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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَفْثِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ شِيثِيَّةٍ
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فَمَنْ فَهِمَ المَراتِبَ والمَقامَاتِ لم يَعْسُرْ عَلَيْهِ قَبولُ مِثْلِ هذا الكَلامِ وأمَّا المِنَحُ الأَسْمَائِيَّةُ فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ مَنْحَ اللهِ تعالى خَلْقَهُ رَحْمَةً منهُ بِهِمْ وهيَ كُلُّها مِنَ الأَسْماءِ فَإِمَّا رَحْمَةٌ خالِصَةٌ كَالطَّيِّبِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ اللَّذِيذِ في الدُّنْيا الخالِصِ يومَ القِيامَةِ وَيُعْطِي ذلكَ الاسْمُ الرَّحْمَنُ فهوَ عَطاءٌ رَحْمَانِيٌّ وإِمَّا رَحْمَةٌ مُمتَزِجَةٌ كَشُرْبِ الدَّواءِ الكرِهِ الذي يَعْقُبُ شُرْبَهُ الرَّاحَةَ وهوَ عَطاءٌ إِلَهِيٌّ فإنَّ العَطاءَ الإِلَهِيَّ لا يتمكن إِطْلاقُ عَطائِهِ منهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكونَ على يَدِ سادِنٍ مِنْ سَدَنَةِ الأَسْماءِ
So whoever understands the ranks and the stations will not find it hard to accept the like of this discourse. As for the bestowals of the Names: know that God's (exalted is He) bestowing [gifts] upon His creatures is a mercy from Him toward them, and all of it is from the Names. For it is either pure mercy, such as what is wholesome of provision, delightful in this world [and] pure on the Day of Resurrection [cf. Q 7:32], and that is given by the name the All-Merciful, so it is an all-merciful gift. Or it is mixed mercy, such as drinking a loathsome medicine whose drinking is followed by relief, and that is a divine gift. For in the divine gift, the release of its giving from Him cannot be effected without its being at the hand of one of the custodians of the Names.
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al-Qāshānī
﴿فأما رحمة خالصة كالطيب من الرزق اللذين في الدنيا الخالص يوم القيامة ويعطى ذلك اسم الرحمن فهو عطاء رحمانى ، وأما رحمة ممتزجة كشرب الدواء الكره الذي يعقب شربه الراحة وهو العطاء الإلهي ، فإن العطايا الإلهية لا يمكن إطلاق عطائه منه من غير أن يكون على يد سادن من سدنة الأسماء فتارة يعطى الله العبد على يد الرحمن فيخلص له العطاء من الشوب الذي لا يلائم الطبع في الوقت أو لا ينيل الغرض وما أشبه ذلك ، وتارة يعطى على يدي الواسع فيعم أو على يدي الحكيم فينظروا في الأصلح في الوقت أو على يدي الواهب فيعطى التنعم ، ولا يكون مع الواهب تكليف المعطى له بعوض على ذلك من شكر أو عمل﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿وأما المنح الأسمائية، فاعلم أن منح الله تعالى خلقه رحمة منه بهم. وهي كلها من الأسماء: فإما رحمة خالصة كالطيب من الرزق اللذيذ في الدنيا، الخالص يوم القيامة، ويعطى ذلك الاسم الرحمن، فهو عطاء رحماني. وإما رحمة ممتزجة كشرب الدواء الكريه الذي يعقب شربه الراحة، وهو عطاء إلهي. فإن العطايا الإلهية لا يمكن إطلاق عطائه منه من غير أن يكون على يدي سادن من سدنة الأسماء﴾
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Words 1–10 · 4 of 5
فَمَنْ فَهِمَ المَراتِبَ والمَقامَاتِ لم يَعْسُرْ عَلَيْهِ قَبولُ مِثْلِ هذاal-Qayṣarī
﴿فمن فهم المراتب والمقامات لم يعسره قبول مثل هذا الكلام﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فمن فهم المراتب﴾
Jāmī
