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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
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إِنَّكَ أَنتَ فَجَاءَ بِالفَصْلِ وَالعِمَادِ تَأْكِيدًا لِلْبَيَانِ وَاعْتِمَادًا عَلَيْهِ إِذْ لَا يَعْلَمُ الغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَفَرَّقَ وَجَمَعَ وَوَحَّدَ وَكَثَّرَ وَوَسَّعَ وَضَيَّقَ ثُمَّ قَالَ مُتَمِّمًا لِلْجَوَابِ مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِۦٓ فَنَفَى أَوَّلًا مُشِيرًا إِلَىٰ أَنَّهُ مَا هُوَ ثَمَّ ثُمَّ أَوْجَبَ القَوْلَ أَدَبًا مَعَ المُسْتَفْهِمِ وَلَوْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ كَذٰلِكَ لَاتَّصَفَ بِعَدَمِ عِلْمِ الحَقَائِقِ وَحَاشَاهُ مِنْ ذَٰلِكَ فَقَالَ إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِۦٓ وَأَنْتَ المُتَكَلِّمُ عَلَىٰ لِسَانِي وَأَنْتَ لِسَانِي
"Truly You, You [are the Knower of the unseen things]" [Q 5:116]. So he brought the separating [pronoun], [also called] the 'support', as an emphasis of the clarification and a reliance upon it, since none knows the unseen except God. He distinguished and gathered, unified and multiplied, widened and narrowed. Then he said, completing the answer: "I said to them nothing except what You commanded me [to say]" [Q 5:117]. So he first negated, indicating that he is not there. Then he affirmed the saying, out of courtesy toward the One asking. Had he not done so, he would have been characterized by lack of knowledge of the realities, and far be it from him! So he said, "except what You commanded me" [Q 5:117], and You are the speaker upon my tongue, and You are my tongue.
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al-Qāshānī
﴿ثم قال متمما للجواب " ما قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا ما أَمَرْتَنِي به " - فنفى أولا مشيرا إلى أنه ما هو ثمة ثم أوجب القول أدبا مع المستفهم ، ولو لم يفعل كذلك لا تصف بعدم العلم بالحقائق وحاشاه من ذلك ، فقال – " إِلَّا ما أَمَرْتَنِي به " وأنت المتكلم على لساني وأنت لساني ، فانظر إلى هذه التنبئة الروحية الإلهية ما ألطفها وأدقها﴾
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Jāmī
﴿«إنك أنت» فجاء بالفصل والعماد تأكيدا للبيان واعتمادا عليه، إذ لا يعلم الغيب إلا الله. ففرق وجمع، ووحد وكثر، ووسع وضيق ثم قال متمما للجواب «ما قلت لهم إلا ما أمرتني به» فنفى أولا مشيرا إلى أنه ما هو. ثم أوجب القول أدبا مع المستفهم، ولو لم يفعل ذلك لاتصف بعدم علم الحقائق وحاشاه من ذلك، فقال «إلا ما أمرتني به» وأنت المتكلم على لساني وأنت لساني. فجاء﴾
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Words 1–15 · 3 of 5
إِنَّكَ أَنتَ فَجَاءَ بِالفَصْلِ وَالعِمَادِ تَأْكِيدًا لِلْبَيَانِ وَاعْتِمَادًا عَلَيْهِ إِذْ لَا يَعْلَمُ الغَيْبَ إِلَّا …al-Qāshānī
﴿إنك أنت ، فجاء بالفصل والعماد تأكيدا للبيان واعتمادا عليه إذ لا يعلم الغيب إلا الله﴾
al-Jandī
﴿" إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ " فجاء بالفصل والعماد ،تأكيدا للبيان واعتمادا عليه أن لا يعلم الغيب إلَّا الله﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿" إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ "﴾
Words 3–15 · 2 of 5
فَجَاءَ بِالفَصْلِ وَالعِمَادِ تَأْكِيدًا لِلْبَيَانِ وَاعْتِمَادًا عَلَيْهِ إِذْ لَا يَعْلَمُ الغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللهُIbn Turka
﴿فجاء بالفصل والعماد تأكيدا للبيان واعتمادا عليه ، إذ لا يعلم الغيب إلَّا الله﴾
Jāmī
﴿فجاء بالفصل والعماد﴾
Words 6–16 · 2 of 5
تَأْكِيدًا لِلْبَيَانِ وَاعْتِمَادًا عَلَيْهِ إِذْ لَا يَعْلَمُ الغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَفَرَّقَJāmī
