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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَفْثِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ شِيثِيَّةٍ
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فَكُلُّ نَبِيٍّ مِنْ لَدُنْ آدَمَ إِلى آخِرِ نَبِيٍّ ما مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ يَأْخُذُ إِلَّا مِنْ مِشْكَاةِ خاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ وإنْ تَأَخَّرَ وُجُودُ طِينَتِهِ فإنَّهُ بِحَقِيقَتِهِ مَوْجُودٌ وهوَ قَوْلُهُ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ كُنْتُ نَبِيًّا وآدَمُ بَيْنَ الماءِ والطِّينِ وغَيْرُهُ مِنَ الأَنْبِياءِ ما كانَ نَبِيًّا إِلَّا حينَ بُعِثَ وكذلكَ خاتَمُ الأَوْلِياءِ كانَ وَلِيًّا وآدَمُ بَيْنَ الماءِ والطِّينِ وغَيْرُهُ مِنَ الأَوْلِياءِ ما كانَ وَلِيًّا إِلَّا بَعْدَ تَحْصِيلِهِ شَرائِطَ الوِلَايَةِ مِنَ الأَخْلاقِ الإِلَهِيَّةِ في الاتِّصافِ بِها مِنْ كَوْنِ اللهِ تَسَمَّى ب ٱلْوَلِىُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ
So every prophet, from Adam to the last prophet, not one of them takes [his knowledge] except from the niche of the Seal of the prophets, even though the existence of his clay came later; for he is existent through his reality. This is his saying (God bless him and give him peace): "I was a prophet while Adam was between water and clay." As for the other prophets, none of them was a prophet except when he was sent forth. Likewise the Seal of the saints was a friend of God while Adam was between water and clay, whereas none of the other saints was a friend of God except after acquiring the conditions of sainthood, [which consist] of the divine character traits, in being qualified by them, given that God has named Himself "the Friend, the Praiseworthy" [Q 42:28].
On the whole passage · 1 of 7
Only Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿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 وغيره من الأولياء ما كان وليا إلا بعد تحصيل شرائط الولاية من الأخلاق الإلهية في الاتصاف بها من كون الله يسمى بالولي الحميد فخاتم الرسل من حيث ولابته نسبته مع الختم للولاية نسبة الأنبياء والرسل معه﴾
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Words 1–46 · 6 of 7
فَكُلُّ نَبِيٍّ مِنْ لَدُنْ آدَمَ إِلى آخِرِ نَبِيٍّ ما مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ يَأْخُذُ إِلَّا مِنْ …al-Jandī
﴿وكلّ نبيّ من لدن آدم إلى آخر نبيّ ما منهم أحد إلَّا يأخذ من مشكاة خاتم النبيّين وإن تأخّر وجود طينته ، فإنّه بحقيقته موجود ، وهو قوله :﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿فكل نبي من لدن آدم إلى آخر نبي، ما منهم أحد يأخذ … إلا من مشكاة خاتم النبيين وإن تأخر وجود طينته، فإنه بحقيقته موجود﴾
al-Tilimsānī
﴿وكل نبي من لدن آدم إلى آخر نبی ما منهم أحد يأخذ إلا من مشكاة خاتم النبيين، وإن تأخر وجود طينته، فإنه بحقيقته موجود، وهو قوله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «كنت نبيا و آدم بين الماء والطين.» وغيره من الأنبياء ما كان نبيا إلا حين بعث﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فكلّ نبيّ - من لدن آدم إلى آخر نبيّ - ما منهم أحد يأخذ إلَّا من مشكاة خاتم النبيّين ، وإن تأخّر وجود طينته ، فإنّه بحقيقته موجود﴾
Jāmī
﴿فكل نبي من لدن آدم إلى آخر نبي … ما منهم أحد بأخذ … إلا من مشكاة … خاتم النبيين وإن تأخر وجود طينته﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فكل نبي من لدن آدم إلى آخر نبي ما منهم أحد ياخذ … إلا من مشكاة خاتم النبيين وإن تاخر وجود طينته فإنه بحقيقته موجود﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وهو قوله : " كنت نبيّا وآدم بين الماء والطين " وغيره من الأنبياء ما كان نبيّا إلَّا حين بعث … وكذلك خاتم الأولياء﴾
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Jāmī
﴿كنت نبيا﴾
Jāmī
﴿وآدم بين الماء والطين﴾
Words 37–45 · 2 of 7
وغَيْرُهُ مِنَ الأَنْبِياءِ ما كانَ نَبِيًّا إِلَّا حينَ بُعِثَal-Qayṣarī
﴿وغيره من الأنبياء ما كان نبيا إلا حين بعث﴾
Jāmī
﴿وغيره من الأنبياء ما كان نبيا﴾
Jāmī
﴿إلا حين بعث﴾
Words 46–75 · 1 of 7
وكذلكَ خاتَمُ الأَوْلِياءِ كانَ وَلِيًّا وآدَمُ بَيْنَ الماءِ والطِّينِ وغَيْرُهُ مِنَ الأَوْلِياءِ ما كانَ …Only al-Jandī comments here.
al-Jandī
﴿وكذلك خاتم الأولياء ، كان وليّا وآدم بين الماء والطين ، وغيره ما كان وليّا إلَّا بعد تحصيله شرائط الولاية من الأخلاق الإلهية في الاتّصاف بها من كون الله تسمّى بالوليّ الحميد﴾
Words 49–77 · 2 of 7
كانَ وَلِيًّا وآدَمُ بَيْنَ الماءِ والطِّينِ وغَيْرُهُ مِنَ الأَوْلِياءِ ما كانَ وَلِيًّا إِلَّا بَعْدَ …Ibn Turka
﴿كان وليّا وآدم بين الماء والطين ، وغيره من الأولياء ما كان وليّا إلَّا بعد تحصيله شرائط الولاية ، من الأخلاق الإلهيّة في الاتصاف بها من كون الله يسمّى بالولي الحميد﴾
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Jāmī
﴿كان وليا﴾
Words 51–60 · 1 of 7
وآدَمُ بَيْنَ الماءِ والطِّينِ وغَيْرُهُ مِنَ الأَوْلِياءِ ما كانَ وَلِيًّاOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿وآدم بين الماء والطين وغيره من الأولياء ما كان وليا﴾
Words 55–71 · 1 of 7
وغَيْرُهُ مِنَ الأَوْلِياءِ ما كانَ وَلِيًّا إِلَّا بَعْدَ تَحْصِيلِهِ شَرائِطَ الوِلَايَةِ مِنَ الأَخْلاقِ الإِلَهِيَّةِ …Only al-Qāshānī comments here.
al-Qāshānī
﴿وغيره من الأولياء ما كان وليا إلا بعد تحصيله شرائط الولاية من الأخلاق الإلهية في الاتصاف بها﴾
Words 61–71 · 1 of 7
إِلَّا بَعْدَ تَحْصِيلِهِ شَرائِطَ الوِلَايَةِ مِنَ الأَخْلاقِ الإِلَهِيَّةِ في الاتِّصافِ بِهاOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿إلا بعد تحصيله شرائط الولاية من الأخلاق الإلهية في الاتصاف بها﴾
Jāmī
﴿كون الله﴾
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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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