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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَفْثِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ شِيثِيَّةٍ
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فَغايَةُ أَهْلِ الحُضُورِ الَّذِينَ لا يَعْلَمُونَ مِثْلَ هذا أنْ يَعْلَمُوهُ في الزَّمانِ الَّذِي يَكُونُونَ فيهِ فإنَّهُمْ لِحُضُورِهِمْ يَعْلَمُونَ ما أَعْطاهُمُ الحَقُّ في ذلكَ الزَّمانِ وأنَّهُمْ ما قَبِلُوهُ إِلَّا بِالاسْتِعْدادِ وهم صِنْفانِ صِنْفٌ يَعْلَمُونَ مِنْ قَبولِهِمِ اسْتِعْدادَهُم وصِنْفٌ يَعْلَمُونَ مِنْ اسْتِعْدادِهِمْ ما يَقْبَلُونَهُ هذا أَتَمُّ ما يَكونُ في مَعْرِفَةِ الاسْتِعْدادِ في هذا الصِّنْفِ ومِنْ هذا الصِّنْفِ مَنْ يَسْأَلُ لا لِلِاسْتِعْجالِ ولا لِلإِمْكانِ وإنَّما يَسْأَلُ امْتِثالًا لِأَمْرِ اللهِ في قَوْلِهِ تعالى ٱدْعُونِىٓ أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ
So the utmost that the folk of presence who do not know the like of this [can attain] is that they know it in the time in which they are, for, by virtue of their presence, they know what the Real has given them in that time, and that they received it only through preparedness. And they are of two kinds: a kind who know their preparedness from their receiving, and a kind who know from their preparedness what they will receive. This is the most complete that there can be in the knowledge of preparedness within this kind. And among this kind is one who asks neither out of haste nor on account of possibility, but asks only in compliance with God's command in His words (exalted is He): "Call upon Me, and I will respond to you" [Q 40:60].
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al-Qāshānī
﴿فغاية أهل الحضور الذين لا يعلمون مثل هذا أن يعلموه في الزمان الذي يكونون فيه ، فإنهم بحضورهم يعلمون ما أعطاهم الحق في ذلك الزمان ، وأنهم ما قبلوه إلا بالاستعداد وهم صنفان : صنف يعلمون من قبولهم استعدادهم ، وصنف يعلمون من استعدادهم ما يقبلونه ، هذا أتم ما يكون في معرفة الاستعداد في هذا الصنف﴾
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﴿ومن هذا الصنف من يسأل لا للاستعجال ولا للإمكان وإنم يسأل امتثالا لأمر الله في قوله تعالى : " ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ " فهو العبد المحض وليس لهذا الداعي همة متعلقة فيما يسأل فيه من معين أو غير معين ، وإنما همته في امتثال أوامر سيده ، فإذا اقتضى الحال السؤال سأل عبودية وإذا اقتضى التفويض والسكوت سكت ، فقد ابتلى أيوب وغيره وما سألوه رفع ما ابتلاهم الله به ، ثم اقتضى لهم الحال في زمان آخر أن يسألوا رفع ذلك فرفعه الله عنهم﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿أن يعلموه في الزمان الذي يكونون فيه ، فإنّهم بحضورهم يعلمون ما أعطاهم الحق في ذلك الزمان وأنّهم ما قبلوه إلَّا بالاستعداد . وهم صنفان : صنف يعلمون من قبولهم استعدادهم ، وصنف يعلمون من استعدادهم ما يقبلونه ، هذا أتمّ ما يكون في معرفة الاستعداد في هذا الصنف﴾
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﴿من يسأل لا للاستعجال ولا للإمكان ، وإنّما يسأل امتثالا لأمر الله في قوله " ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُم" ، فهو العبد المحض . وليس لهذا الداعي همّة متعلَّقة فيما يسأل فيه من معيّن أو غير معيّن ، وإنّما همّته في امتثال أوامر سيّده ، فإذا اقتضى الحال السؤال ، سأل عبودية ، وإذا اقتضى التفويض والسكوت ، سكت . فقد ابتلي أيّوب عليه السّلام وغيره وما سألوا رفع ما ابتلاهم الله به ، ثم اقتضى لهم الحال في زمان آخر أن يسألوا رفع ذلك ، فرفعه الله عنهم﴾
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Words 1–30 · 5 of 7
فَغايَةُ أَهْلِ الحُضُورِ الَّذِينَ لا يَعْلَمُونَ مِثْلَ هذا أنْ يَعْلَمُوهُ في الزَّمانِ الَّذِي يَكُونُونَ …al-Jandī
﴿فغاية أهل الحضور الذين لا يعلمون مثل هذا﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فغاية أهل الحضور الذين لا يعلمون مثل هذا﴾
al-Tilimsānī
﴿فغاية أهل الحضور الذين لا يعلمون مثل هذا أن يعلموه في الزمان الذي يكونون فيه، فإنهم لحضورهم يعلمون ما أعطاهم الحق تعالى في ذلك الزمان وأنهم ما قبلوه إلا بالاستعداد.﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فغاية أهل الحضور الذين لا يعلمون مثل هذا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فغاية أهل الحضور﴾
