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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَبَوِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ عِيسَوِيَّةٍ
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فَجَمَعَ لِحَقِيقَتِهِ الَّتِي خُلِقَ عَلَيْهَا كَمَا قُلْنَاهُ أَنَّهُ مَخْلُوقٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ مُتَوَهَّمٍ وَمَاءٍ مُحَقَّقٍ يُنْسَبُ إِلَيْهِ الأَحْيَاءُ بِطَرِيقِ التَّحَقُّقِ مِنْ وَجْهٍ وَبِطَرِيقِ التَّوَهُّمِ مِنْ وَجْهٍ فَقِيلَ فِيهِ مِنْ طَرِيقِ التَّحَقُّقِ وَتُحْيِي المَوْتَىٰ وَقِيلَ فِيهِ مِنْ طَرِيقِ التَّوَهُّمِ فَتَنفُخُ فِيهِ فَيَكُونُ طَيْرًۢا بِإِذْنِ اللّٰهِ فَالعَامِلُ فِي المَجْرُورِ يَكُونُ لَا تَنْفُخُ وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ العَامِلُ فِيهِ يَنْفُخُ فَيَكُونُ طَائِرًا مِنْ حَيْثُ صُورَتُهُ الجِسْمِيَّةِ الحِسِّيَّةِ وَكَذَلِكَ تُبْرِئُ ٱلْأَكْمَهَ وَٱلْأَبْرَصَ وَجَمِيْعَ مَا يُنْسَبُ إِلَيْهِ وَإِلَىٰ إِذْنِ اللهِ وَإِذْنِ الكِنَايَةُ فِي مِثْلِ قَوْلِهِ بِإِذْنِى وَ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ
So he combined, by virtue of his reality upon which he was created, as we have said—namely, that he is created from an imagined water and a realized water—[such that] giving life is ascribed to him by way of realization in one respect and by way of imagining in another. Thus it was said of him by way of realization: "and you give life to the dead"; and it was said of him by way of imagining: "then you blow into it, and it becomes a bird by God's leave" [Q 3:49]. So the governing word of the prepositional phrase ["by God's leave"] is "becomes" [Q 3:49], not "you blow." Yet it is possible that its governing word is "he blows," in which case it would be a bird with respect to its bodily, sensory form. And likewise: "you heal the blind from birth and the leper" [Q 5:110], and everything that is ascribed to him and to God's leave, and to the leave [expressed] by the pronoun in such words of His as "by My leave" [Q 5:110] and "by God's leave" [Q 3:49].
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al-Qāshānī
﴿بحقيقته التي خلق عليها كما قلناه إنه مخلوق من ماء متوهم وماء محقق ، ينسب إليه الإحياء بطريق التحقيق من وجه ، وبطريق التوهم من وجه فقيل فيه من طريق التحقيق – فـ " تُحْيِ الْمَوْتى " - وقيل فيه من طريق التوهم – " فَأَنْفُخُ فِيه فَيَكُونُ طَيْراً بِإِذْنِ الله " - فالعامل في المجرور يكون لا تنفخ ، ويحتمل أن يكون العامل فيه تنفخ فيكون طائرا من حيث صورته الجسمية﴾
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﴿وكذلك تبرئ الأكمه والأبرص وجميع ما ينسب إليه وإلى إذن الله وإذن الكناية في مثل قوله بإذني وإذن الله ، فإذا تعلق المجرور بتنفخ فيكون النافخ مأذونا له في النفخ ويكون الطائر عن النفخ بإذن الله ، وإذا كان النافخ نافخا لا عن الإذن فيكون التكوين للطائر طائرا بإذن الله فيكون العامل عند ذلك يكون ، فلو لا أن في الأمر توهما وتحققا ما قبلت هذه الصور هذين الوجهين ، بل لها هذان الوجهان ، لأن النشأة العيسوية تعطى ذلك﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿وكذلك " تُبْرِئُ الأَكْمَه َ وَالأَبْرَصَ " وجميع ما ينسب إليه وإلى إذن الله وإذن الكناية في مثل قوله : " بِإِذْنِي " و " بِإِذْنِ الله " فإذا تعلَّق المجرور بـ « تنفخ » فيكون النافخ مأذونا له في النفخ ويكون الطائر عن النافخ بإذن الله ، وإذا كان النافخ نافخا لا عن الإذن ، فيكون التكوين للطائر طائرا بإذن الله ، فيكون العامل عند ذلك « فتكون » فلو لا أنّ في الأمر توهّما وتحقّقا ، ما قبلت هذه الصورة هذين الوجهين ، بل لها هذان الوجهان ، لأنّ النشأة العيسوية تعطي ذلك﴾
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Jāmī
