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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
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فَلَمَّا قَالَ لَهَا إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ جِئْتُ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَـٰمًا زَكِيًّا انْبَسَطَتْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ القَبْضِ وَانْشَرَحَ صَدْرُهَا فَنَفَخَ فِيهَا فِي ذَلِكَ الحِينِ عِيسَىٰ فَكَانَ جِبْرَئِيلُ نَاقِلًا كَلِمَةَ اللهِ لِمَرْيَمَ كَمَا يَنْقُلُ الرَّسُولُ كَلَامَ اللهِ لِأُمَّتِهِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُهُ وَكَلِمَتُهُۥٓ أَلْقَىٰهَآ إِلَىٰ مَرْيَمَ وَرُوحٌ مِّنْهُ فَسَرَتِ الشَّهْوَةُ فِي مَرْيَمَ فَخُلِقَ جِسْمُ عِيسَىٰ مِنْ مَاءٍ مُحَقَّقٍ مِنْ مَرْيَمَ وَمِنْ مَاءٍ مُتَوَهَّمٍ مِنْ جِبْرَئِيلُ سَرَىٰ فِي رُطُوبَةِ ذَلِكَ النَّفْخِ لِأَنَّ النَّفْخَ مِنَ الجِسْمِ الحَيَوَانِيِّ رَطْبٌ لِمَا فِيهِ مِنْ رُكْنِ المَاءِ
Then, when he said to her, "I am only the messenger of your Lord" [Q 19:19], [and] I have come "to grant you a pure boy" [Q 19:19], she was released from that contraction, and her breast was expanded. So at that moment he blew Jesus into her. Thus Gabriel was a transmitter of God's word to Mary, just as the messenger transmits God's speech to his community; and that is His saying: "And His word, which He cast to Mary, and a spirit from Him" [Q 4:171]. Then desire pervaded Mary, and so the body of Jesus was created from an actual (realized) water from Mary and from an imagined (supposed) water from Gabriel, which pervaded the moisture of that blowing; for blowing from the animal body is moist, because of the element of water that is in it.
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al-Qāshānī
﴿فلما قال له – "إِنَّما أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ " - جئت – " لأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلاماً زَكِيًّا " - انبسطت عن ذلك القبض وانشرح صدرها فنفخ فيها ذلك الحين عيسى ، فكان جبريل ناقلا كلمة الله لمريم كما ينقل الرسول كلام الله لأمته وهو قوله – " وكَلِمَتُه أَلْقاها إِلى مَرْيَمَ ورُوحٌ مِنْه " - فسرت الشهوة في مريم ، فخلق جسم عيسى من ماء محقق من مريم ، ومن ماء متوهم من جبريل سرى في رطوبة ذلك النفخ ، لأن النفخ من الجسم الحاوانى رطب لما فيه من ركن الماء ، فتكون جسم عيسى من ماء متوهم ومن ماء محقق ، وخرج على صورة البشر من أجل أمه ومن أجل تمثل جبريل في صورة البشر ، حتى لا يقع التكوين في هذا النوع الإنسانى إلا على الحكم المعتاد﴾
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Jāmī
﴿عيسى: فكان جبريل ناقلا كلمة الله لمريم كما ينقل الرسول كلام الله لأمته، وهو قوله «وكلمته ألقاها إلى مريم وروح منه». فسرت الشهوة في مريم: فخلق جسم عيسى من ماء محقق من مريم ومن ماء متوهم من جبريل، سرى في رطوبة ذلك النفخ لأن النفخ من الجسم الحيواني رطب لما فيه من ركن الماء. فتكون جسم عيسى من ماء متوهم وماء محقق، وخرج على صورة البشر﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فلما قال له – "إِنَّما أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ " - جئت – " لأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلاماً زَكِيًّا " - انبسطت عن ذلك القبض وانشرح صدرها فنفخ فيها ذلك الحين عيسى ، فكان جبريل ناقلا كلمة الله لمريم كما ينقل الرسول كلام الله لأمته وهو قوله – " وكَلِمَتُه أَلْقاها إِلى مَرْيَمَ ورُوحٌ مِنْه " - فسرت الشهوة في مريم ، فخلق جسم عيسى من ماء محقق من مريم ، ومن ماء متوهم من جبريل سرى في رطوبة ذلك النفخ ، لأن النفخ من الجسم الحاوانى رطب لما فيه من ركن الماء ، فتكون جسم عيسى من ماء متوهم ومن ماء محقق ، وخرج على صورة البشر من أجل أمه ومن أجل تمثل جبريل في صورة البشر ، حتى لا يقع التكوين في هذا النوع الإنسانى إلا على الحكم المعتاد﴾
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Bālī Zāde's gloss, printed inside al-Qāshānī's commentary in the ibnalarabi.com text (line 8041); moved here
Words 1–35 · 3 of 5
