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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَفْثِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ شِيثِيَّةٍ
¶ 14 · 70 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
وليسَ هذا العِلْمُ إِلَّا لِخاتَمِ الرُّسُلِ وخاتَمِ الأَوْلِياءِ وما يَراهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الأَنْبِياءِ والرُّسُلِ إِلَّا مِنْ مِشْكَاةِ الرَّسُولِ الخَتْمِ ولا يَراهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الأَوْلِياءِ مِنْ مِشْكَاةِ الوَلِيِّ الخاتَمِ حتى إنَّ الرُّسُلَ لا يَرَوْنَهُ مَتى رَأَوْهُ إِلَّا مِنْ مِشْكَاةِ خاتَمِ الأَوْلِياءِ فإنَّ الرِّسالَةَ والنُّبُوَّةَ أَعْني نُبُوَّةَ التَّشْرِيعِ ورِسالَتَهُ تَنْقَطِعانِ والوَلَايَةُ لا تَنْقَطِعُ أَبَدًا فالمُرْسَلُونَ مِنْ كَوْنِهِمْ أَوْلِياءَ لا يَرَوْنَ ما ذَكَرْناهُ إِلَّا مِنْ مِشْكَاةِ خاتَمِ الأَوْلِياءِ فَكَيْفَ مَنْ دُونَهُمْ مِنَ الأَوْلِياءِ
And this knowledge belongs only to the Seal of the messengers and the Seal of the saints; and none of the prophets and messengers sees it except from the niche of the sealing Messenger, and none of the saints sees it except from the niche of the sealing saint, so much so that the messengers do not see it (whenever they do see it) except from the niche of the Seal of the saints. For messengerhood and prophethood (I mean the prophethood of law-giving and its messengerhood) come to an end, whereas sainthood never comes to an end. So the messengers, insofar as they are friends of God, do not see what we have mentioned except from the niche of the Seal of the saints; so how [could it be otherwise with] those saints who are below them?
On the whole passage · 1 of 6
Only al-Tilimsānī comments here.
al-Tilimsānī
﴿فإن الرسالة والنبوة أعني نبوة التشريع ورسالته تنقطعان، والولاية لا تنقطع أبدا. فالمرسلون من كونهم أولياء لا يرون ما ذكرناه إلا من مشكاة خاتم الأولياء، فكيف من دونهم من الأولياء؟ وإن كان خاتم الأولياء تابعا في الحكم لما جاء به خاتم الرسل من التشريع، فذلك لا يقدح في مقامه ولا يناقض ما ذهبنا إليه، فإنه من وجه يكون أنزل كما أنه من وجه يكون أعلى.﴾
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Words 1–8 · 3 of 6
وليسَ هذا العِلْمُ إِلَّا لِخاتَمِ الرُّسُلِ وخاتَمِ الأَوْلِياءِal-Qayṣarī
﴿وليس هذا العلم إلا لخاتم الرسل وخاتم الأولياء﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وليس هذا العلم إلا لخاتم الرسل وخاتم الأولياء﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وليس هذا العلم إلا لخاتم الرسل وخاتم الأولياء﴾
Words 4–41 · 2 of 6
إِلَّا لِخاتَمِ الرُّسُلِ وخاتَمِ الأَوْلِياءِ وما يَراهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الأَنْبِياءِ والرُّسُلِ إِلَّا مِنْ مِشْكَاةِ …al-Qāshānī
﴿إلا لخاتم الرسل وخاتم الأولياء ، وما يراه أحد من الأنبياء والرسل إلا من مشكاة الرسول الخاتم ، ولا يراه أحد من الأولياء ، إلا من مشكاة الولى الخاتم ، حتى أن الرسل لا يرونه متى رأوه إلا من مشكاة خاتم الأولياء﴾
Jāmī
﴿إلا لخاتم الرسل وخاتم الأولياء وما يراه﴾
Words 9–41 · 2 of 6
وما يَراهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الأَنْبِياءِ والرُّسُلِ إِلَّا مِنْ مِشْكَاةِ الرَّسُولِ الخَتْمِ ولا يَراهُ أَحَدٌ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿وما يراه أحد من الأنبياء والرسل إلا من مشكاة الرسول الخاتم، ولا يراه أحد من الأولياء إلا من مشكاة الولي الخاتم، حتى أن الرسل لا يرونه متى رأوه إلا من مشكاة خاتم الأولياء﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وما يراه أحد من الأنبياء والرسل إلا من مشكاة الرسول الخاتم ، وما يراه أحد من الأولياء إلآ من مشكاة الولي الخاتم﴾
