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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
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فَكَانَ سُؤَالًا مِنَ النَّبِيِّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَإِلْحَاحًا مِّنْهُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِ فِي المَسْأَلَةِ لَيْلَتَهُ الكَامِلَةَ إِلَىٰ طُلُوعِ الفَجْرِ يُرَدِّدُهَا طَلَبًا لِلْإِجَابَةِ فَلَوْ سَمِعَ الإِجَابَةَ فِي أَوَّلِ سُؤَالٍ مَا كَرَّرَ وَكَانَ الحَقُّ يَعْرِضُ عَلَيْهِ فُصُولَ مَا استَوْجَبُوا بِهِ العَذَابَ عَرْضًا مُفَصَّلًا فَيَقُولُ لَهُ فِي كُلِّ عَرْضٍ وَعَيْنٍ عَيْنٌ إِن تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ وَلَوْ رَأَىٰ فِي ذَٰلِكَ العَرْضِ مَا يُوجِبُ تَقْدِيمَ الحَقِّ وَإِيثَارَ جَنَابِهِ لَدَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ لَا لَهُمْ فَمَا عَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا مَا استَحَقُّوا بِهِ مَا تُعْطِيهِ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ مِنَ التَّسْلِيمِ لِلَّهِ وَالتَّعْرِيضِ لِعَفْوِهِ
So it was a request from the Prophet (peace be upon him), and an insistence on his part with his Lord in the asking, throughout his whole night until the break of dawn, repeating it in quest of the answer. Had he heard the answer at the first request, he would not have repeated [it]. And the Real was presenting to him the particulars of that by which they had made themselves liable to chastisement, a detailed presentation, and he would say to Him at each presentation and each entity, entity by entity: "If You chastise them, they are Your servants; and if You forgive them, You are the Mighty, the Wise" [Q 5:118]. Had he seen in that presentation something that required giving precedence to the Real and preferring His side, he would have prayed against them, not for them. So He presented to him only that by which they deserved what this verse grants: submission to God and exposure to His pardon.
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al-Jandī
﴿من التسليم لله والتعريض لعفوه . وقد ورد أنّ الحق إذا أحبّ صوت عبده في دعائه إيّاه ، أخّر الإجابة عنه ، حتى يتكرّر ذلك منه ، حبّا فيه لا إعراضا عنه ، ولذلك جاء بالاسم « الحكيم » ، والحكيم هو الذي يضع الأشياء مواضعها ولا يعدل بها عن الذي تقتضيه وتطلبه حقائقها بصفاتها ، فالحكيم هو العليم بالترتيب ، فكان صلى الله عليه وسلَّم بترداد هذه الآية على علم عظيم عن الله ، فمن تلا فهكذا يتلو » يعني : فليتل « وإلَّا فالسكوت أولى به . وإذا وفّق الله العبد إلى نطق بأمر ما ، فما وفّقه إليه﴾
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Words 1–45 · 3 of 4
فَكَانَ سُؤَالًا مِنَ النَّبِيِّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَإِلْحَاحًا مِّنْهُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِ فِي المَسْأَلَةِ لَيْلَتَهُ الكَامِلَةَ …Ibn Turka
﴿وكان سؤالا من النبيّ وإلحاحا منه على ربّه في المسألة ليلته الكاملة إلى طلوع الفجر ، يردّدها طلبا للإجابة ، فلو سمع الإجابة في أوّل سؤال ما كرّر ، وكأنّ الحق يعرض عليه فصول ما استوجبوا به العذاب عرضا مفصّلا ، فيقول له في كل عرض عرض وعين عين﴾
Jāmī
﴿سؤالا من النبي صلى اللّه عليه وسلم وإلحاحا منه على ربه في المسألة ليلته الكاملة إلى طلوع الفجر … يرددها طلبا للإجابة فلو سمع الإجابة في أول سؤاله ما كرر . فكان الحق يعرض عليه فصول ما استوجبوا به العذاب﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿سؤالا من النبي عليه السلام وإلحاحا منه على ربه في المسألة ليلة الكاملة إلى طلوع الفجر يرددها﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿طلبا للإجابة فلو سمع الإجابة في أول سؤاله ما كرر … فكان الحق يعرض عليه﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فصول ما استوجبوا به﴾
Words 42–74 · 2 of 4
فِي كُلِّ عَرْضٍ وَعَيْنٍ عَيْنٌ إِن تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ …Jāmī
﴿في كل عرض وعين عين " إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبادُكَ وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ" [ المائدة : 118 ] ، فلو رأى النبي صلى اللّه عليه وسلم في ذلك العرض ما يوجب تقديم الحق وإيثار جنابه﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿في كل عرض عرض وعين عين﴾
Words 47–57 · 2 of 4
إِن تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُIbn Turka
﴿" إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبادُكَ "﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبادُكَ وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ﴾
﴿إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ﴾
Words 51–57 · 2 of 4
وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُIbn Turka
﴿" وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ "﴾
Jāmī
﴿وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ﴾
Words 58–80 · 2 of 4
وَلَوْ رَأَىٰ فِي ذَٰلِكَ العَرْضِ مَا يُوجِبُ تَقْدِيمَ الحَقِّ وَإِيثَارَ جَنَابِهِ لَدَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ لَا …Ibn Turka
﴿فلو رأى في ذلك العرض ما يوجب تقديم الحقّ وايثار جنابه لدعا عليهم - لا لهم - فما عرض الآية من التسليم لله والتعريض لعفوه﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فلو رأى في ذلك العرض ما يوجب تقديم الحق وإيثار جنابه لدعا عليهم لا لهم … لدعا عليهم﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿في ذلك العرض﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ما يوجب تقديم الحق وإيثار جنابه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لدعا عليهم لا لهم﴾
Jāmī
﴿لا لهم﴾
Words 76–85 · 2 of 4
إِلَّا مَا استَحَقُّوا بِهِ مَا تُعْطِيهِ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ مِنَ التَّسْلِيمِJāmī
﴿إلا ما استحقوا به ما تعطيه هذه الآية من التسليم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلا ما استحقوا به﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿هذه الآية … من التسليم للَّه والتعريض لعفوه﴾
Jāmī
﴿والتعريض لعفوه﴾
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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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