فَلَمَّا قَالَ لَهَا إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ جِئْتُ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَـٰمًا زَكِيًّا انْبَسَطَتْ عَنْ …Ibn Turka
﴿فلمّا " قالَ إِنَّما أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ " جئت " لأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلاماً زَكِيًّا " [ 19 / 19 ] انبسطت عن ذلك القبض﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فلما قال﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فلما قال … لها :إِنَّما أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلاماً زَكِيًّاانبسطت عن ذلك القبض وانشرح صدرها فنفخ فيها في ذلك الحين عيسى عليه السلام فكان جبرائيل ناقلا كلمة اللّه لمريم كما ينقل الرسول كلام اللّه لأمته وهو﴾
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Words 4–11 · 2 of 5
إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ جِئْتُ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَـٰمًاal-Jandī
﴿إِنَّما أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلاماً زَكِيًّا﴾
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﴿إِنَّما أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ﴾
﴿إِنَّما أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ﴾
Jāmī
﴿" إِنَّما أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ " جئت﴾
Jāmī
﴿عن ذلك القبض﴾
Words 19–24 · 2 of 5
فَنَفَخَ فِيهَا فِي ذَلِكَ الحِينِ عِيسَىٰIbn Turka
﴿فنفخ فيها في ذلك الحين عيسى﴾
Jāmī
﴿فنفخ فيها في ذلك الحين﴾
Words 25–36 · 2 of 5
فَكَانَ جِبْرَئِيلُ نَاقِلًا كَلِمَةَ اللهِ لِمَرْيَمَ كَمَا يَنْقُلُ الرَّسُولُ كَلَامَ اللهِ لِأُمَّتِهِIbn Turka
﴿فكان جبرئيل ناقلا كلمة الله لمريم . كما ينقل الرسول كلام الله لامّته﴾
﴿فكان جبرئيل ناقلا كلمة الله لمريم . كما ينقل الرسول كلام الله لامّته﴾
Note by the modern editor (al-muḥaqqiq) of the ibnalarabi.com text, not by Ibn Turka
Jāmī
﴿فكان جبريل ناقلا كلمة اللّه﴾
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Jāmī
﴿كما ينقل الرسول كلام اللّه﴾
Words 39–44 · 3 of 5
وَكَلِمَتُهُۥٓ أَلْقَىٰهَآ إِلَىٰ مَرْيَمَ وَرُوحٌ مِّنْهُal-Jandī
﴿وَكَلِمَتُه ُ أَلْقاها إِلى مَرْيَمَ وَرُوحٌ مِنْه ُ﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وَكَلِمَتُه ُ أَلْقاها إِلى مَرْيَمَ وَرُوحٌ مِنْه ُ﴾
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Jāmī
﴿وَكَلِمَتُهُ أَلْقاها إِلى مَرْيَمَ وَرُوحٌ مِنْهُ﴾
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Words 45–76 · 2 of 5
فَسَرَتِ الشَّهْوَةُ فِي مَرْيَمَ فَخُلِقَ جِسْمُ عِيسَىٰ مِنْ مَاءٍ مُحَقَّقٍ مِنْ مَرْيَمَ وَمِنْ مَاءٍ …Ibn Turka
﴿فسرت الشهوة في مريم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فسرت الشهوة في مريم فخلق جسم عيسى عليه السلام من ماء محقق من مريم ومن ماء متوهم من جبرائيل سرى في رطوبة ذلك النفخ لأن النفخ من الجسم الحيواني رطب لما فيه﴾
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Words 49–65 · 2 of 5
فَخُلِقَ جِسْمُ عِيسَىٰ مِنْ مَاءٍ مُحَقَّقٍ مِنْ مَرْيَمَ وَمِنْ مَاءٍ مُتَوَهَّمٍ مِنْ جِبْرَئِيلُ سَرَىٰ …Ibn Turka
﴿فخلق جسم عيسى من ماء محقّق من مريم وماء متوهّم من جبرئيل ، سرى في رطوبة ذلك النفخ﴾
Jāmī
﴿فخلق جسم عيسى من ماء محقق﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ماء محقق﴾
Jāmī
Jāmī
﴿في رطوبة ذلك النفخ﴾
Words 67–85 · 1 of 5
لِأَنَّ النَّفْخَ مِنَ الجِسْمِ الحَيَوَانِيِّ رَطْبٌ لِمَا فِيهِ مِنْ رُكْنِ المَاءِOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿لأنّ النفخ من الجسم الحيوانيّ رطب ، لما فيه من ركن الماء ، فتكوّن جسم عيسى من ماء متوهّم وماء محقّق﴾
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﴿لأنّ النفخ من الجسم الحيوانيّ رطب ، لما فيه من ركن الماء ، فتكوّن جسم عيسى من ماء متوهّم وماء محقّق﴾
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Jāmī
﴿من الجسم الحيواني رطب … لما فيه من ركن الماء﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿من ركن الماء فيكون جسم عيسى عليه السلام من ماء متوهم﴾
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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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