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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
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فَذَلِكَ القَدْرُ مِنَ الحَيَاةِ السَّارِيَةِ فِي الأَشْيَاءِ يُسَمَّى لَاهُوتًا وَالنَّاسُوتُ هُوَ المَحَلُّ القَائِمُ بِهِ ذَلِكَ الرُّوحُ فَسُمِّيَ النَّاسُوْتَ رُوحًا بِمَا قَامَ بِهِ فَلَمَّا تَمَثَّلَ الرُّوحُ الأَمِينُ الَّذِي هُوَ جِبْرَئِيْلُ لِمَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا تَخَيَّلَتْ أَنَّهُ بَشَرٌ يُرِيدُ مَوَاقَعَتَهَا فَاسْتَعَاذَتْ بِاللهِ مِنْهُ اسْتِعَاذَةً بِجَمْعِيَّةٍ مِنْهَا لِيُخَلِّصَهَا اللهُ مِنْهُ لِمَا تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا لَا يَجُوزُ فَحَصَّلَ لَهَا حُضُورًا تَامًّا مَعَ اللهِ وَهُوَ الرُّوحُ الْمَعْنَوِيِّ فَلَوْ نَفَخَ فِيهَا فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقْتِ عَلَىٰ هَذِهِ الحَالَةِ لَخَرَجَ عِيسَىٰ لَا يُطِيقُهُ أَحَدٌ لِشَكَاسَةِ خُلُقِهِ لِحَالِ أُمِّهِ
So that measure of the life that permeates things is called lāhūt (divinity), and nāsūt (humanity) is the locus in which that spirit subsists. Thus nāsūt is called 'spirit' by virtue of what subsists in it. When the Trustworthy Spirit (al-rūḥ al-amīn; cf. Q 26:193), who is Gabriel, appeared to Mary (peace be upon her) in the likeness of 'a well-proportioned man' (Q 19:17), she imagined that he was a man who wanted to have intercourse with her. So she sought refuge in God from him, a seeking of refuge made with the all-comprehensiveness of her [whole being], so that God would deliver her from him, since she knew that this was something impermissible. This produced in her a complete presence with God, and that is the spirit in meaning (al-rūḥ al-maʿnawī). Had he blown into her at that moment, while she was in this state, Jesus would have come forth such that no one could bear him, because of the harshness of his character, owing to his mother's state.
Words 1–22 · 3 of 5
فَذَلِكَ القَدْرُ مِنَ الحَيَاةِ السَّارِيَةِ فِي الأَشْيَاءِ يُسَمَّى لَاهُوتًا وَالنَّاسُوتُ هُوَ المَحَلُّ القَائِمُ بِهِ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فذلك القدر من الحياة السارية في الأشياء يسمى لاهوتا ، والناسوت هو المحل القائم به ذلك الروح فيسمى الناسوت روحا بما قام به﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فذلك القدر من الحياة السارية في الأشياء يسمى « لاهوتا » ، والناسوت هو المحلّ القائم به ذلك الروح﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فذلك القدر من الحياة السارية في الأشياء يسمى﴾
Jāmī
﴿يسمى لاهوتا﴾
Words 10–22 · 4 of 5
وَالنَّاسُوتُ هُوَ المَحَلُّ القَائِمُ بِهِ ذَلِكَ الرُّوحُ فَسُمِّيَ النَّاسُوْتَ رُوحًا بِمَا قَامَ بِهِal-Qāshānī
﴿هو المحل القائم به ذلك الروح﴾
al-Jandī
﴿والناسوت هو المحلّ القائم به ذلك الروح ، فسمّي الناسوت روحا بما قام به﴾
Jāmī
﴿والناسوت هو المحل القائم به وذلك الروح﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿والناسوت هو المحل القائم به ذلك الروح﴾
Words 17–20 · 2 of 5
فَسُمِّيَ النَّاسُوْتَ رُوحًا بِمَاIbn Turka
﴿فسمّي الناسوت﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فسمي الناسوت روحا بما﴾
Words 23–64 · 3 of 5
