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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
¶ 27 · 89 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
وَلِهَٰذَا كَانَ كُلُّ دُعَاءٍ مُجَابًا وَلَا بُدَّ وَإِن تَأَخَّرَ كَمَا يَتَأَخَّرُ بَعْضُ المُكَلَّفِينَ مِمَّنْ أُقِيمَ مُخَاطَبًا بِإِقَامَةِ الصَّلَاةِ فَلَا يُصَلِّي فِي وَقْتٍ فَيُؤَخِّرُ الامْتِثَالَ وَيُصَلِّي فِي وَقْتٍ آخَرَ إِن كَانَ مُتَمَكِّنًا مِنْ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَا بُدَّ مِنَ الإِجَابَةِ وَلَوْ بِالقَصْدِ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَكُنتُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي مَعَهُمْ كَمَا قَالَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكُمْ شَهِيدًا مَّا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ لِأَنَّ الأَنْبِيَاءَ شُهَدَاءُ عَلَىٰ أُمَمِهِمْ مَا دَامُوا فِيهِمْ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِى أَي رَفَعْتَنِي إِلَيْكَ وَحَجَبْتَهُمْ عَنِّي وَحَجَبْتَنِي عَنْهُمْ كُنتَ أَنتَ ٱلرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي غَيْرِ مَادَّتِي بَلْ فِي مَوَادِّهِمْ إِذْ كُنتَ بَصَرَهُمْ الَّذِي يَقْتَضِي المُرَاقَبَةَ
And for this reason every supplication is answered, necessarily, even if [the answer] is delayed, just as some of those under obligation, who have been set up as addressed with the command to perform the prayer, are late: he does not pray at one time, and so he delays compliance and prays at another time, if he is able to do so. So there must be a response, even if only by intention. Then he said, "And I was over them" [Q 5:117] (and he did not say 'over myself along with them,' as he had said 'my Lord and your Lord') "a witness so long as I remained among them" [Q 5:117], because the prophets are witnesses over their communities so long as they remain among them. "But when You took me" [Q 5:117], that is, raised me up to Yourself and veiled them from me and veiled me from them, "You were the Watcher over them" [Q 5:117], not in my material substrate, but rather in their material substrates, since You were their sight, which entails watchfulness.
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al-Qāshānī
﴿ولهذا كان كل دعاء مجابا ، ولا بد إن تأخر كما يتأخر عن بعض المكلفين فمن أقيم مخاطبا بإقامة الصلاة فلا يصلى في وقت فيؤخر الامتثال ويصلى في وقت آخر ،إن كان متمكنا من ذلك فلا بد من الإجابة ولو بالقصد. ثم قال : " وكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ " ولم يقل على نفسي معهم ، كما قال – " رَبِّي ورَبَّكُمْ " ، "شَهِيداً ما دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ " لأن الأنبياء شهداء على أممهم ما داموا فيهم " فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي " . أي رفعتني إليك وحجبتهم عنى وحجبتني عنهم " كُنْتَ أَنْتَ الرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ " في غير مادتي بل في موادهم إذ كنت بصرهم الذي يقتضي المراقبة فشهود الإنسان نفسه شهود الحق إياه ، وجعله باسم الرقيب لأنه جعل الشهود له﴾
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Words 1–39 · 3 of 4
وَلِهَٰذَا كَانَ كُلُّ دُعَاءٍ مُجَابًا وَلَا بُدَّ وَإِن تَأَخَّرَ كَمَا يَتَأَخَّرُ بَعْضُ المُكَلَّفِينَ مِمَّنْ …Ibn Turka
﴿ولهذا كان كلّ دعاء مجابا ولا بدّ ، وإن تأخّر كما يتأخّر بعض المكلَّفين ممّن أقيم مخاطبا بإقامة الصلاة فلا يصلَّي في وقت ، فيؤخّر الامتثال ويصلَّي في وقت آخر إن كان متمكَّنا من ذلك ، فلا بدّ من الإجابة ولو بالقصد﴾
Jāmī
﴿كان كل دعاء﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿كان كل دعاء﴾
Jāmī
﴿وإن تأخر﴾
Jāmī
﴿ممن أقيم﴾
Jāmī
﴿مخاطبا بإقامة الصلاة … فلا يصلي في وقت﴾
Words 23–33 · 2 of 4
فَيُؤَخِّرُ الامْتِثَالَ وَيُصَلِّي فِي وَقْتٍ آخَرَ إِن كَانَ مُتَمَكِّنًا مِنْ ذَٰلِكَJāmī
