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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
¶ 26 · 86 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِۦٓ فَأَثْبَتَ نَفْسَهُ مَأْمُورًا وَلَيْسَتْ سِوَىٰ عُبُودِيَّتِهِ إِذْ لَا يُؤْمَرُ إِلَّا مَنْ يُتَصَوَّرُ مِنْهُ الامْتِثَالُ وَإِن لَمْ يَفْعَلْ وَلَمَّا كَانَ الأَمْرُ يَنْزِلُ بِحُكْمِ المَرَاتِبِ لِذَٰلِكَ يَنْصَبِغُ كُلُّ مَنْ ظَهَرَ فِي مَرْتَبَةٍ مَا بِمَا تُعْطِيهِ حَقِيقَةُ تِلْكَ المَرْتَبَةِ فَمَرْتَبَةُ المَأْمُورِ لَهَا حُكْمٌ يَظْهَرُ فِي كُلِّ مَأْمُورٍ وَمَرْتَبَةُ الآمِرِ لَهَا حُكْمٌ يَبْدُو فِي كُلِّ آمِرٍ فَيَقُولُ الحَقُّ أَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ فَهُوَ الآمِرُ وَالمُكَلَّفُ وَالمَأْمُورُ وَيَقُولُ العَبْدُ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى فَهُوَ الآمِرُ وَالحَقُّ المَأْمُورُ فَمَا يَطْلُبُ الحَقُّ مِنَ العَبْدِ بِأَمْرِهِ هُوَ بِعَيْنِهِ يَطْلُبُهُ العَبْدُ مِنَ الحَقِّ بِأَمْرِهِ
"[I said nothing to them] except what You commanded me [to say]" [Q 5:117]. He thereby affirmed himself as one commanded, and that is nothing other than his servanthood, since none is commanded except one from whom compliance can be conceived, even if he does not [in fact] comply. And since the command descends according to the ruling property of the ranks, everyone who becomes manifest in a given rank is dyed with what the reality of that rank gives. The rank of the one commanded has a ruling property that becomes manifest in everyone commanded, and the rank of the commander has a ruling property that appears in every commander. Thus the Real says, "Perform the prayer": He is the commander, and the one charged [with obligation] is the one commanded. And the servant says, "My Lord, forgive me" [Q 7:151]: he is the commander, and the Real is the one commanded. So what the Real seeks from the servant by His command is the very same thing the servant seeks from the Real by his command.
On the whole passage · 1 of 4
Only al-Qāshānī comments here.
al-Qāshānī
﴿سوى عبوديته ، إذ لا يؤمر إلا من يتصور منه الامتثال وإن لم يفعل . ولما كان الأمر ينزل بحكم المراتب لذلك ينصبغ كل من ظهر في مرتبة ما بما تعطيه حقيقة تلك المرتبة فمرتبة المأمور لها حكم يظهر في كل مأمور ، ومرتبة الآمر لها حكم يبدو في كل أمر فيقول الحق " أَقِيمُوا الصَّلاةَ " فهو الآمر والمكلف المأمور ، ويقول العبد " رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي " فهو الآمر والحق المأمور ، فما يطلب الحق من العبد بأمره ، هو بعينه يطلب العبد من الحق بأمره﴾
Words 1–8 · 2 of 4
إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِۦٓ فَأَثْبَتَ نَفْسَهُ مَأْمُورًا وَلَيْسَتْIbn Turka
﴿" إِلَّا ما أَمَرْتَنِي به " فأثبت نفسه مأمورا ، وليست﴾
Jāmī
﴿إِلَّا ما أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ﴾
Jāmī
﴿نفسه مأمورا﴾
Words 9–19 · 2 of 4
سِوَىٰ عُبُودِيَّتِهِ إِذْ لَا يُؤْمَرُ إِلَّا مَنْ يُتَصَوَّرُ مِنْهُ الامْتِثَالُ وَإِنIbn Turka
﴿سوى عبوديّته﴾
Jāmī
﴿سوى عبوديته إذ لا يؤمر … إلا من يتصور منه الامتثال وإن لم يفعل ولما كان الأمر﴾
Words 11–27 · 1 of 4
إِذْ لَا يُؤْمَرُ إِلَّا مَنْ يُتَصَوَّرُ مِنْهُ الامْتِثَالُ وَإِن لَمْ يَفْعَلْ وَلَمَّا كَانَ الأَمْرُ …Only Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿إذ لا يؤمر إلا من يتصوّر منه الامتثال وإن لم يفعل ولمّا كان الأمر تنزل بحكم المراتب﴾
Quotes words that differ from our text (wavy underline).