Jāmī
﴿أحد من الأنبياء والرسل﴾
Words 15–32 · 1 of 6
إِلَّا مِنْ مِشْكَاةِ الرَّسُولِ الخَتْمِ ولا يَراهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الأَوْلِياءِ مِنْ مِشْكَاةِ الوَلِيِّ الخاتَمِ …Only Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلا من مشكاة الرسول الخاتم ولا يراه أحد من الأولياء إلا من مشكاة الولي الخاتم حتى أن الرسل﴾
Words 20–29 · 1 of 6
ولا يَراهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الأَوْلِياءِ مِنْ مِشْكَاةِ الوَلِيِّ الخاتَمِ حتىOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿ولا يراه أحد من الأولياء إلا من مشكاة الولي الخاتم﴾
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Jāmī
﴿حتى أن الرسل﴾
Words 32–40 · 2 of 6
لا يَرَوْنَهُ مَتى رَأَوْهُ إِلَّا مِنْ مِشْكَاةِ خاتَمِ الأَوْلِياءِJāmī
﴿لا يرونه متى رأوه إلا من مشكوة خاتم الأولياء﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿لا يرونه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿متى رأوه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلا من مشكاة … خاتم الأولياء﴾
Words 41–52 · 4 of 6
فإنَّ الرِّسالَةَ والنُّبُوَّةَ أَعْني نُبُوَّةَ التَّشْرِيعِ ورِسالَتَهُ تَنْقَطِعانِ والوَلَايَةُ لا تَنْقَطِعُ أَبَدًاal-Qāshānī
﴿فإن الرسالة والنبوة أعنى نبوة التشريع ورسالته تنقطعان﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فإن الرسالة والنبوة، أعني نبوة التشريع ورسالته، تنقطعان والولاية لا تنقطع أبدا﴾
Jāmī
﴿فإن الرسالة والنبوة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فإن الرسالة والنبوة أعني نبوة التشريع ورسالته﴾
Words 44–47 · 3 of 6
أَعْني نُبُوَّةَ التَّشْرِيعِ ورِسالَتَهُal-Qayṣarī
﴿أعني نبوة التشريع ورسالته﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿أعني نبوة التشريع﴾
Jāmī
﴿أعني نبوة التشريع ورسالته﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ورسالته تنقطعان﴾
Words 49–85 · 3 of 6
والوَلَايَةُ لا تَنْقَطِعُ أَبَدًا فالمُرْسَلُونَ مِنْ كَوْنِهِمْ أَوْلِياءَ لا يَرَوْنَ ما ذَكَرْناهُ إِلَّا مِنْ …al-Qāshānī
﴿والولاية لا تنقطع أبدا﴾
Jāmī
﴿والولاية لا تنقطع أبدأ﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿والولاية لا تنقطع أبدا فالمرسلون من كونهم أولياء لا يرون ما ذكرناه إلا من مشكاة خاتم الأولياء فكيف من دونهم من الأولياء وإن كان خاتم الأولياء تابعة في الحكم لما جاء به خاتم الرسل من التشريع فذلك﴾
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Words 53–70 · 3 of 6
فالمُرْسَلُونَ مِنْ كَوْنِهِمْ أَوْلِياءَ لا يَرَوْنَ ما ذَكَرْناهُ إِلَّا مِنْ مِشْكَاةِ خاتَمِ الأَوْلِياءِ فَكَيْفَ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فالمرسلون من كونهم أولياء لا يرون ما ذكرناه إلا من مشكاة خاتم الأولياء فكيف من دونهم من الأولياء﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فالمرسلون من كونهم أولياء لا يرون ما ذكرناه إلا من مشكاة خاتم الأولياء، فكيف من دونهم من الأولياء﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فالمرسلون من كونهم أولياء لا يرون ما ذكرناه إلآ مشكاة خاتم الأولياء؛ فكيف من دونهم من الأولياء﴾
Words 61–74 · 1 of 6
إِلَّا مِنْ مِشْكَاةِ خاتَمِ الأَوْلِياءِ فَكَيْفَ مَنْ دُونَهُمْ مِنَ الأَوْلِياءِOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿إلا من مشكوة خاتم الأولياء فكيف من دونهم من الأولياء وإن كان خاتم الأولياء﴾
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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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