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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
¶ 35 · 86 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
فَكَانَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِتَرْدَادِ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَظِيمٍ مِنَ اللهِ فَمَنْ تَلَا هٰذِهِ الآيَةَ فَهَكَذَا يَتْلُو وَإِلَّا فَالْسُّكُوتُ أَوْلَىٰ بِهِ وَإِذَا وَفَّقَ اللهُ العَبْدَ إِلَىٰ نُطْقٍ بِأَمْرٍ مَّا فَمَا وَفَّقَهُ إِلَيْهِ إِلَّا وَقَدْ أَرَادَ إِجَابَتَهُ فِيهِ وَقَضَاءَ حَاجَتِهِ فَلَا يَسْتَبْطِئُ أَحَدٌ مَا يَتَضَمَّنُهُ مَا وُفِّقَ لَهُ وَلْيُثَابِرْ مُثَابَرَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَىٰ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ فِي جَمِيعِ أَحْوَالِهِ حَتَّىٰ يَسْمَعَ بِأُذُنِهِ أَوْ بِسَمْعِهِ كَيْفَ شِئْتَ أَوْ كَيْفَ أَسْمَعَكَ اللَّهُ الإِجَابَةَ فَإِنْ جَازَاكَ بِسُؤَالِ اللِّسَانِ أَسْمَعَكَ بِأُذُنِكَ وَإِنْ جَازَاكَ بِالْمَعْنَىٰ أَسْمَعَكَ بِسَمْعِكَ
So he (God bless him and give him peace), in repeating this verse [Q 5:118], was upon tremendous knowledge from God. Whoever recites this verse, let him recite it in this way; otherwise, silence is more fitting for him. When God grants the servant success in uttering some matter, He grants him success in it only when He has already willed to answer him in it and to fulfill his need. So let no one consider slow [to arrive] what is contained in that for which he has been granted success. Rather, let him persevere with this verse in all his states, as the Messenger of God (God bless him and give him peace) persevered with it, until he hears the answer with his ear or with his hearing, however you wish [to put it], or however God makes you hear [it]. If He requites you for the asking of the tongue, He makes you hear with your ear; and if He requites you for the meaning, He makes you hear with your hearing.
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al-Qāshānī
﴿وإلا فالسكوت أولى به ، وإذا وفق الله العبد إلى نطق بأمر ما فما وفقه إليه إلا وقد أراد إجابته فيه وقضاء حاجته ، فلا يستبطئ أحد ما يتضمنه ما وفق له وليثابر مثابرة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم على هذه الآية في جميع أحواله حتى يسمع بأذنه أو سمعه كيف شئت أو كيف أسمعك الله الإجابة ، فإن جازاك بسؤال اللسان أسمعك بأذنك ، وإن جازاك بالمعنى أسمعك بسمعك﴾
al-Jandī
﴿فما وفّقه إليه إلَّا وقد أراد إجابته فيه وقضاء حاجته ، فلا يستبطئ أحد ما يتضمّنه ما وفّق له ، وليثابر مثابرة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم على هذه الآية في جميع أحواله ، حتى يسمع بأذنه أو بسمعه ، كيف شئت أو كيف أسمعك الله الإجابة ، فإن جازاك بسؤال اللسان أسمعك بأذنك ، وإن جازاك بالمعنى أسمعك بسمعك﴾
Words 1–17 · 3 of 5
فَكَانَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِتَرْدَادِ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَظِيمٍ مِنَ اللهِ فَمَنْ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فكان صلى الله عليه وسلم بترداد هذه الآية على علم عظيم من الله فمن تلا فهكذا يتلو﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فكان صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم بترداد هذه الآية على علم عظيم من الله﴾
Jāmī
﴿صلى اللّه عليه وسلم بترداده هذه الآية على علم عظيم من اللّه تعالى﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فمن تلا هذه … فهكذا يتلو وإلا﴾