Bālī Zāde
﴿وإن لم يفعل﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ولما كان الأمر﴾
Words 28–40 · 3 of 4
لِذَٰلِكَ يَنْصَبِغُ كُلُّ مَنْ ظَهَرَ فِي مَرْتَبَةٍ مَا بِمَا تُعْطِيهِ حَقِيقَةُ تِلْكَ المَرْتَبَةِIbn Turka
﴿لذلك ينصبغ كل من ظهر في مرتبة ما بما تعطيه حقيقة تلك المرتبة﴾
Jāmī
﴿لذلك ينصبغ كل من ظهر في مرتبة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ينصبغ كل من ظهر في مرتبة ما﴾
Words 36–40 · 2 of 4
بِمَا تُعْطِيهِ حَقِيقَةُ تِلْكَ المَرْتَبَةِJāmī
﴿بما تعطيه حقيقة تلك المرتبة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿تعطيه حقيقة تلك المرتبة﴾
Words 41–48 · 3 of 4
فَمَرْتَبَةُ المَأْمُورِ لَهَا حُكْمٌ يَظْهَرُ فِي كُلِّ مَأْمُورٍIbn Turka
﴿فمرتبة المأمور لها حكم يظهر في كل مأمور﴾
Jāmī
﴿فمرتبة المأمور﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فمرتبة المأمور﴾
Words 43–48 · 2 of 4
لَهَا حُكْمٌ يَظْهَرُ فِي كُلِّ مَأْمُورٍJāmī
﴿لها حكم يظهر في كل مأمور﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لها حكم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿في كل مأمور﴾
Words 49–72 · 3 of 4
وَمَرْتَبَةُ الآمِرِ لَهَا حُكْمٌ يَبْدُو فِي كُلِّ آمِرٍ فَيَقُولُ الحَقُّ أَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ فَهُوَ الآمِرُ …Ibn Turka
﴿ومرتبة الآمر لها حكم يبدو في كل آمر … فيقول الحقّ : " أَقِيمُوا الصَّلاةَ " … فهو الآمر والمكلَّف المأمور ويقول العبد : « رب اغفر لي » فهو الآمر والحقّ المأمور . فما يطلب الحقّ بأمره هو بعينه يطلب العبد من الحقّ بأمره﴾
Jāmī
﴿ومرتبة الآمر … لها حكم يبدو في كل آمر﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ومرتبة الأمر﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لها حكم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿يبدو في كل آمر﴾
Words 57–63 · 1 of 4
فَيَقُولُ الحَقُّ أَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ فَهُوَ الآمِرُ وَالمُكَلَّفُOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿فيقول الحق أقيموا الصلاة فهو الأمر والمكلف﴾
Jāmī
﴿أَقِيمُوا الصَّلاةَ فهو الآمر﴾
Words 65–71 · 1 of 4
وَيَقُولُ العَبْدُ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى فَهُوَ الآمِرُOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿ويقول العبد رب اغفر لي فهو الآمر﴾
Words 67–75 · 1 of 4
رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى فَهُوَ الآمِرُ وَالحَقُّ المَأْمُورُ فَمَا يَطْلُبُOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿رب اغفر لي فهو الآمر والحق المأمور فما يطلب﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿والحق المأمور﴾
Words 74–86 · 1 of 4
فَمَا يَطْلُبُ الحَقُّ مِنَ العَبْدِ بِأَمْرِهِ هُوَ بِعَيْنِهِ يَطْلُبُهُ العَبْدُ مِنَ الحَقِّ بِأَمْرِهِOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿فما يطلب الحق من العبد بأمره هو بعينه يطلب العبد من الحق بأمره﴾
Jāmī
﴿الحق من العبد بأمره﴾
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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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