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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَفْثِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ شِيثِيَّةٍ
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فَيَكْمُلُ الحَائِطُ والسَّبَبُ المُوجِبُ لِكَوْنِهِ يَرَاهَا لَبِنَتَيْنِ أنَّهُ تابِعٌ لِشَرْعِ خاتَمِ الرُّسُلِ في الظَّاهِرِ وهوَ مَوْضِعُ اللَّبِنَةِ الفِضِّيَّةِ وهوَ ظاهِرُهُ وما يَتْبَعُهُ فيهِ مِنَ الأَحْكامِ كما هوَ أَخَذَ عنِ اللهِ في السِّرِّ ما هوَ بِالصُّورَةِ الظَّاهِرَةِ مُتَّبِعٌ فيهِ لأنَّهُ يَرى الأَمْرَ عَلَى ما هوَ عَلَيْهِ فلا بُدَّ أنْ يَراهُ هكذا وهوَ مَوْضِعُ اللَّبِنَةِ الذَّهَبِيَّةِ في الباطِنِ فإنَّهُ أَخَذَ مِنَ المَعْدِنِ الذي يَأْخُذُ منهُ المَلَكُ الذي يُوحي بهِ إلى الرَّسُولِ فإنْ فَهِمْتَ ما أَشَرْتُ بهِ فَقَدْ حَصَلَ لَكَ العِلْمُ النَّافِعُ
…and so the wall is completed. The cause that necessitates his seeing it as two bricks is that he is a follower of the Law of the Seal of the messengers in the manifest. That is the place of the silver brick: it is his manifest [aspect] and the rulings in which he follows him. At the same time, he takes from God in the secret [dimension] that very thing in which, in the manifest form, he is a follower. For he sees the matter as it is in itself, and so he must see it thus. That is the place of the golden brick in the nonmanifest, for he takes from the [same] mine from which the angel takes who conveys it by revelation to the messenger. If you have understood what I have alluded to, then beneficial knowledge has been attained by you.
On the whole passage · 2 of 6
al-Jandī
﴿والسبب الموجب لكونه رآها لبنتين أنّه تابع ومتبوع ، تابع لشرع خاتم الرسل في الظاهر وهو موضع اللبنة الفضيّة وهو ظاهره وما يتبعه فيه من الأحكام ، كما هو آخذ عن الله في السرّ ما هو في الصورة الظاهرة متّبع فيه ، لأنّه يرى الأمر على ما هو عليه ، فلا بدّ أن يراه هكذا وهو موضع اللبنة الذهبية في الباطن ، فإنّه أخذ عن المعدن الذي أخذ منه الملك الذي يوحي به إلى الرسول﴾
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al-Tilimsānī
﴿كما هو أخذ عن الله تعالى في السر ما هو بالصورة الظاهرة متبع فيه، لأنه لا يرى الأمر على ما هو عليه، فلا بد أن يراه هكذا وهو موضع اللبنة الذهبية في الباطن، فإنه أخذ من المعدن الذي يأخذ منه الملك الذي يوحي به إلى الرسول. فإن فهمت ما أشرت به فقد حصل لك العلم النافع.﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فيكمل الحائط﴾
Words 3–18 · 4 of 6
والسَّبَبُ المُوجِبُ لِكَوْنِهِ يَرَاهَا لَبِنَتَيْنِ أنَّهُ تابِعٌ لِشَرْعِ خاتَمِ الرُّسُلِ في الظَّاهِرِ وهوَ مَوْضِعُ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿والسبب الموجب لكونه رآها لبنتين، أنه تابع لشرع خاتم الرسل في الظاهرة وهو﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿والسبب الموجب لكونه يراها لبنتين أنّه تابع لشرع خاتم الرسل في الظاهر - وهو موضع اللبنة الفضّية﴾
Jāmī
﴿والسبب الموجب لكونه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿والسبب الموجب لكونه﴾
Words 9–14 · 2 of 6
تابِعٌ لِشَرْعِ خاتَمِ الرُّسُلِ في الظَّاهِرِJāmī
﴿تابع لشرع خاتم الرسل﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿تابع لشرع خاتم الرسل في الظاهر﴾
Words 16–25 · 3 of 6
مَوْضِعُ اللَّبِنَةِ الفِضِّيَّةِ وهوَ ظاهِرُهُ وما يَتْبَعُهُ فيهِ مِنَ الأَحْكامِal-Qayṣarī
