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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ

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وَقَدْ وَرَدَ أَنْ الحَقَّ إِذَا أَحَبَّ صَوْتَ عَبْدِهِ فِي دُعَائِهِ إِيَّاهُ أَخَّرَ الإِجَابَةَ عَنْهُ حَتَّىٰ يَتَكَرَّرَ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْهُ حُبًّا فِيهِ لَا إِعْرَاضًا عَنْهُ وَكَذٰلِكَ جَاءَ بِالِاسْمِ الحَكِيمِ وَالحَكِيمُ هُوَ الَّذِي يَضَعُ الأَشْيَاءَ فِي مَوَاضِعِهَا وَلَا يَعْدِلُ بِهَا عَمَّا تَقْتَضِيهِ وَتَطْلُبُهُ حَقَائِقُهَا بِصِفَاتِهَا فَالحَكِيمُ العَلِيمُ بِالتَّرْتِيبِ

It has been reported that when the Real loves the voice of His servant in his supplication to Him, He delays the response to him so that this may be repeated by him, out of love for him, not out of turning away from him. Likewise [Jesus] brought the name the Wise. The Wise is the one who puts things in their places and does not divert them from what their realities require and demand by virtue of their attributes. So the Wise is the one who knows the [right] ordering.

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al-Qāshānī

﴿وقد ورد أن الحق إذا أحب صوت عبده في دعائه إياه أخر الإجابة عنه حتى يتكرر ذلك منه حبا فيه لا إعراضا عنه ، ولذلك جاء باسم الحكيم ، والحكيم : هو الذي يضع الأشياء في مواضعها ، ولا يعدل بها عما يقتضيه ويطلبه حقائقها بصفاتها فالحكيم هو العليم بالترتيب﴾

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أي فالحكيم هو العليم بترتيب الأشياء

may be repeated by him, out of love for him, not out of turning away from him; and for that reason the name al-Ḥakīm (the Wise) was mentioned. And al-Ḥakīm is He who places things in their [proper] places, and does not deviate with them from what their realities (ḥaqāʾiq), by their attributes (ṣifāt), require and demand; thus al-Ḥakīm is the One who knows the [proper] ordering] — that is, al-Ḥakīm is the One who knows the ordering of things.

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Ibn Turka

﴿وقد ورد أنّ الحقّ إذا أحبّ صوت عبده في دعائه إيّاه أخّر الإجابة عنه حتى يتكرّر ذلك منه حبّا فيه ، لا إعراضا عنه ولذلك جاء باسم الحكيم ، والحكيم هو الذي يضع الأشياء مواضعها ، ولا يعدل بها عمّا تقتضيه وتطلبه حقائقها بصفاتها ، فالحكيم : العليم بالترتيب﴾

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أي العارف بترتيب الأحكام والأوصاف على الحقائق ، ووضع كلّ منها مواضعها بمواقيتها المختصّة بها ، فإنّه من آثار الاسم الحكيم

— that is, He who knows the ordering of the rulings (aḥkām) and attributes (awṣāf) upon the realities (ḥaqāʾiq), and the placement of each of them in its proper place, at its particular time; for that is among the effects of the Name "the Wise."

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وَقَدْ وَرَدَ أَنْ الحَقَّ إِذَا أَحَبَّ صَوْتَ عَبْدِهِ فِي دُعَائِهِ إِيَّاهُ أَخَّرَ الإِجَابَةَ عَنْهُ …

Jāmī

﴿وقد ورد … أن الحق سبحانه إذا أحب صوت عبده في دعائه إياه أخر الإجابة حتى يتكرر ذلك الدعاء منه حبا فيه لا إعراضا عنه﴾

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فيكون تأخير الإجابة عنه حتى يتكرر الدعاء مما تقتضيه حكمته تعالى ( ولذلك ) ، أي لأجل تأخير الإجابة ليترتب عليه تكرار الدعاء مما تقتضيه الحكمة ( جاء ) الحق سبحانه في هذا الكلام

- thus the delay of the response to him until the supplication is repeated is among what His wisdom, exalted is He, requires (and for this) that is, on account of the delay of the response so that the repetition of supplication which wisdom requires may result from it, (He came) - the Real, glory be to Him, in this discourse

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Bālī Zāde

﴿وقد ورد … أن الحق إذا أحب صوت عبده في دعائه إياه … أخر الإجابة عنه … حتى يتكرر ذلك﴾

