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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَفْثِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ شِيثِيَّةٍ
¶ 21 · 78 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
فَتارَةً يُعْطِي اللهُ العَبْدَ على يدي الرَّحْمَنِ فيَخْلُصُ العَطاءُ مِنَ الشَّوْبِ الذي لا يُلائِمُ الطَّبْعَ في الوَقْتِ أوْ لا يُنِيلُ الغَرَضَ وما أَشْبَهَ ذلكَ وتارَةً يُعْطِي اللهُ على يدي الواسِعِ فيَعُمُّ أوْ على يدي الحَكِيمِ فيَنْظُرُ في الأَصْلَحِ في الوَقْتِ أوْ على يَدِ الوَهَّابِ فيُعْطِي لِيُنْعِمَ لا يَكونُ معَ الواهِبِ تَكْلِيفُ المُعْطِي لهُ بِعِوَضٍ على ذلكَ مِنْ شُكْرٍ أوْ عَمَلٍ أوْ على يَدِ الجَبَّارِ فيَنْظُرُ في المَوْطِنِ وما يَسْتَحِقُّهُ أوْ على يَدِ الغَفَّارِ فيَنْظُرُ المَحَلَّ وما هوَ عَلَيْهِ
So at times God gives to the servant at the hands of the All-Merciful, and the gift is then pure of any admixture that does not suit the natural constitution at the time, or that does not attain the aim, and whatever resembles that. At other times God gives at the hands of the All-Embracing, and [the gift] is then all-inclusive; or at the hands of the Wise, and He then looks to what is most fitting at the time; or at the hands of the Bestower, and He then gives in order to bestow blessing, there being, with the Bestower, no imposition upon the one given to of [a demand for] compensation in return for it, whether thanks or work; or at the hands of the Compeller, and He then looks to the setting and what it deserves; or at the hands of the All-Forgiving, and He then looks to the locus and the state it is in.
Words 1–18 · 3 of 5
فَتارَةً يُعْطِي اللهُ العَبْدَ على يدي الرَّحْمَنِ فيَخْلُصُ العَطاءُ مِنَ الشَّوْبِ الذي لا يُلائِمُ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿فتارة يعطى الله العبد على يدي الرحمن، فيخلص العطاء من الشوب الذي لا يلائم الطبع في الوقت﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فتارة يعطي الله العبد على يدي الرحمن﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فتارة يعطي الله العطاء العبد على يد الرحمن فيخلص العطاء من الشوب الذي لا يلائم الطبع في الوقت﴾
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﴿فتارة يعطي الله العبد على يد الواسع فيعم﴾
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Jāmī
﴿العبد على يدي … الرحمن فيخلص العطاء﴾
Words 8–17 · 1 of 5
فيَخْلُصُ العَطاءُ مِنَ الشَّوْبِ الذي لا يُلائِمُ الطَّبْعَ في الوَقْتِOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿فيخلص العطاء من الشوب الذي لا يلائم الطبع في الوقت﴾
Jāmī
﴿من الثوب الذي لا يلائم الطبع في الوقت … أو لا ينيل الغرض﴾
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Words 22–24 · 4 of 5
وما أَشْبَهَ ذلكَal-Qayṣarī
﴿وما أشبه ذلك﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وما أشبه ذلك﴾
Jāmī
﴿وما أشبه ذلك﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وما أشبه﴾
Words 25–31 · 3 of 5
وتارَةً يُعْطِي اللهُ على يدي الواسِعِ فيَعُمُّal-Qayṣarī
﴿وتارة يعطى الله على يدي الواسع فيعم﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وتارة يعطي الله على يدي الواسع﴾
Jāmī
﴿وتارة يعطى … الله على يدي الواسع فيعم﴾
Words 32–40 · 4 of 5
أوْ على يدي الحَكِيمِ فيَنْظُرُ في الأَصْلَحِ في الوَقْتِal-Qayṣarī
﴿أو على يدي الحكيم، فينظر في الأصلح في الوقت﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿أو على يدي الحكيم فينظر في الأصلح في الوقت﴾
Jāmī
﴿على يدي الحكيم فينظر في الأصلح في الوقت﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿أو على يد الحكيم فينظر في الأصلح في الوقت﴾
Words 41–60 · 2 of 5
أوْ على يَدِ الوَهَّابِ فيُعْطِي لِيُنْعِمَ لا يَكونُ معَ الواهِبِ تَكْلِيفُ المُعْطِي لهُ بِعِوَضٍ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿أو على يدي الوهاب، فيعطى لينعم. ولا يكون مع الواهب تكليف المعطى له بعوض على ذلك من شكر أو عمل﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿أو على يد الواهب فيعطي لبنعم﴾
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Words 47–59 · 2 of 5
لا يَكونُ معَ الواهِبِ تَكْلِيفُ المُعْطِي لهُ بِعِوَضٍ على ذلكَ مِنْ شُكْرٍ أوْJāmī
﴿ولا يكون مع الواهب تكليف المعطى له بعوض على ذلك … من شكر … أو عمل﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿ولا يكون مع الواهب تكليف المعطى له بعوض على ذلك … من شكر أو عمل أو على يد الجبار فينظر في المواطن وما يستحقه﴾
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Words 61–90 · 3 of 5
أوْ على يَدِ الجَبَّارِ فيَنْظُرُ في المَوْطِنِ وما يَسْتَحِقُّهُ أوْ على يَدِ الغَفَّارِ فيَنْظُرُ …al-Qāshānī
﴿أو على يدي الجبار فينظر في الموطن وما يستحقه﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿أو على يدي الجبار، فينظر في الموطن وما يستحقه﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿أو على يد الجبّار ، فينظر في الموطن وما يستحقّه … أو على يد الغفّار ، فينظر المحلّ وما هو عليه ، فإن كان على حال يستحقّ العقوبة فيستره عنها ، أو على حال لا يستحقّ العقوبة فيستره عن حال يستحقّ العقوبة ، فيسمّى معصوما﴾
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Jāmī
﴿وما يستحقه﴾
Words 70–78 · 2 of 5
أوْ على يَدِ الغَفَّارِ فيَنْظُرُ المَحَلَّ وما هوَ عَلَيْهِal-Qāshānī
﴿أو على يدي الغفار فينظر المحل وما هو عليه﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿او على يد الغفار﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فينظر في المحل وما هو عليه﴾
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Jāmī
﴿وما هو عليه﴾
Sources: where each commentator's text comes from
- 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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