﴿موضع اللبنة الفضية، وهو ظاهره وما يتبعه فيه من الأحكام﴾
Jāmī
﴿موضع اللبنة الفضية﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿موضع اللبنة الفضية وهو﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وهو ظاهره وما يتبعه فيه من الأحكام﴾
Words 21–25 · 2 of 6
وما يَتْبَعُهُ فيهِ مِنَ الأَحْكامِJāmī
﴿وما يتبعه فيه من الأحكام﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وما يتبعه فيه من الأحكام﴾
Words 26–40 · 4 of 6
كما هوَ أَخَذَ عنِ اللهِ في السِّرِّ ما هوَ بِالصُّورَةِ الظَّاهِرَةِ مُتَّبِعٌ فيهِ لأنَّهُ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿كما هو آخذ عن الله في السر ما هو بالصورة الظاهرة متبع فيه﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿كما هو آخذ عن الله في السرّ ما هو في الصورة الظاهرة متّبع فيه ، لأنّه﴾
Jāmī
﴿كما هو آخذ عن الله في السر … ما هو﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿كما هو آخذ عن الله في السر ما هو بالصورة الظاهرة متبع فيه﴾
Jāmī
﴿بالصورة الظاهرة متبع﴾
Words 39–50 · 4 of 6
لأنَّهُ يَرى الأَمْرَ عَلَى ما هوَ عَلَيْهِ فلا بُدَّ أنْ يَراهُ هكذاal-Qayṣarī
﴿لأنه يرى الأمر على ما هو عليه، فلا بد أن يراه هكذا … كما هو آخذ عن الله في السر﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿يرى الأمر على ما هو عليه ، فلا بدّ أن يراه هكذا﴾
Jāmī
﴿يري الأمر … على ما هو عليه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿يري الأمر﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿على ما هو عليه ولا بد أن يراه﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فلا بد أن يراه هكذا﴾
Words 51–56 · 4 of 6
وهوَ مَوْضِعُ اللَّبِنَةِ الذَّهَبِيَّةِ في الباطِنِal-Qayṣarī
﴿وهو موضع اللبنة الذهبية في الباطن﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وهو موضع اللبنة الذهبيّة في الباطن﴾
Jāmī
﴿موضع اللبنة الذهبية في الباطن﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿موضع اللبنة الذهبية في الباطن﴾
Words 57–69 · 4 of 6
فإنَّهُ أَخَذَ مِنَ المَعْدِنِ الذي يَأْخُذُ منهُ المَلَكُ الذي يُوحي بهِ إلى الرَّسُولِal-Qayṣarī
﴿فإنه يأخذ من المعدن الذي يأخذ منه الملك الذي يوحى به إلى الرسول﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فإنّه أخذ من المعدن الذي يأخذ منه الملك الذي يوحى به إلى الرسول﴾
Jāmī
﴿فإنه أخذ﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿أخذ من المعدن الذي يأخذ منه الملك الذي يوحي﴾
Words 59–67 · 1 of 6
مِنَ المَعْدِنِ الذي يَأْخُذُ منهُ المَلَكُ الذي يُوحي بهِOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿من المعدن الذي يأخذ منه الملك الذي يوحي به﴾
Words 70–79 · 5 of 6
فإنْ فَهِمْتَ ما أَشَرْتُ بهِ فَقَدْ حَصَلَ لَكَ العِلْمُ النَّافِعُal-Jandī
﴿فإن فهمت ما أشرت إليه ، حصل لك العلم النافع﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿فان فهمت ما أشرت إليه فقد حصل لك العلم النافع﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فإن فهمت ما أشرت به فقد حصل لك العلم النافع﴾
Jāmī
﴿فإن فهمت ما أشرت به﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فإن فهمت ما أشرت به﴾
Words 75–79 · 2 of 6
فَقَدْ حَصَلَ لَكَ العِلْمُ النَّافِعُJāmī
﴿فقد حصل لك العلم النافع﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فقد حصل لك العلم النافع﴾
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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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