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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَفْثِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ شِيثِيَّةٍ
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ولمَّا مَثَّلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ النُّبُوَّةَ بالحَائِطِ مِنَ اللَّبِنِ وقدْ كَمُلَ سِوى مَوْضِعِ لَبِنَةٍ فَكانَ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ تِلْكَ اللَّبِنَةَ غَيْرَ أنَّهُ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ لا يَراها إِلَّا كما قالَ لَبِنَةً واحِدَةً وأمَّا خاتَمُ الأَوْلِياءِ فلا بُدَّ لهُ مِنْ هذِهِ الرُّؤْيا فَيَرى ما مَثَّلَهُ بهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ ويَرى في الحَائِطِ مَوْضِعَ لَبِنَتَيْنِ واللَّبِنُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وفِضَّةٍ فَيَرى اللَّبِنَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ تَنْقُصُ الحَائِطَ عنهُما وَيَكْمُلُ بهِما لَبِنَةَ فِضَّةٍ وَلَبِنَةَ ذَهَبٍ فلا بُدَّ أنْ يَرى نَفْسَهُ تَنْطَبِعُ في مَوْضِعِ تَيْنِكَ اللَّبِنَتَيْنِ فَيَكونُ خاتَمُ الأَوْلِياءِ تَيْنِكَ اللَّبِنَتَيْنِ
And when the Prophet (God bless him and give him peace) likened prophethood to a wall of bricks that had been completed except for the place of one brick, he (God bless him and give him peace) was that brick. Yet he (God bless him and give him peace) sees it only as a single brick, as he said. As for the Seal of the saints, he must have this vision. He sees what the Messenger of God (God bless him and give him peace) likened [prophethood] to, and he sees in the wall the place of two bricks, the bricks being of gold and silver. He sees the two bricks that the wall lacks and by which it is completed: a brick of silver and a brick of gold. He must then see himself imprinted in the place of those two bricks, so the Seal of the saints is those two bricks.
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al-Qāshānī
﴿ولما مثل النبي صلى الله عليه وسلَّم بالحائط من اللبن وقد كمل سوى موضع لبنة فكان صلى الله عليه وسلَّم تلك اللبنة ، غير أنه صلى الله عليه وسلَّم لا يراها إلا كما قال لبنة واحدة وأما خاتم الأولياء فلا بد له من هذه الرؤيا ، فيرى ما مثله به رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلَّم ، ويرى في الحائط موضع لبنتين واللبن من ذهب وفضة فيرى اللبنتين اللتين ينقص الحائط عنهم ويكمل بهما لبنة فضة ولبنة ذهب فلا بد أن يرى نفسه تنطبع في موضع تينك اللبنتين فيكون خاتم الأولياء تينك اللبنتين فيكمل الحائط بهما ، والسبب الموجب لكونه رآها لبنتين أنه تابع لشرع خاتم الرسل في الظاهر وهو موضع اللبنة الفضية وهو ظاهره وما يتبعه فيه من الأحكام كما هو آخذ عن الله في السر ما هو بالصورة الظاهرة متبع فيه لأنه يرى الأمر على ما هو عليه فلا بد أن يراه هكذا وهو موضع اللبنة الذهبية في الباطن فإنه آخذ من المعدن الذي يأخذ منه الملك الذي يوحى به إلى الرسل ، فإن فهمت ما أشرت به فقد حصل لك العلم النافع فكل نبى من لدن آدم إلى آخر نبى ما منهم أحد يأخذ إلا من مشكاة خاتم النبيين صلى الله عليه وسلَّم وإن تأخر وجود طينته ، فإنه صلى الله عليه وسلَّم بحقيقته موجود ، وهو قوله « كنت نبيا وآدم بين الماء والطين » وغيره من الأنبياء ما كان نبيا إلا حين بعث ، وكذلك خاتم الأولياء كان وليا وآدم بين الماء والطين﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿ولما مثل النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، النبوة بالحائط من اللبن وقد كمل سوى موضع لبنة واحدة، فكان، صلى الله عليه وسلم، تلك اللبنة، غير أنه … صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يراها إلا، كما قال، لبنة واحدة. وأما خاتم الأولياء فلا بد له من هذه الرؤية، فيرى ما مثله به رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، ويرى في الحائط موضع لبنتين، واللبن من ذهب وفضة، فيرى اللبنتين اللتين تنقص الحائط عنهما ويكمل بهما لبنة ذهب ولبنة فضة، فلا بد أن يرى نفسه تنطبع في موضع تينك اللبنتين﴾
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Words 1–36 · 4 of 7
ولمَّا مَثَّلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ النُّبُوَّةَ بالحَائِطِ مِنَ اللَّبِنِ وقدْ كَمُلَ سِوى …al-Jandī