﴿فمن فهم المراتب﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فمن فهم المراتب والمقامات﴾
Words 5–11 · 3 of 5
لم يَعْسُرْ عَلَيْهِ قَبولُ مِثْلِ هذا الكَلامِIbn Turka
﴿لم يعسر عليه قبول مثل هذا الكلام﴾
Jāmī
﴿لم يعسر عليه قبول مثل هذا الكلام﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لم يعسر عليه قبول مثل هذا الكلام﴾
Words 12–23 · 4 of 5
وأمَّا المِنَحُ الأَسْمَائِيَّةُ فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ مَنْحَ اللهِ تعالى خَلْقَهُ رَحْمَةً منهُ بِهِمْal-Qāshānī
﴿وأما المنح الأسمائية فاعلم أن منح الله تعالى خلقه رحمة منه بهم﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وأمّا المنح الأسمائيّة﴾
Jāmī
﴿وأما المنح الأسمائية فاعلم أن منح الله تعالى خلقه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وأما المنح الأسمائية﴾
Words 15–27 · 3 of 5
فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ مَنْحَ اللهِ تعالى خَلْقَهُ رَحْمَةً منهُ بِهِمْ وهيَ كُلُّها مِنَ الأَسْماءِal-Qayṣarī
﴿اعلم، أن منح الله تعالى خلقه رحمة منه بهم﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿اعلم أنّ منح الله تعالى خلقه رحمة منه بهم ، وهي كلَّها من الأسماء﴾
Bālī Zāde
Bālī Zāde
﴿خلقه رحمة منه بهم وهي﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿من الأسماء﴾
Words 28–58 · 3 of 5
فَإِمَّا رَحْمَةٌ خالِصَةٌ كَالطَّيِّبِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ اللَّذِيذِ في الدُّنْيا الخالِصِ يومَ القِيامَةِ وَيُعْطِي ذلكَ …Ibn Turka
﴿فإمّا رحمة خالصة﴾
Jāmī
﴿فأما رحمة خالصة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فأما رحمة خالصة كالطيب من الرزق اللذيذ في الدنيا الخالص يوم القيامة ويعطي ذلك العطاء اسم الرحمن فهو عطاء رحماني وأما رحمة ممتزجة بنقمة كشرب الدواء الكريه الذي تعقب شربه الراحة﴾
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Words 31–43 · 1 of 5
كَالطَّيِّبِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ اللَّذِيذِ في الدُّنْيا الخالِصِ يومَ القِيامَةِ وَيُعْطِي ذلكَ الاسْمُ الرَّحْمَنُOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿كالطيّب من الرزق اللذيذ في الدنيا ، الخالص يوم القيامة ، ويعطي ذلك الاسم الرحمن ، فهو عطاء رحماني … وإمّا رحمة ممتزجة ، كشرب الدواء الكرية الذي يعقب شربه الراحة ، وهو عطاء إلهي﴾
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Jāmī
﴿يوم القيامة﴾
Jāmī
﴿الاسم الرحمن فهو عطاء رحماني﴾
Jāmī
﴿وأما رحمة ممتزجة﴾
Jāmī
﴿يعقب شربه الراحة﴾
Words 60–77 · 2 of 5
فإنَّ العَطاءَ الإِلَهِيَّ لا يتمكن إِطْلاقُ عَطائِهِ منهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكونَ على يَدِ …Ibn Turka
﴿فإنّ العطاء الإلهي لا يتمكَّن إطلاق عطائه منه من غير أن يكون على يدي سادن من سدنة الأسماء﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فإن العطاء الإلهي﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لا يمكن إطلاق عطائه منه﴾
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Words 68–70 · 2 of 5
مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْJāmī
﴿من غير أن يكون على يدي سادن … من سدنة الأسماء﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿من غير أن يكون على يد سادن … من سدنة الأسماء﴾
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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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