Words 20–33 · 2 of 5
وَإِلَّا فَالْسُّكُوتُ أَوْلَىٰ بِهِ وَإِذَا وَفَّقَ اللهُ العَبْدَ إِلَىٰ نُطْقٍ بِأَمْرٍ مَّا فَمَا وَفَّقَهُIbn Turka
﴿وإلَّا فالسكوت أولى به﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وإلا فالسكوت أولى به فإذا وفق اللّه عبدا إلى نطق بأمر ما فما وفقه﴾
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Jāmī
﴿أولى به﴾
Words 24–31 · 1 of 5
وَإِذَا وَفَّقَ اللهُ العَبْدَ إِلَىٰ نُطْقٍ بِأَمْرٍ مَّاOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿وإذا وفّق الله العبد إلى نطق بأمر ما﴾
Words 32–41 · 2 of 5
فَمَا وَفَّقَهُ إِلَيْهِ إِلَّا وَقَدْ أَرَادَ إِجَابَتَهُ فِيهِ وَقَضَاءَ حَاجَتِهِIbn Turka
﴿فما وفّقه إليه إلا وقد أراد إجابته فيه وقضاء حاجته﴾
Jāmī
﴿فما فقه إليه إلا وقد أراد إجابته فيه وقضاء حاجته﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلا وقد أراد إجابته﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وقضاء حاجته﴾
Words 42–58 · 2 of 5
فَلَا يَسْتَبْطِئُ أَحَدٌ مَا يَتَضَمَّنُهُ مَا وُفِّقَ لَهُ وَلْيُثَابِرْ مُثَابَرَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ …Ibn Turka
﴿فلا يستبطئ أحد ما يتضمّنه ما وفّق له ، وليثابر مثابرة رسول على هذه الآية في جميع أحواله﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فلا يستبطئ﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ما يتضمنه ما وفق له﴾
Words 50–63 · 1 of 5
وَلْيُثَابِرْ مُثَابَرَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَىٰ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ فِي جَمِيعِ أَحْوَالِهِOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿وليثابر مثابرة رسول اللّه صلى اللّه عليه وسلم على هذه الآية في جميع أحواله﴾
Words 55–63 · 1 of 5
اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَىٰ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ فِي جَمِيعِ أَحْوَالِهِOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿مثابرة رسول اللّه على هذه الآية في جميع أحواله﴾
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Jāmī
﴿هذه الآية في جميع أحواله حتى يسمع بأذنه أو بسمعه كيف شئت أو كيف أسمعك الله الاجابة. فإن جازاك بسؤال اللسان أسمعك بأذنك، وإن جازاك بالمعنى أسمعك بسمعك. … ما وفق له﴾
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Words 64–66 · 3 of 5
حَتَّىٰ يَسْمَعَ بِأُذُنِهِIbn Turka
﴿حتى يسمع باذنه﴾
Jāmī
﴿حتى يسمع﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿حتى يسمع﴾
Words 67–84 · 2 of 5
أَوْ بِسَمْعِهِ كَيْفَ شِئْتَ أَوْ كَيْفَ أَسْمَعَكَ اللَّهُ الإِجَابَةَ فَإِنْ جَازَاكَ بِسُؤَالِ اللِّسَانِ أَسْمَعَكَ …Ibn Turka
﴿أو بسمعه … كيف شئت أو كيف أسمعك الله الإجابة ، فإن جازاك بسؤال اللسان أسمعك بإذنك ، وإن جازاك بالمعنى أسمعك بسمعك﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿أو بسمعه … كيف شئت أو كيف أسمعك اللّه الإجابة فإن جازاك … بسؤال اللسان أسمعك بإذنك وإن جازاك بالمعنى أسمعك بسمعك﴾
Words 69–75 · 1 of 5
كَيْفَ شِئْتَ أَوْ كَيْفَ أَسْمَعَكَ اللَّهُ الإِجَابَةَOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿كيف شئت أو كيف أسمعك اللّه الإجابة﴾
Jāmī
﴿فإن جازاك بسؤال اللسان﴾
Jāmī
﴿وإن جازاك بالمعنى﴾
Jāmī
﴿أسمعك بسمعك﴾
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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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