﴿ولمّا مثل النبيّ النبوّة بالحائط من اللبن وقد كمل سوى موضع لبنة ، فكان رسول الله صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم تلك اللبنة غير أنّ رسول الله صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم لا يراها إلَّا كما قال : لبنة واحدة﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿ولما مثل النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم النبوة بالحائط من اللبن﴾
Jāmī
﴿فكان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿ولما مثل النبي عليه الصلاة والسلام النبوة بالحائط من اللبن وقد كمل﴾
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﴿خاتم المرسلين صلى الله عليه وسلم﴾
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Words 12–46 · 2 of 7
وقدْ كَمُلَ سِوى مَوْضِعِ لَبِنَةٍ فَكانَ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ تِلْكَ اللَّبِنَةَ غَيْرَ أنَّهُ …Ibn Turka
﴿وقد كمل سوى موضع لبنة واحدة ، وكان صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم تلك اللبنة ، غير أنّه صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم لا يراها إلَّا كما قال : لبنة واحدة وأمّا خاتم الأولياء فلا بدّ له من هذه الرؤيا﴾
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Jāmī
﴿وقد كمل﴾
Jāmī
﴿تلك اللبنة﴾
Jāmī
﴿غير أنه صلى الله عليه وسلم﴾
Words 32–36 · 2 of 7
إِلَّا كما قالَ لَبِنَةً واحِدَةًJāmī
﴿إلا كما قال﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلا كما قال لبنة واحدة﴾
Jāmī
﴿لبنة واحدة﴾
Words 37–45 · 2 of 7
وأمَّا خاتَمُ الأَوْلِياءِ فلا بُدَّ لهُ مِنْ هذِهِ الرُّؤْياJāmī
﴿وأما خانم الأولياء فلا بد له من هذه الرؤيا﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿وأما خاتم الأولياء فلا بد له من هذه الرؤيا﴾
Words 45–55 · 2 of 7
الرُّؤْيا فَيَرى ما مَثَّلَهُ بهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَIbn Turka
﴿فيرى ما مثّله به رسول الله صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم﴾
Bālī Zāde
Words 56–61 · 2 of 7
ويَرى في الحَائِطِ مَوْضِعَ لَبِنَتَيْنِ واللَّبِنُIbn Turka
﴿ويرى في الحائط موضع اللبنتين ، واللبن﴾
Jāmī
﴿في الحائط موضع لبنتين﴾
Words 61–86 · 2 of 7
واللَّبِنُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وفِضَّةٍ فَيَرى اللَّبِنَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ تَنْقُصُ الحَائِطَ عنهُما وَيَكْمُلُ بهِما لَبِنَةَ فِضَّةٍ …Ibn Turka
﴿من ذهب وفضّة ، فيرى اللبنتين اللتين ينقص الحائط عنهما ويكمل بهما لبنة فضّة ولبنة ذهب ، فلا بد أن يرى نفسه تنطبع في موضع تينك اللبنتين﴾
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Jāmī
﴿واللبن من ذهب﴾
Words 65–116 · 2 of 7
فَيَرى اللَّبِنَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ تَنْقُصُ الحَائِطَ عنهُما وَيَكْمُلُ بهِما لَبِنَةَ فِضَّةٍ وَلَبِنَةَ ذَهَبٍ فلا بُدَّ …al-Tilimsānī
﴿فيرى اللبتين اللتين تنقص الحائط عنهما وتكمل بهما، لبنة ذهب ولبنة فضة، فلا بد أن يرى نفسه تنطبع في موضع تينك اللبتين، فيكون خاتم الأولياء نينك اللبنتين، فيكمل الحائط. والسبب الموجب لكونه رآها لبنتين أنه تابع الشرع خاتم الرسل في الظاهر وهو موضع اللبنة الفضة، وهو ظاهره وما يتبعه فيه من الأحكام﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فيري اللبنتين اللتين ينقص الحائط عنهما ، ويكمل بهما لبنة من فضة ولبنة من ذهب فلا بد أن يرى نفسه تنطبع في موضع تينك اللبنتين ليكمل الحائط﴾
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Words 77–86 · 2 of 7
فلا بُدَّ أنْ يَرى نَفْسَهُ تَنْطَبِعُ في مَوْضِعِ تَيْنِكَ اللَّبِنَتَيْنِal-Qayṣarī
﴿فلا بد أن يرى نفسه تنطبع﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فلا بد أن يرى نفسه تنطبع في موضع تلك اللبنتين﴾
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Words 87–94 · 1 of 7
فَيَكونُ خاتَمُ الأَوْلِياءِ تَيْنِكَ اللَّبِنَتَيْنِOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿فيكون خاتم الأولياء تينك اللبنتين فيه ، فيكمل الحائط﴾
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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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