﴿فيؤخر الامتثال ويصلي في وقت آخر إن كان متمكنا من ذلك﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فيؤخر الامتثال ويصلي في وقت آخر إن كان متمكنا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿من ذلك﴾
Words 40–64 · 3 of 4
ثُمَّ قَالَ وَكُنتُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي مَعَهُمْ كَمَا قَالَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكُمْ شَهِيدًا …Ibn Turka
﴿ثمّ قال : " وَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ " - ولم يقل : « على نفسي معهم » كما قال : " رَبِّي وَرَبَّكُمْ " ، " شَهِيداً ما دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ" لأن الأنبياء شهداء على أممهم ما داموا فيهم﴾
Jāmī
﴿ثم قال «وكنت عليهم» ولم يقل على نفسي معهم كما قال ربي وربكم. «شهيدا ما دمت فيهم» لأن الأنبياء شهداء على أممهم ما داموا فيهم. «فلما توفيتني»: أي رفعتني إليك وحجبتهم عني وحجبتني عنهم «كنت أنت الرقيب عليهم» في غير مادتي، بل في موادهم إذ كنت بصرهم الذي يقتضي المراقبة. وجعله بالاسم الرقيب لأنه جعل الشهود له فأراد أن يفصل بينه و بين ربه حتى يعلم أنه هو لكونه عبدا وأن الحق هو الحق لكونه ربا له، فجاء لنفسه بأنه شهيد و في الحق بأنه رقيب، وقدمهم في حق نفسه فقال «عليهم شهيدا ما دمت فيهم» إيثارا لهم في التقدم وأدبا، وأخرهم في جانب الحق عن الحق في قوله «الرقيب عليهم» لما يستحقه … ثم قال : "وَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ " ولم يقل على نفسي معهم كما قال : ربي وربكم "شَهِيداً ما دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ" لأن الأنبياء شهداء على أممهم ما داموا فيهم﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿ثم قال﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وكنت عليهم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ولم يقل على نفسي معهم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿كما قال ربي وربكم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿شهيدا ما دمت فيهم﴾
Words 57–69 · 1 of 4
لِأَنَّ الأَنْبِيَاءَ شُهَدَاءُ عَلَىٰ أُمَمِهِمْ مَا دَامُوا فِيهِمْ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِى أَي رَفَعْتَنِي إِلَيْكَOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿لأن الأنبياء شهداء على أممهم ما داموا فيهم فلما توفيتني أي رفعتني إليك﴾
Words 65–102 · 2 of 4
فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِى أَي رَفَعْتَنِي إِلَيْكَ وَحَجَبْتَهُمْ عَنِّي وَحَجَبْتَنِي عَنْهُمْ كُنتَ أَنتَ ٱلرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي …Ibn Turka
﴿" فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي " أي رفعتني إليك وحجبتهم عنّي ، وحجبتني عنهم ، " كُنْتَ أَنْتَ الرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ " في غير مادّتي ، بل في موادّهم ، إذ كنت بصرهم الذي يقتضي المراقبة ، فشهود الإنسان نفسه شهود الحقّ إيّاه . وجعله بالاسم الرقيب لأنه جعل الشهود له﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فلما توفيتني﴾
Words 67–73 · 1 of 4
أَي رَفَعْتَنِي إِلَيْكَ وَحَجَبْتَهُمْ عَنِّي وَحَجَبْتَنِي عَنْهُمْOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿أي رفعتني إليك وحجبتهم عني وحجبتني عنهم﴾
Words 70–83 · 1 of 4
وَحَجَبْتَهُمْ عَنِّي وَحَجَبْتَنِي عَنْهُمْ كُنتَ أَنتَ ٱلرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي غَيْرِ مَادَّتِي بَلْ فِي مَوَادِّهِمْOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿وحجبتهم عني وحجبتني عنهم كنت أنت الرقيب عليهم في غير مادتي بل في موادهم﴾
Jāmī
﴿كُنْتَ أَنْتَ الرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ﴾
Jāmī
﴿في غير مادتي بل في موادهم﴾
Jāmī
﴿إذ كنت بصرهم الذي يقتضي المراقبة فشهود الإنسان نفسه شهود الحق إياه﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿بصرهم الذي يقتضي المراقبة﴾
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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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