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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَفْثِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ شِيثِيَّةٍ
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والسَّائِلُونَ صِنْفانِ صِنْفٌ بَعَثَهُ على السُّؤالِ الاسْتِعْجالُ الطَّبِيعِيُّ فإنَّ الإنسانَ خُلِقَ عَجُولًا والصِّنْفُ الآخَرُ بَعَثَهُ على السُّؤالِ لَمَّا عَلِمَ أنَّ ثَمَّ أُمُورًا عندَ اللهِ قدْ سَبَقَ العِلْمُ بأنَّها لا تُنالُ إلَّا بَعْدَ سُؤَالٍ فَنَقُولُ فَلَعَلَّ ما نَسْأَلُهُ سُبْحانَهُ يَكونُ مِنْ هذا القَبِيلِ فَسُؤالُهُ احْتِياطٌ لِما هوَ الأَمْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الإمْكانِ وهوَ لا يَعْلَمُ ما في عِلْمِ اللهِ ولا ما يُعْطِيهِ اسْتِعْدادُهُ في القَبولِ لأنَّهُ مِنْ أَغْمَضِ المَعْلُوماتِ الوُقوفُ في كُلِّ زَمانٍ فَرْدٍ على اسْتِعْدادِ الشَّخْصِ في ذلكَ الزَّمانِ ولَوْلا ما أَعْطاهُ الاسْتِعْدادُ السُّؤالَ ما سَأَلَ
Those who ask are of two kinds. One kind is prompted to ask by natural haste, for the human being was created hasty [allusion to Q 17:11 and Q 21:37]. The other kind is prompted to ask because he knows that there are matters with God about which [His] knowledge has already determined that they are not attained except after a request. So we say: perhaps what we ask of Him, glory be to Him, is of this sort. His asking is therefore a precaution in view of how the matter stands, namely as possible. He does not know what is in God's knowledge, nor what his preparedness gives [him] in receiving. For among the most obscure of known things is to discern, in each single moment, the preparedness of the individual in that moment. And were it not that preparedness had given him the asking, he would not have asked.
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al-Qāshānī
﴿والسائلون صنفان : صنف بعثه على السؤال الاستعجال الطبيعي فإن الإنسان خلق عجولا ، والصنف الآخر : بعثه على السؤال لما علم أن ثم أمورا عند الله قد سبق العلم بأنها لا تنال إلا بعد سؤال ، فيقول فلعل ما نسأله سبحانه يكون من هذا القبيل فسؤاله احتياط لما هو الأمر عليه من الإمكان ، فهو لا يعلم ما في علم الله ولا ما يعطيه استعداد في القبول﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿والسائلون صنفان : صنف بعثه على السؤال الاستعجال الطبيعي ، فإنّ الإنسان خلق عجولا . والصنف الآخر بعثه على السؤال لما علم أنّ ثمّ أمورا عند الله قد سبق العلم بأنّها لا تنال إلَّا بعد السؤال ، فيقول : فلعلّ ما يسأله يكون من هذا القبيل فسؤاله احتياط لما هو الأمر عليه من الإمكان ، وهو لا يعلم ما في علم الله ، ولا ما يعطيه استعداده في القبول ،لأنّه من أغمض المعلومات الوقوف في كل زمان فرد على استعداد الشخص في ذلك الزمان﴾
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al-Tilimsānī
﴿والسائلون صنفان صنف بعثه على السؤال الاستعجال الطبيعي فإن الإنسان خلق عجولا. والصنف الأخر بعثه على السؤال لما علم أن ثم أمورا عند الله قد سبق العلم بأنها لا تنال إلا بعد السؤال، فيقول: فلعل ما نسأله سبحانه يكون من هذا القبيل، فسؤاله احتياط لما هو الأمر عليه من الإمكان، وهو لا يعلم ما في علم الله ولا ما يعطيه استعداده.﴾
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Words 1–12 · 4 of 7
والسَّائِلُونَ صِنْفانِ صِنْفٌ بَعَثَهُ على السُّؤالِ الاسْتِعْجالُ الطَّبِيعِيُّ فإنَّ الإنسانَ خُلِقَ عَجُولًاal-Qayṣarī
﴿والسائلون صنفان﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿صنفان : صنف بعثه على السؤال الاستعجال الطبيعي، فإن الإنسان ځلق عجولا﴾
Jāmī
﴿صنفان صنف بعثه على السؤال الاستعجال الطبيعي فإن الإنسان خلق عجولا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿صنفان صنف بعثه على السؤال﴾
Words 3–12 · 1 of 7
صِنْفٌ بَعَثَهُ على السُّؤالِ الاسْتِعْجالُ الطَّبِيعِيُّ فإنَّ الإنسانَ خُلِقَ عَجُولًاOnly al-Qayṣarī comments here.