الدعاء ( منه ) أي من العبد

— the supplication — (from him), that is, from the servant

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حُبًّا فِيهِ لَا إِعْرَاضًا

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Bālī Zāde

﴿حبا فيه … لا إعراضا عنه ولذلك﴾

أي ولأجل تأخير الإجابة عن العبد حبا من اللّه ليتكرر من العبد

that is, for the sake of delaying the response to the servant, out of love from God, so that it might be repeated by the servant

Bālī Zāde · line 7389

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جَاءَ بِالِاسْمِ الحَكِيمِ وَالحَكِيمُ هُوَ الَّذِي يَضَعُ الأَشْيَاءَ فِي مَوَاضِعِهَا وَلَا يَعْدِلُ بِهَا

Jāmī

﴿بالاسم الحكيم﴾

حيث أجراه أولا على لسان عيسى كذلك ليترتب عليه إجراؤه على لسان محمد صلى اللّه عليه وسلم كذلك ويكون حين يجري على لسانه مبنيا على تلك الحكمة

- inasmuch as He first caused it to run upon the tongue of Jesus in this manner, so that its running upon the tongue of Muhammad, peace be upon him, in the same manner would result from it, and it would be, when it runs upon his tongue, built upon that same wisdom

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Bālī Zāde

﴿جاء بالاسم الحكيم والحكيم هو الذي يضع الأشياء في مواضعها ولا يعدل بها﴾

أي الأشياء ( عما ) أي عن الذي

that is, with things, (from what), that is, from that which

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وَالحَكِيمُ هُوَ الَّذِي يَضَعُ الأَشْيَاءَ فِي مَوَاضِعِهَا وَلَا يَعْدِلُ بِهَا

Only Jāmī comments here.

Jāmī

﴿والحكيم هو الذي يضع الأشياء في مواضعها ولا يعدل بها﴾

الباء للتعدية أي لا يعدل به

- the bāʾ (in 'bihā') is transitivizing, meaning He does not deviate with it

Jāmī · line 13016

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عَمَّا تَقْتَضِيهِ وَتَطْلُبُهُ حَقَائِقُهَا

Jāmī

﴿عما تقتضيه﴾

من تلك المواضع

- of those places

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Bālī Zāde

﴿تقتضيه وتطلبه حقائقها﴾

أي حقائق الأشياء ( بصفاتها ) أي بصفات الحقائق . قال الشيخ رضي الله عنه

that is, the realities of things, (through their attributes), that is, through the attributes of the realities. The Shaykh, may God be pleased with him, said

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وَتَطْلُبُهُ حَقَائِقُهَا

Only Jāmī comments here.

Jāmī

﴿وتطلبه حقائقها﴾

أي حقائق الأشياء حال كونها ملتبسة ( بصفاتها ) أو مع صفاتها فإنه للصفات أيضا مدخل في اقتضاء خصوصيات المواضع فوضع تأخير إجابة دعائه صلى اللّه عليه وسلم في موضع يكون تكرار الدعاء فيه مطلوبا من جملة الحكمة ( فالحكيم ) ( هو العليم بالترتيب ) ، أي بوضع كل شيء في مرتبته وموضعه ولكن يشترط أن يعمل بمقتضى علمه ويضع كل شيء في موضعه. ( فكان ) النبي

- that is, the realities of things, in the state of their being clothed (with their attributes), or together with their attributes - for the attributes too have a role in requiring the specificities of the places; so the placing of the delay of the response to his, peace be upon him, supplication in a place where the repetition of supplication is sought is part of the totality of wisdom. (So the Wise) (is the One knowing the ordering), that is, the placing of each thing in its rank and place - but it is a condition that He act according to what His knowledge requires and place each thing in its place. (So the Prophet) was -

Jāmī · line 13016

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بِصِفَاتِهَا فَالحَكِيمُ العَلِيمُ بِالتَّرْتِيبِ

Only Bālī Zāde comments here.

Bālī Zāde

﴿فالحكيم هو العليم بالترتيب فكان رسول اللّه صلى اللّه عليه وسلم بترداده هذه الآية على علم عظيم من اللّه فمن تلا هذه الآية فهكذا يتلو﴾

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أي كتلاوة الرسول عليه السلام في كونه على علم عظيم

ordering; thus the Messenger of God, God bless him and grant him peace, in his repetition of this verse, was acting upon a great knowledge from God. So whoever recites this verse, let him recite it in this manner] that is, like the recitation of the Messenger, peace be upon him, in his being upon a great knowledge

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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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