Words 4–8 · 2 of 7
الَّذِينَ لا يَعْلَمُونَ مِثْلَ هذاIbn Turka
﴿الذين لا يعلمون مثل هذا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿الذين لا يعلمون … مثل هذا﴾
Words 9–29 · 5 of 7
أنْ يَعْلَمُوهُ في الزَّمانِ الَّذِي يَكُونُونَ فيهِ فإنَّهُمْ لِحُضُورِهِمْ يَعْلَمُونَ ما أَعْطاهُمُ الحَقُّ في …al-Qayṣarī
﴿أن يعلمون في الزمان الذي يكونون فيه، فإنهم لحضورهم يعلمون ما أعطاهم الحق في ذلك الزمان﴾
al-Tilimsānī
﴿أنه يعلموه في الزمان الذي يكونون فيه.﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿أن يعلموه في الزمان الذي يكونون فيه ، فإنهم لحضورهم يعلمون ما أعطاهم الحق في ذلك الزمان وأنهم ما قبلوه الا بالاستعداد﴾
Jāmī
﴿أن يعلموه في الزمان الذي يكون فيه﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿أن يعلموه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿في الزمان الذي يكونون فيه﴾
Words 16–24 · 1 of 7
فإنَّهُمْ لِحُضُورِهِمْ يَعْلَمُونَ ما أَعْطاهُمُ الحَقُّ في ذلكَ الزَّمانِOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿فإنهم لحضورهم يعلمون ما أعطاهم الحق في ذلك الزمان﴾
Jāmī
﴿یعلمون ما أعطاهم الحق في ذلك الزمان﴾
Words 25–29 · 2 of 7
وأنَّهُمْ ما قَبِلُوهُ إِلَّا بِالاسْتِعْدادِJāmī
﴿أنهم ما قبلوه إلا بالاستعداد﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ما قبلوه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلا بالاستعداد﴾
Words 30–52 · 5 of 7
وهم صِنْفانِ صِنْفٌ يَعْلَمُونَ مِنْ قَبولِهِمِ اسْتِعْدادَهُم وصِنْفٌ يَعْلَمُونَ مِنْ اسْتِعْدادِهِمْ ما يَقْبَلُونَهُ هذا …al-Qayṣarī
﴿وهم صنفان: صنف يعلمون من قبولهم استعدادهم﴾
al-Tilimsānī
﴿وهم صنفان صنف يعلمون من قبولهم استعدادهم، وصنف يعلمون من استعدادهم ما يقبلونه هذا أتم ما يكون في معرفة الاستعداد في هذا الصنف.﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وهم صنفان﴾
Jāmī
﴿صنفان صنف يعلمون من قبولهم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿صنفان صنف يعلمون من قبولهم﴾
Words 32–42 · 1 of 7
صِنْفٌ يَعْلَمُونَ مِنْ قَبولِهِمِ اسْتِعْدادَهُم وصِنْفٌ يَعْلَمُونَ مِنْ اسْتِعْدادِهِمْ ما يَقْبَلُونَهُOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿صنف يعلمون من قبولهم استعدادهم ، و صنف يعلمون من استعدادهم مايقبلونه﴾
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Words 37–44 · 3 of 7
وصِنْفٌ يَعْلَمُونَ مِنْ اسْتِعْدادِهِمْ ما يَقْبَلُونَهُ هذا أَتَمُّal-Qayṣarī
﴿وصنف يعلمون من استعدادهم ما يقبلونه﴾
Jāmī
﴿وصنف يعلمون من معرفة خصوص استعدادهم ما يقبلون﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿وصنف يعلمون من استعدادهم ما﴾
Words 43–52 · 4 of 7
هذا أَتَمُّ ما يَكونُ في مَعْرِفَةِ الاسْتِعْدادِ في هذا الصِّنْفِal-Qayṣarī
﴿وهذا أتم ما يكون في معرفة الاستعداد في هذا الصنف﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿هذا أتم ما يكون في معرفة الاستعداد في هذا الصنف﴾
Jāmī
﴿أتم ما يكون﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿أتم ما يكون في معرفة الاستعداد في هذا الصنف﴾
Jāmī
﴿في معرفة الاستعداد في هذا الصنف﴾
Words 53–55 · 4 of 7
ومِنْ هذا الصِّنْفِal-Jandī
﴿ومن هذا الصنف﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ومن هذا الصنف﴾
Jāmī
﴿ومن هذا الصنف﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ومن هذا الصنف﴾
Words 56–74 · 2 of 7
مَنْ يَسْأَلُ لا لِلِاسْتِعْجالِ ولا لِلإِمْكانِ وإنَّما يَسْأَلُ امْتِثالًا لِأَمْرِ اللهِ في قَوْلِهِ تعالى …Ibn Turka
﴿من يسأل لا للاستعجال ولا للإمكان ، وإنما يسأل امتثالا لأمر الله في قوله: " أدعوني أستجب لكم" فهو العبد المحض﴾
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Jāmī
﴿من يسأل لا للاستعجال﴾
Jāmī
﴿ولا للإمكان﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿في قوله:﴾
Words 70–72 · 3 of 7
ٱدْعُونِىٓ أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْal-Qāshānī
﴿ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ادعوني أستجب لكم﴾
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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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