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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَفْثِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ شِيثِيَّةٍ
¶ 24 · 72 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
وهذا العِلْمُ كانَ عِلْمَ شِيثٍ عليهِ السَّلامُ ورُوحُهُ هوَ المُمدُّ لِكُلِّ مَنْ يَتَكَلَّمُ في مِثْلِ هذا مِنَ الأَرْواحِ ما عَدا رُوحِ الخَتْمِ فإنَّهُ لا تَأْتِيهِ المادَّةُ إِلَّا مِنَ اللهِ لا مِنْ روحٍ مِنَ الأَرْواحِ بَلْ مِنْ روحِهِ تُكَوِّنُ المادَّةُ لِجَميعِ الأَرْواحِ وإنْ كانَ لا يَعْقِلُ ذلكَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ في زَمانِ تَرْكِيبِ جَسَدِهِ العُنْصُرِيِّ فهوَ مِنْ حَيْثُ حَقِيْقَتُهُ وَرُتْبَتُهُ عالِمٌ بِذلكَ كُلِّهِ بِعَيْنِهِ مِنْ حَيْثُ ما هوَ جاهِلٌ بِهِ مِنْ جِهَةِ تَرْكِيبِهِ العُنْصُرِيِّ
This knowledge was the knowledge of Seth, upon him be peace. His spirit is the one that supplies every spirit that speaks about the like of this, except the spirit of the Seal. For the supply comes to [the Seal] only from God, not from any spirit among the spirits. Rather, from his spirit the supply comes to be for all the spirits. Even if he does not grasp this of himself during the time of the composition of his elemental body, he nevertheless knows all of it, by his very self, with respect to his reality and his rank. [He knows it] in the very respect in which he is ignorant of it on the side of his elemental composition.
Words 1–18 · 5 of 5
وهذا العِلْمُ كانَ عِلْمَ شِيثٍ عليهِ السَّلامُ ورُوحُهُ هوَ المُمدُّ لِكُلِّ مَنْ يَتَكَلَّمُ في …al-Qāshānī
﴿وهذا العلم كان علم شيث عليه السلام وروحه هو الممد لكل من يتكلم في مثل هذا من الأرواح ما عدا روح الخاتم فإنه لا تأتيه المادة … إلا من الله لا من روح من الأرواح ، بل من روحه تكون المادة لجميع الأرواح … وإن كان لا يعقل ذلك من نفسه في زمان تركيب جسده العنصري﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿وهذا العلم كان علم شيث، عليه السلام. وروحه هو الممد لكل من يتكلم في مثل هذا من الأرواح﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وهذا العلم كان علم شيث عليه السلام﴾
Jāmī
﴿وهذا العلم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وهذا العلم﴾
Jāmī
﴿كان علم شيث عليه السلام وروحه … هو الممد لكل من يتكلم مثل هذا العلم من الأرواح … ما عدا روح الخاتم فإنه لا تأتيه المادة﴾
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Words 8–28 · 2 of 5
ورُوحُهُ هوَ المُمدُّ لِكُلِّ مَنْ يَتَكَلَّمُ في مِثْلِ هذا مِنَ الأَرْواحِ ما عَدا رُوحِ …Ibn Turka
﴿وروحه هو الممد لكل من يتكلم في مثل هذا من الأرواح، ما عدا روح الختم، فإنه لاتأتيه المادة إلا من الله﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وروحه هو الممد لكل من يتكلم في مثل هذا … من الأرواح ما عدا روح الختم﴾
Words 19–41 · 1 of 5
ما عَدا رُوحِ الخَتْمِ فإنَّهُ لا تَأْتِيهِ المادَّةُ إِلَّا مِنَ اللهِ لا مِنْ روحٍ …Only al-Qayṣarī comments here.
al-Qayṣarī
﴿ما عدا روح الخاتم، فإنه لا يأتيه المادة إلا من الله، لا من روح من الأرواح، بل من روحه يكون المادة لجميع الأرواح﴾
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Words 27–42 · 1 of 5
إِلَّا مِنَ اللهِ لا مِنْ روحٍ مِنَ الأَرْواحِ بَلْ مِنْ روحِهِ تُكَوِّنُ المادَّةُ لِجَميعِ …Only Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلا من الله تعالى لا من روح من الأرواح بل من روحه يكون المادة لجميع الأرواح﴾
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Words 30–53 · 2 of 5
لا مِنْ روحٍ مِنَ الأَرْواحِ بَلْ مِنْ روحِهِ تُكَوِّنُ المادَّةُ لِجَميعِ الأَرْواحِ وإنْ كانَ …Ibn Turka
﴿لامن روح من الأرواح بل من روحه تكون المادة لجميع الأرواح ، وإن كان لايعقل ذلك من نفسه في زمان تركیب جسده العنصري﴾
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Jāmī
﴿لا من روح من الأرواح بل من روحه﴾
Words 35–51 · 1 of 5
بَلْ مِنْ روحِهِ تُكَوِّنُ المادَّةُ لِجَميعِ الأَرْواحِ وإنْ كانَ لا يَعْقِلُ ذلكَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ …Only al-Qayṣarī comments here.
