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَهُۥ لِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ القَائِلُ وَمَنْ قَالَ أَمْرًا فَقَدْ عَلِمَ مَا قَالَOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿فقد علمته لأنك أنت القائل … ومن قال أمرا فقد علم ما قال وأنت اللسان الذي أتكلم به﴾
Words 9–20 · 1 of 4
وَمَنْ قَالَ أَمْرًا فَقَدْ عَلِمَ مَا قَالَ وَأَنْتَ اللِّسَانُ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمُ بِهِOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿ومن قال أمرا فقد علم ما قال وأنت اللسان الذي أتكلم به﴾
Words 21–48 · 3 of 4
كَمَا أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ رَبِّهِ فِي الخَبَرِ الإِلَهِيِّ فَقَالَ …Ibn Turka
﴿كما أخبرنا رسول الله صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم عن ربّه في الخبر الإلهي فقال: « كنت لسانه الذي يتكلم به » فجعل هويّته عين لسان المتكلَّم ، ونسب الكلام إلى عبده﴾
Jāmī
﴿كما أخبرنا رسول اللّه صلى اللّه عليه وسلم في الخبر الإلهي﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿كما أخبرنا رسول اللّه صلى اللّه عليه وسلم تعالى عليه وسلم عن ربه في الخبر الإلهي فقال : « كنت لسانه الذي يتكلم به »﴾
Words 35–48 · 1 of 4
كُنْتُ لِسَانَهُ الَّذِي يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ فَجَعَلَ هُوِيَّتَهُ عَيْنَ لِسَانِ المُتَكَلِّمِ وَنَسَبَ الكَلَامَ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿كنت لسانه الذي يتكلم به فجعل هويته عين لسان المتكلم ونسب الكلام إلى عبده﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿عين لسان المتكلم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ونسب الكلام إلى عبده﴾
Words 49–60 · 3 of 4
ثُمَّ تَمَّمَ العَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ الجَوَابَ بِقَوْلِهِ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِى نَفْسِى وَالمُتَكَلِّمُ الحَقُّIbn Turka
﴿ثمّ تمّم العبد الصالح﴾
Jāmī
﴿ثم تمم العبد الصالح الجواب بقوله : تعلم ما في نفسي والمتكلم بهذا﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿ثم تمم العبد الصالح الجواب بقوله تعلم ما في نفسي﴾
Words 54–64 · 2 of 4
بِقَوْلِهِ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِى نَفْسِى وَالمُتَكَلِّمُ الحَقُّ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِيهَاIbn Turka
﴿بقوله : " تَعْلَمُ ما في " نَفْسِي " والمتكلَّم الحق " وَلا أَعْلَمُ " ما فيها﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿تَعْلَمُ ما فِي نَفْسِي﴾
Words 61–65 · 2 of 4
وَلَا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِيهَا فَنَفَىJāmī
﴿وَلا أَعْلَمُ ما فِي نَفْسِكَ﴾
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﴿ولا أعلم ما فيها﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ولا أعلم ما فيها فنفى﴾
﴿وَلا أَعْلَمُ ما فِي نَفْسِكَ﴾
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Words 65–79 · 4 of 4
فَنَفَى العِلْمَ عَنْ هُوِيَّةِ عِيسَىٰ مِنْ حَيْثُ هُوِيَّتِهِ لَا مِنْ حَيْثُ أَنَّهُ قَائِلٍ وَذُو …al-Qāshānī
﴿ففي العلم عن هوية عيسى من حيث هويته لا من حيث أنه قائل وذو أثر﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فنفى العلم عن هويّة عيسى من حيث هويّته ، لا من حيث أنّه قائل وذو أثر﴾
Jāmī
﴿فنفى العلم عن هوية عيسى … من حيث هويته لا من حيث أنه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿العلم عن هوية عيسى عليه السلام من حيث هويته﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿قائل وذو أثر﴾
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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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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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