al-Qayṣarī
﴿صنف بعثه على السؤال الاستعجال الطبيعي، فإن الإنسان خلق عجولا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿الاستعجال الطبيعي … فإن الإنسان خلق عجولا﴾
Words 13–33 · 4 of 7
والصِّنْفُ الآخَرُ بَعَثَهُ على السُّؤالِ لَمَّا عَلِمَ أنَّ ثَمَّ أُمُورًا عندَ اللهِ قدْ سَبَقَ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿والصنف الآخر بعثه على السؤال لما علم أن ثمة أمورا عند الله قد سبق العلم … بأنها لا تنال إلا بعد سؤال﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿والصنف الآخر بعثه على السؤال لما علم أن تم أمورا عند الله قد سبق العلم بأنها لا تنال إلا بعد سؤال﴾
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Jāmī
﴿والصنف الآخر بعثه على السؤال … لما علم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿والصنف الآخر … بعثه على السؤال … لما علم﴾
Words 18–24 · 2 of 7
لَمَّا عَلِمَ أنَّ ثَمَّ أُمُورًا عندَ اللهِal-Qayṣarī
﴿لما علم﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿لما علم أن ثم أمورا ، بعثه علمه﴾
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Jāmī
﴿قد سبق العلم﴾
Words 28–33 · 2 of 7
بأنَّها لا تُنالُ إلَّا بَعْدَ سُؤَالٍJāmī
﴿لا تنال إلا بعد سؤال﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿بانها لا تنال﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلا بعد سؤال﴾
Words 34–50 · 3 of 7
فَنَقُولُ فَلَعَلَّ ما نَسْأَلُهُ سُبْحانَهُ يَكونُ مِنْ هذا القَبِيلِ فَسُؤالُهُ احْتِياطٌ لِما هوَ الأَمْرُ …Ibn Turka
﴿فيقول : « فلعل ما نسأله سبحانه يكون من هذا القبيل » ، فسؤاله احتياط لما هو الأمر عليه من الإمكان﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فلعل ما نسأله﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فلعل ما نسأله سبحانه يكون من هذا القبيل﴾
Jāmī
﴿يكون من هذا القبيل﴾
Words 43–50 · 2 of 7
فَسُؤالُهُ احْتِياطٌ لِما هوَ الأَمْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الإمْكانِJāmī
﴿فسؤاله احتياط لما هو﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿احتياط لما هو الأمر عليه من الإمكان﴾
Jāmī
﴿من الإمكان﴾
Words 51–63 · 4 of 7
وهوَ لا يَعْلَمُ ما في عِلْمِ اللهِ ولا ما يُعْطِيهِ اسْتِعْدادُهُ في القَبولِal-Qayṣarī
﴿وهو لا يعلم ما في علم الله ولا ما يعطيه استعداده في القبول﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وهو لا يعلم ما في علم الله ولا ما يعطيه استعداده في القبول﴾
Jāmī
﴿لا يعلم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لا يعلم ما في علم الله﴾
Jāmī
﴿في علم الله﴾
Words 58–63 · 2 of 7
ولا ما يُعْطِيهِ اسْتِعْدادُهُ في القَبولِJāmī
﴿ما يعطيه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ولا ما يعطيه استعداده في القبول﴾
Jāmī
﴿استعداده في القبول﴾
Words 64–78 · 5 of 7
لأنَّهُ مِنْ أَغْمَضِ المَعْلُوماتِ الوُقوفُ في كُلِّ زَمانٍ فَرْدٍ على اسْتِعْدادِ الشَّخْصِ في ذلكَ …al-Qāshānī
﴿لأنه من أغمض المعلومات الوقوف في كل زمان فرد على استعداد الشخص في ذلك الزمان﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿لأنه من أغمض المعلومات الوقوف في كل زمان فرد … على استعداد الشخص في ذلك الزمان﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿لأنه من أغمض المعلومات الوقوف في كل زمان فرد على استعداد الشخص في ذلك الزمان﴾
Jāmī
﴿من أغمض المعلومات﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿من أغمض المعلومات الوقوف في كل زمان فرد … على استعداد الشخص في ذلك الزمان﴾
Words 68–74 · 2 of 7
الوُقوفُ في كُلِّ زَمانٍ فَرْدٍ على اسْتِعْدادِal-Tilimsānī
﴿في كل زمان فرد﴾
Jāmī
﴿الوقوف في كل زمان فرد … على استعداد الشخص في ذلك الزمان الفرد﴾
Words 78–88 · 5 of 7
الزَّمانِ ولَوْلا ما أَعْطاهُ الاسْتِعْدادُ السُّؤالَ ما سَأَلَal-Jandī
﴿ولولا ما أعطاه الاستعداد السؤال ما سأل﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿ولو لا ما أعطاه الاستعداد السؤال، ما سأل﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿لولا ما أعطاه الاستعداد السؤال ما سأل ، فغاية أهل الحضور﴾
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Jāmī
﴿ولولا ما أعطاه الاستعداد للسؤال ما سأل﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿لولا ما أعطاه الاستعداد للسؤال ما سأل﴾
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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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