al-Qayṣarī
﴿بل من روحه تكون المادة وإن كان لا يعقل ذلك من نفسه في زمان تركيب جسده العنصري﴾
﴿بل من روحه يكون المادة﴾
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Jāmī
﴿تكون المادة لجميع الأرواح﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وإن كان لا يعقل ذلك من نفسه﴾
Jāmī
﴿من نفسه في زمان تركیب جسده العنصري فهو … من حيث حقيقته﴾
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Words 54–63 · 4 of 5
فهوَ مِنْ حَيْثُ حَقِيْقَتُهُ وَرُتْبَتُهُ عالِمٌ بِذلكَ كُلِّهِ بِعَيْنِهِ مِنْal-Qāshānī
﴿فهو من حيث حقيقته﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فهو من حيث حقيقته ورتبته عالم بذلك كله بعينه … من حيث ما هو جاهل به من جهة تركيبه العنصري﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فهو من حيث رتبته﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فهو من حيث حقيقته ورتبته عالم بذلك﴾
Words 59–72 · 3 of 5
عالِمٌ بِذلكَ كُلِّهِ بِعَيْنِهِ مِنْ حَيْثُ ما هوَ جاهِلٌ بِهِ مِنْ جِهَةِ تَرْكِيبِهِ العُنْصُرِيِّal-Qāshānī
﴿عالم بذلك كله بعينه … من حيث ما هو جاهل به من جهة تركيبه العنصري﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿عالم بذلك كله بعينه، من حيث ما هو جاهل به من جهة تركيبه العنصري﴾
Jāmī
﴿عالم بذلك … كله بعينه … من حيث ما هو جاهل به﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿كله بعينه﴾
Words 69–72 · 3 of 5
مِنْ جِهَةِ تَرْكِيبِهِ العُنْصُرِيِّal-Qayṣarī
﴿من جهة تركيبه العنصري﴾
Jāmī
﴿من جهة تركيبه العنصري﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿من جهة تركيبه العنصري﴾
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
Digital text: OpenITI barzakh, 0691MuayyadDinJanadi.SharhCalaFususHikam.IAC00080-ara1 (commit 6b19bdc)
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Licence: OpenITI distributes its texts under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; ibnalarabi.com states © 1999–2024. The commentary itself is a classical work in the public domain; the edition behind the digital text is unidentified.
- Dāwūd al-Qayṣarī (d. 751/1350), Maṭlaʿ khuṣūṣ al-kilam fī maʿānī Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam
Digital text: OpenITI barzakh, 0751DawudQaysari.MatlacKhususKalam.IAC00085-ara1 (commit 6b19bdc)
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Licence: OpenITI distributes its texts under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; ibnalarabi.com states © 1999–2024. The commentary itself is a classical work in the public domain; the edition behind the digital text is unidentified.
- 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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Licence: OpenITI distributes its texts under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; ibnalarabi.com states © 1999–2024. The commentary itself is a classical work in the public domain; the edition behind the digital text is unidentified.
- Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898/1492), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
Digital text: OpenITI barzakh, 0898NurDinJami.SharhMatnFususHikam.IAC00088-ara1 (commit 6b19bdc)
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Licence: OpenITI distributes its texts under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; ibnalarabi.com states © 1999–2024. The commentary itself is a classical work in the public domain; the edition behind the digital text is unidentified.
- Muṣṭafā b. Sulaymān Bālī Zāde (d. 1073/1663), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
Digital text: OpenITI barzakh, 1073MustafaSulaymanBaliZadah.SharhFususHikam.IAC00082-ara1 (commit 6b19bdc)
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- Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī (d. 673/1274), al-Fukūk fī asrār mustanadāt ḥikam al-Fuṣūṣ
Digital text: OpenITI barzakh, 0673AbuMacaliQunawi.Fukuk.IAC00079-ara1 (commit 6b19bdc)
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