﴿وإلى إذن الله وإذن الكناية في مثل قوله بإذني وبإذن الله. فإذا تعلق المجرور «بتنفخ» فيكون النافخ مأذونا له في النفخ ويكون الطائر عن النافخ بإذن الله. وإذا كان النافخ نافخا لا عن الإذن، فيكون التكوين للطائر طائرا بإذن الله، فيكون العامل عند ذلك «يكون». فلو لا أن في الأمر توهما وتحققا ما قبلت هذه الصورة هذين الوجهين. بل لها هذان الوجهان لأن النشأة العيسوية تعطي ذلك. وخرج عيسى من التواضع إلى أن شرع لأمته أن «يعطوا الجزية عن يد وهم صاغرون» وأن أحدهم إذا لطم في خده وضع الخد الآخر لمن لطمه، ولا يرتفع عليه ولا يطلب القصاص منه. وحسا.﴾
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لِحَقِيقَتِهِ الَّتِي خُلِقَ عَلَيْهَا كَمَا قُلْنَاهُ أَنَّهُ مَخْلُوقٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ مُتَوَهَّمٍ وَمَاءٍ مُحَقَّقٍ يُنْسَبُ …Jāmī
﴿التي خلق عليها كما قلناه أنه مخلوق من ماء متوهم ومن ماء محقق﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿بحقيقته التي خلق عليها كما قلناه إنه لمخلوق من ماء متوهم ومن ماء محقق لينسب إليه الأحياء بطريق التحقيق من وجه﴾
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Words 15–21 · 1 of 5
يُنْسَبُ إِلَيْهِ الأَحْيَاءُ بِطَرِيقِ التَّحَقُّقِ مِنْ وَجْهٍOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿ينتسب إليه الإحياء بطريق التحقيق من وجه﴾
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Jāmī
﴿وبطريق التوهم من وجه﴾
Words 26–47 · 3 of 5
فَقِيلَ فِيهِ مِنْ طَرِيقِ التَّحَقُّقِ وَتُحْيِي المَوْتَىٰ وَقِيلَ فِيهِ مِنْ طَرِيقِ التَّوَهُّمِ فَتَنفُخُ فِيهِ …Ibn Turka
﴿فقيل فيه من طريق التحقيق : "يحيي الموتى" وقيل فيه من طريق التوهّم : « فينفخ فيه فيكون طيرا بإذن الله » فالعامل في المجرور « يكون »﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فقيل فيه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فقيل فيه﴾
Words 33–50 · 2 of 5
وَقِيلَ فِيهِ مِنْ طَرِيقِ التَّوَهُّمِ فَتَنفُخُ فِيهِ فَيَكُونُ طَيْرًۢا بِإِذْنِ اللّٰهِ فَالعَامِلُ فِي المَجْرُورِ …Jāmī
﴿وقيل فيه من طريق التوهم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وقيل فيه من طريق التوهم فتنفخ فيه فيكون طيرا بإذن اللّه فالعامل في المجرور يكون لا قوله : تنفخ﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فتنفخ فيه﴾
Words 50–58 · 3 of 5
وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ العَامِلُ فِيهِ يَنْفُخُ فَيَكُونُ طَائِرًا مِنْIbn Turka
﴿ويحتمل أن يكون العامل فيه « ينفخ »﴾
Jāmī
﴿تنفخ ويحتمل أن يكون العامل فيه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ويحتمل أن يكون العامل فيه تنفخ فيكون طيرا﴾
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Words 57–63 · 1 of 5
طَائِرًا مِنْ حَيْثُ صُورَتُهُ الجِسْمِيَّةِ الحِسِّيَّةِ وَكَذَلِكَOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿فيكون طائرا من حيث صورته الجسميّة الحسيّة﴾
﴿فيكون طائرا من حيث صورته الجسميّة الحسيّة﴾
Note by the modern editor (al-muḥaqqiq) of the ibnalarabi.com text, not by Ibn Turka
Words 59–63 · 2 of 5
حَيْثُ صُورَتُهُ الجِسْمِيَّةِ الحِسِّيَّةِ وَكَذَلِكَJāmī
﴿من حيث صورته الحسية الجسمية﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿من حيث صورته الجسمية المحققة﴾
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Words 65–74 · 1 of 5
ٱلْأَكْمَهَ وَٱلْأَبْرَصَ وَجَمِيْعَ مَا يُنْسَبُ إِلَيْهِ وَإِلَىٰ إِذْنِ اللهِ وَإِذْنِOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿" تُبْرِئُ الأَكْمَه َ وَالأَبْرَصَ " [ 5 / 110 ] وجميع ما ينسب إليه وإلى إذن الله﴾
Words 77–84 · 2 of 5
مِثْلِ قَوْلِهِ بِإِذْنِى وَ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِIbn Turka
﴿في مثل قوله : "وَتُبْرِئُ الأَكْمَه َ وَالأَبْرَصَ بِإِذْنِي " [ 5 / 110 ] و﴾
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Jāmī
﴿في مثل قوله بإذني﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وبِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ فإذا تعلق المجرور بتنفخ فيكون النافخ مأذونا له في النفخ فيكون الطائر عن النافخ بإذن اللّه﴾
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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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