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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
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وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَيْ تَسْتُرُهُمْ عَنْ إِيقَاعِ العَذَابِ الَّذِي يَسْتَحِقُّونَهُ بِمُخَالَفَتِهِمْ أَيْ تَجْعَلُ لَهُمْ غَفْرًا يَسْتُرُهُمْ عَنْ ذَٰلِكَ وَيَمْنَعُهُمْ مِّنْهُ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ أَيْ المَنِيعُ الحِمَىٰ وَهَذَا الاِسْمُ إِذَا أَعْطَاهُ الحَقُّ لِمَنْ أَعْطَاهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ تَسَمَّى الحَقُّ بِالْمُعِزِّ وَالمُعْطَىٰ لَهُ هَذَا الاِسْمُ بِالعَزِيزِ فَيَكُونُ مَنِيعَ الحِمَىٰ عَمَّا يُرِيدُ بِهِ المُنْتَقِمُ وَالمُعَذِّبُ مِنَ الانتِقَامِ وَالعَذَابِ وَجَاءَ بِالفَصْلِ وَالعِمَادِ أَيْضًا تَأْكِيدًا لِلْبَيَانِ وَلِتَكُونَ الآيَةُ عَلَىٰ مَسَاقٍ وَاحِدٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّـٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ وَقَوْلِهِ كُنتَ أَنتَ ٱلرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَجَاءَ أَيْضًا فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
"And if You forgive them" [Q 5:118], that is, [if] You veil them from the infliction of the chastisement that they deserve because of their opposition; that is, [if] You make for them a covering (ghafr) that veils them from that and holds it back from them, "then You, You are the Mighty" [Q 5:118], that is, the One whose protected precinct is unassailable. When the Real gives this Name to whomever He gives it among His servants, the Real is named 'the Bestower of Might' (al-Muʿizz), and the one to whom this Name is given [is named] 'the Mighty' (al-ʿAzīz). So he becomes unassailable in his protected precinct against the vengeance and chastisement that the Avenger and the Chastiser intend for him. He also brought the separating [pronoun], the 'support' (al-faṣl wa-l-ʿimād), as an emphasis for the clarification, and so that the verse would follow a single course with his saying "Surely You, You are the Knower of the unseen things" [Q 5:116] and his saying "You were the Watcher over them" [Q 5:117]. So there also came "then surely You, You are the Mighty, the Wise" [Q 5:118].
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al-Jandī
﴿وهذا الاسم إذا أعطاه الحق لمن أعطاه من عباده يسمّى الحق ب « المعزّ » والمعطى له هذا الاسم بـ « العزيز » فيكون منيع الحمى عمّا يريد به « المنتقم » و « المعذّب » من الانتقام والعذاب . وجاء بالفصل والعماد أيضا تأكيدا للبيان ولتكون الآية على مساق واحد في قوله : " إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ " وقوله : " كُنْتَ أَنْتَ الرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ " فجاء أيضا بـ " فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ " فكان سؤالا من النبيّ عليه السّلام وإلحاحا منه على ربّه في المسألة ليلته الكاملة إلى طلوع الفجر يردّدها طلبا للإجابة ، فلو سمع الإجابة في أوّل سؤاله ، ما كرّر ، وكان الحق يعرض عليه فصول ما استوجبوا به العذاب عرضا مفصّلا ، فيقول له في كل عرض عرض ، وعين عين : " إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبادُكَ وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ " فلو رأى في ذلك العرض ما يوجب تقديم الحق وإيثار جنابه ،لدعاء عليهم لا لهم ، فما عرض عليه إلَّا ما استحقّوا به ما تعطيه هذه الآية من التسليم لله﴾
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Jāmī
﴿على واحد في قوله :" إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ فكان سؤالا من النبي عليه السلام وإلحاحا منه على ربه في المسألة ليلته الكاملة إلى طلوع الفجر يرددها طلبا للإجابة. فلو سمع الإجابة في أول سؤال ما كرر. فكان الحق يعرض عليه فصول ما استوجبوا به العذاب عرضا مفصلا فيقول له في عرض عرض وعين عين «إن تعذبهم فإنهم عبادك وإن تغفر لهم فإنك أنت العزيز الحكيم». فما عرض عليه إلا ما استحقوا به ما تعطيه هذه الآية من التسليم لله والتعريض لعفوه.﴾
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Words 1–11 · 2 of 4
وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَيْ تَسْتُرُهُمْ عَنْ إِيقَاعِ العَذَابِ الَّذِي يَسْتَحِقُّونَهُ بِمُخَالَفَتِهِمْIbn Turka
﴿" وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ " أي تسترهم عن إيقاع العذاب الذي يستحقّونه بمخالفتهم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وإن تغفر لهم أي تسترهم عن إيقاع العذاب … الذي يستحقونه بمخالفتهم﴾
Words 12–19 · 2 of 4
أَيْ تَجْعَلُ لَهُمْ غَفْرًا يَسْتُرُهُمْ عَنْ ذَٰلِكَ وَيَمْنَعُهُمْIbn Turka
﴿أي تجعل لهم غفرا يسترهم عن ذلك … ويمنعهم منه " فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ " [ 5 / 118 ] أي المنيع الحميّ﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿أي تجعل لهم غفرا يسترهم عن ذلك … ويمنعهم منه فإنك أنت العزيز أي المنيع الحمى﴾
Words 16–23 · 1 of 4
يَسْتُرُهُمْ عَنْ ذَٰلِكَ وَيَمْنَعُهُمْ مِّنْهُ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿يسترهم عن ذلك … ويمنعهم منه فإنك أنت العزيز ، أي المنيع الحمى﴾
Words 27–56 · 3 of 4
وَهَذَا الاِسْمُ إِذَا أَعْطَاهُ الحَقُّ لِمَنْ أَعْطَاهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ تَسَمَّى الحَقُّ بِالْمُعِزِّ وَالمُعْطَىٰ لَهُ …Ibn Turka
﴿وهذا الاسم إذا أعطاه الحقّ لمن أعطاه من عباده يسمى الحق ب " المعزّ " والمعطي له هذا الاسم ب « العزيز » ، فيكون منيع الحمى عمّا يراد به المنتقم المعذّب من الانتقام والعذاب﴾
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Jāmī
﴿وهذا الاسم إذا أعطاه الحق لمن أعطاه من عباده﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وهذا الاسم … إذا أعطاه﴾
Words 31–37 · 1 of 4
الحَقُّ لِمَنْ أَعْطَاهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ تَسَمَّى الحَقُّOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿الحق لمن أعطاه من عباده يسمى الحق﴾
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Words 39–43 · 2 of 4
وَالمُعْطَىٰ لَهُ هَذَا الاِسْمُ بِالعَزِيزِJāmī
﴿المعطى له هذا الاسم بالعزيز﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿المعطى له هذا الاسم﴾
Words 45–57 · 2 of 4
مَنِيعَ الحِمَىٰ عَمَّا يُرِيدُ بِهِ المُنْتَقِمُ وَالمُعَذِّبُ مِنَ الانتِقَامِ وَالعَذَابِ وَجَاءَ بِالفَصْلِ وَالعِمَادِJāmī
﴿منيع الحمي عما يريد به المنتقم والمعذب من الانتقام والعذاب ، وجاء بالفصل والعماد﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿منيع الحمى﴾
Words 47–54 · 1 of 4
عَمَّا يُرِيدُ بِهِ المُنْتَقِمُ وَالمُعَذِّبُ مِنَ الانتِقَامِ وَالعَذَابِOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿عما يريد به المنتقم والمعذب من الانتقام والعذاب﴾
Words 55–82 · 2 of 4
وَجَاءَ بِالفَصْلِ وَالعِمَادِ أَيْضًا تَأْكِيدًا لِلْبَيَانِ وَلِتَكُونَ الآيَةُ عَلَىٰ مَسَاقٍ وَاحِدٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ إِنَّكَ …Ibn Turka
﴿وجاء بالفصل والعماد أيضا تأكيدا للبيان﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وجاء بالفصل والعماد أيضا تأكيدا للبيان ولتكون الآية على مساق واحد في قوله "إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ " وقوله " كُنْتَ أَنْتَ الرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِم " ْفجاء أيضا "فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ"﴾
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Jāmī
﴿تأكيدا للبيان ولتكون الآية﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ولتكون الآية على سياق واحد﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿في قوله : " إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ "﴾
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Words 72–76 · 2 of 4
وَقَوْلِهِ كُنتَ أَنتَ ٱلرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْIbn Turka
﴿وقوله : " كُنْتَ أَنْتَ الرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ "﴾
Jāmī
﴿كُنْتَ أَنْتَ الرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ … إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ﴾
Words 77–82 · 1 of 4
فَجَاءَ أَيْضًا فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿فجاء أيضا : " فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ "﴾
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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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