فَلَمَّا تَمَثَّلَ الرُّوحُ الأَمِينُ الَّذِي هُوَ جِبْرَئِيْلُ لِمَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا تَخَيَّلَتْ أَنَّهُ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فلما تمثل الروح الأمين الذي هو جبريل لمريم عليها السلام " بَشَراً سَوِيًّا " تخيلت أنه بشر يريد مواقعتها فاستعاذت باللَّه منه استعاذة بجمعية منها أي بكلية وجودها﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿فلمّا تمثّل الروح الأمين الذي هو جبرئيل عليه السّلام لمريم بشرا سويّا ، تخيّلت أنّه بشر يريد مواقعتها ، فاستعاذت بالله منه استعاذة تجمّعيّة منها ليخلَّصها الله منه ، لما تعلم أنّ ذلك ممّا لا يجوز ، فحصل لها حضور تامّ مع الله وهو الروح المعنوي﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فلما تمثل الروح الأمين الذي هو جبريل لمريم عليهما السلام بشرا سويا﴾
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Words 35–45 · 2 of 5
تَخَيَّلَتْ أَنَّهُ بَشَرٌ يُرِيدُ مَوَاقَعَتَهَا فَاسْتَعَاذَتْ بِاللهِ مِنْهُ اسْتِعَاذَةً بِجَمْعِيَّةٍ مِنْهَاIbn Turka
﴿تخيّلت أنّه بشر يريد مواقعتها ، فاستعاذت باللَّه منه استعاذة بجمعيّة منها﴾
Jāmī
﴿أنه بشر يريد مواقعتها فاستعاذت باللّه منه استعاذة بجمعية﴾
Words 37–45 · 1 of 5
بَشَرٌ يُرِيدُ مَوَاقَعَتَهَا فَاسْتَعَاذَتْ بِاللهِ مِنْهُ اسْتِعَاذَةً بِجَمْعِيَّةٍ مِنْهَاOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿بشر يريد مواقعتها فاستعاذت باللّه منه استعاذة بجمعية منها﴾
Words 46–64 · 4 of 5
لِيُخَلِّصَهَا اللهُ مِنْهُ لِمَا تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا لَا يَجُوزُ فَحَصَّلَ لَهَا حُضُورًا تَامًّا …al-Qāshānī
﴿ليخلصها الله منه لما تعلم أن ذلك مما لا يجوز ، فحصل لها حضور تام مع الله وهو الروح المعنوي﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿ليخلصها الله منه ، لما تعلم أن ذلك مما لا يجوز ، فحصل لها حضور تامّ … مع الله﴾
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Jāmī
﴿ليخلصها اللّه منه لما كانت … تعلم أن ذلك مما لا يجوز﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿ليخلصها اللّه منه لما تعلم … أن ذلك … مما لا يجوز﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فحصل لها﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿مع الله﴾
Note by the modern editor (al-muḥaqqiq) of the ibnalarabi.com text, not by Ibn Turka
Words 65–82 · 4 of 5
فَلَوْ نَفَخَ فِيهَا فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقْتِ عَلَىٰ هَذِهِ الحَالَةِ لَخَرَجَ عِيسَىٰ لَا يُطِيقُهُ أَحَدٌ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فلو نفخ فيها في ذلك الوقت على هذه الحالة لخرج عيسى لا يطيقه أحد لشكاسة خلقه لحال أمه﴾
al-Jandī
﴿فلو نفخ فيها في ذلك الوقت على تلك الحالة ، خرج عيسى لا يطيقه أحد ، لشكاسة خلقه لحال أمّه﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فلو نفخ فيها … في ذلك الوقت﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فلو نفخ فيها في ذلك الوقت﴾
Words 71–73 · 3 of 5
عَلَىٰ هَذِهِ الحَالَةِIbn Turka
﴿على هذه الحالة﴾
Jāmī
﴿على هذه الحالة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿على هذه الحالة﴾
Words 74–80 · 1 of 5
لَخَرَجَ عِيسَىٰ لَا يُطِيقُهُ أَحَدٌ لِشَكَاسَةِ خُلُقِهِOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿لخرج عيسى لا يطيقه أحد ، لشكاسة خلقه﴾
Jāmī
﴿لا يطيقه أحد لشكاسة خلقه … لحال أمه﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿لحال امّه﴾
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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