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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَفْثِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ شِيثِيَّةٍ
¶ 12 · 88 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
واجْهَدْ في نَفْسِكَ عندَما تَرَى الصُّورَةَ في المِرْآةِ أَنْ تَرَى جِرْمَ المِرْآةِ لا تَراهُ أَبَدًا البَتَّةَ حتى إِنَّ بَعْضَ مَنْ أَدْرَكَ مِثْلَ هذا في صُوَرِ المَرَائِيْ ذَهَبَ إِلى أَنَّ الصُّورَةَ المَرْئِيَّةَ بَيْنَ بَصَرِ الرَّائِي وبَيْنَ المِرْآةِ هذا أَعْظَمُ ما قَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ العِلْمِ والأَمْرُ كما قُلْناهُ وذَهَبْنا إِليهِ وقد بَيَّنَّا هذا في الفُتُوحاتِ المَكِّيَّةِ وإذا ذُقْتَ هذا ذُقْتَ الغايَةَ التي ليسَ فوقَها غايَةٌ في حَقِّ المَخْلُوقِ فلا تَطْمَعْ ولا تُتْعِبْ نَفْسَكَ في أَنْ تَرْقى في أَعْلى مِنْ هذا الدَّرَجِ فما هوَ ثَمَّ أَصْلًا وما بَعْدَهُ إِلَّا العَدَمُ المَحْضُ
Strive within yourself, when you see the form in the mirror, to see the body of the mirror: you will never see it at all. So much so that some of those who perceived something like this concerning the forms [seen] in mirrors held that the seen form is between the eyesight of the seer and the mirror. This is the greatest [measure] of knowledge he was able to attain; but the matter is as we have said and held. We have explained this in al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya. When you taste this, you have tasted the utmost limit beyond which there is no limit with respect to the created being. So do not covet, and do not weary yourself, [hoping] to climb higher than this stair, for it is not there at all, and beyond it there is nothing but sheer nonexistence.
Words 1–16 · 3 of 4
واجْهَدْ في نَفْسِكَ عندَما تَرَى الصُّورَةَ في المِرْآةِ أَنْ تَرَى جِرْمَ المِرْآةِ لا تَراهُ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿وأجهد في نفسك عند ما ترى الصورة في المرآة﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿واجهد نفسك عندما ترى الصورة في المرآة أن ترى جرم المرآة ، لا تراه أبدا ألبتة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿واجهد في نفسك﴾
Words 6–23 · 1 of 4
الصُّورَةَ في المِرْآةِ أَنْ تَرَى جِرْمَ المِرْآةِ لا تَراهُ أَبَدًا البَتَّةَ حتى إِنَّ بَعْضَ …Only Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿الصورة في المرأة أن نرى جرم المرأة لا تراه أبدا البتة حتى أن بعض من أدرك مثل هذا﴾
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Words 9–19 · 1 of 4
أَنْ تَرَى جِرْمَ المِرْآةِ لا تَراهُ أَبَدًا البَتَّةَ حتى إِنَّ بَعْضَOnly al-Qayṣarī comments here.
al-Qayṣarī
﴿أن ترى جرم المرآة لا تراه أبدا ألبتة، حتى أن بعض من أدرك مثل هذا في صور المرايا … ذهب إلى أن الصورة المرئية بين بصر الرائي و بين المرآة﴾
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Words 17–36 · 1 of 4
حتى إِنَّ بَعْضَ مَنْ أَدْرَكَ مِثْلَ هذا في صُوَرِ المَرَائِيْ ذَهَبَ إِلى أَنَّ الصُّورَةَ …Only Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿حتى أن بعض من أدرك مثل هذا في صور المرايا ذهب إلى أن الصورة المرئية بين بصر الرائي وبين المرآة﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿في صور المرايا ذهب إلى أن الصورة المرئية … بين بصر الرائي وبين المرآة﴾
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Words 37–49 · 3 of 4
هذا أَعْظَمُ ما قَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ العِلْمِ والأَمْرُ كما قُلْناهُ وذَهَبْنا إِليهِ وقدal-Qayṣarī
﴿وهذا أعظم ما قدر عليه من العلم، والأمر كما قلناه و ذهبنا إليه﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿هذا أعظم ما قدر عليه من العلم، والأمر كما قلناه وذهبنا إليه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿أعظم ما قدر﴾
Words 42–48 · 1 of 4
مِنَ العِلْمِ والأَمْرُ كما قُلْناهُ وذَهَبْنا إِليهِOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿من العلم والأمر كما قلناه وذهبنا إليه﴾
Words 49–73 · 4 of 4
وقد بَيَّنَّا هذا في الفُتُوحاتِ المَكِّيَّةِ وإذا ذُقْتَ هذا ذُقْتَ الغايَةَ التي ليسَ فوقَها …al-Qāshānī
﴿وقد بينا هذا في الفتوحات المكية … وإذا ذقت هذا ذقت الغاية التي ليس فوقها غاية في حق المخلوق فلا تطمع ولا تتعب نفسك في أن ترقى أعلى من هذا الدرج﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿وقد بينا هذا في الفتوحات المكية﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وقد بينا هذا في الفتوحات المكية﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وقد بينا هذا تفصيلا في الفتوحات المكية … وإذا ذقت هذا … ذقت الغاية التي ليس فوقها غاية في حق المخلوق فلا تطمع ولا تتعب نفسك في ان ترقي في أعلى من هذا الدرج فما هو ثمة﴾
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Words 55–88 · 2 of 4
وإذا ذُقْتَ هذا ذُقْتَ الغايَةَ التي ليسَ فوقَها غايَةٌ في حَقِّ المَخْلُوقِ فلا تَطْمَعْ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿وإذا ذقت هذا، ذقت الغاية التي ليس فوقها غاية في حق المخلوق، فلا تطمع ولا تتعب نفسك في أن ترقى في أعلى من هذا الدرج فما هو ثمة أصلا، وما بعده إلا العدم المحض﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وإذا ذقت هذا﴾
Words 58–66 · 1 of 4
ذُقْتَ الغايَةَ التي ليسَ فوقَها غايَةٌ في حَقِّ المَخْلُوقِOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿دقت الغاية التي ليس فوقها غاية في حق المخلوق﴾
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Words 67–83 · 1 of 4
فلا تَطْمَعْ ولا تُتْعِبْ نَفْسَكَ في أَنْ تَرْقى في أَعْلى مِنْ هذا الدَّرَجِ فما …Only Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿فلا تطمع ولا تتعب نفسك، في أن ترقي في أعلى من هذا الدرج، فما هو ثم أصلا﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿في أن ترقى﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿في أعلى﴾
Words 80–88 · 1 of 4
فما هوَ ثَمَّ أَصْلًا وما بَعْدَهُ إِلَّا العَدَمُ المَحْضُOnly al-Qāshānī comments here.
al-Qāshānī
﴿فما هو ثم أصلا وما بعده إلا العدم المحض﴾
Words 84–100 · 2 of 4
وما بَعْدَهُ إِلَّا العَدَمُ المَحْضُIbn Turka
﴿وما بعده إلا العدم المحض؛ فهو مرآتك في رؤيتك نفسك، وأنت مرآته في رؤيته أسمائه وظهور أحكامها﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿وما بعده إلا لعدم المحض﴾
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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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- Dāwūd al-Qayṣarī (d. 751/1350), Maṭlaʿ khuṣūṣ al-kilam fī maʿānī 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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