﴿تأكيدا للبيان﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿تأكيدا للبيان واعتمادا عليه إذ لا يعلم الغيب إلا اللّه ففرق﴾
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Jāmī
﴿واعتمادا عليه﴾
Jāmī
﴿لأنه لا يعلم الغيب إلا اللّه﴾
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Words 16–21 · 3 of 5
وَفَرَّقَ وَجَمَعَ وَوَحَّدَ وَكَثَّرَ وَوَسَّعَ وَضَيَّقَal-Qāshānī
﴿ففرق وجمع ووحد وكثر ووسع وضيق﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وفرّق وجمع﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ففرق وجمع ووحد وكثر ووسع وضيق﴾
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Bālī Zāde's gloss, printed inside al-Qāshānī's commentary in the ibnalarabi.com text (line 8651); moved here
﴿ففرق وجمع ووحد وكثر ووسع وضيق﴾
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Words 18–23 · 2 of 5
وَوَحَّدَ وَكَثَّرَ وَوَسَّعَ وَضَيَّقَ ثُمَّ قَالَIbn Turka
﴿ووحّد وكثّر﴾
Jāmī
﴿ووحد وكثر ووسع وضيق ثم قال … متمما للجواب ما قلت لهم … إلا ما أمرتني به ، فنفى أولا﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ووسّع وضيّق﴾
Words 22–39 · 3 of 5
ثُمَّ قَالَ مُتَمِّمًا لِلْجَوَابِ مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِۦٓ فَنَفَى أَوَّلًا مُشِيرًا …Ibn Turka
﴿ثمّ قال متمّما للجواب : " ما قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا ما أَمَرْتَنِي به " فنفى أولا مشيرا إلى أنّه ما هو﴾
Jāmī
﴿ثم قال﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ثم قال﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿متمما للجواب﴾
Words 26–33 · 1 of 5
مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِۦٓ فَنَفَىOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿ما قلت لهم إلا ما أمرتني فنفى أوّلا﴾
Words 35–40 · 2 of 5
مُشِيرًا إِلَىٰ أَنَّهُ مَا هُوَ ثَمَّJāmī
Bālī Zāde
﴿مشيرا إلى أنه ما هو ثمة﴾
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Words 41–52 · 3 of 5
ثُمَّ أَوْجَبَ القَوْلَ أَدَبًا مَعَ المُسْتَفْهِمِ وَلَوْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ كَذٰلِكَ لَاتَّصَفَ بِعَدَمِIbn Turka
﴿ثمّ أوجب القول أدبا مع المستفهم﴾
Jāmī
﴿ثم أوجب القول … أدبا مع المستفهم ولو لم يفعل كذلك﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ثم أوجب القول أدبا مع المستفهم ولو لم يفعل كذلك لا تصف﴾
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Words 47–58 · 1 of 5
وَلَوْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ كَذٰلِكَ لَاتَّصَفَ بِعَدَمِ عِلْمِ الحَقَائِقِ وَحَاشَاهُ مِنْ ذَٰلِكَ فَقَالَOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿ولو لم يفعل كذلك لا تصف بعدم علم الحقائق - حاشاه من ذلك﴾
Words 51–57 · 2 of 5
لَاتَّصَفَ بِعَدَمِ عِلْمِ الحَقَائِقِ وَحَاشَاهُ مِنْ ذَٰلِكَJāmī
﴿لاتصف بعدم علم الحقائق﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿بعدم العلم بالحقائق وحاشاه من ذلك﴾
Jāmī
﴿وحاشاه من ذلك﴾
Words 58–68 · 3 of 5
فَقَالَ إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِۦٓ وَأَنْتَ المُتَكَلِّمُ عَلَىٰ لِسَانِي وَأَنْتَ لِسَانِيIbn Turka
﴿فقال : " إِلَّا ما أَمَرْتَنِي به " [ 5 / 117 ] وأنت المتكلَّم على لساني﴾
Jāmī
﴿"إِلَّا ما أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ "وأنت المتكلم … على لساني﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فقال : إلا ما أمرتني به وأنت المتكلم على لساني وأنت لساني﴾
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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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