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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ نَفْثِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ شِيثِيَّةٍ
¶ 7 · 84 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
ومِنْ هَؤُلاءِ مَنْ يَعْلَمُ أنَّ عِلْمَ اللهِ بهِ في جَميعِ أَحْوالِهِ هوَ ما كانَ عَلَيْهِ في حالِ ثُبُوتِ عَيْنِهِ قَبْلَ وُجُودِها ويَعْلَمُ أنَّ الحَقَّ لا يُعْطِيهِ إلَّا ما أَعْطاهُ عَيْنُهُ مِنَ العِلْمِ بهِ وهوَ ما كانَ عَلَيْهِ في حالِ ثُبُوتِهِ فيَعْلَمُ عِلْمَ اللهِ بهِ مِنْ أَيْنَ حَصَلَ وما ثَمَّ صِنْفٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ اللهِ أَعْلَى وأَكْشَفُ مِنْ هذا الصِّنْفِ فَهُمْ الواقِفُونَ على سِرِّ القَدَرِ وهُمْ على قِسْمَيْنِ مِنْهُم مَنْ يَعْلَمُ ذلكَ مُجْمَلًا ومِنْهُم مَنْ يَعْلَمُهُ مُفَصَّلًا والَّذِي يَعْلَمُهُ مُفَصَّلًا أَعْلَى وأَتَمُّ مِنَ الَّذِي يَعْلَمُهُ مُجْمَلًا
And among these is one who knows that God's knowledge of him in all his states is what he was upon in the state of the fixity of his entity before its existence, and knows that the Real gives him only what his entity gave Him of knowledge of it, namely what it was upon in the state of its fixity. So he knows from where God's knowledge of him was obtained. There is no class among the folk of God higher and more unveiled than this class, for they are the ones who have come to stand upon the mystery of destiny. They are of two divisions: among them is one who knows that in summary fashion, and among them is one who knows it in detail. And the one who knows it in detail is higher and more complete than the one who knows it in summary fashion.
Words 1–21 · 5 of 5
ومِنْ هَؤُلاءِ مَنْ يَعْلَمُ أنَّ عِلْمَ اللهِ بهِ في جَميعِ أَحْوالِهِ هوَ ما كانَ …al-Qāshānī
﴿ومن هؤلاء من يعلم أن علم الله تعالى في جميع أحواله ، هو ما كان عليه في حال ثبوت عينه قبل وجودها﴾
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﴿ومن هؤلاء﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿ومن هؤلاء من يعلم أن علم الله به في جميع أحواله هو ما كان عليه في حال ثبوت عينه قبل وجودها﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ومن هؤلاء﴾
Jāmī
﴿ومن هؤلاء﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ومن هؤلاء﴾
Words 3–33 · 2 of 5
مَنْ يَعْلَمُ أنَّ عِلْمَ اللهِ بهِ في جَميعِ أَحْوالِهِ هوَ ما كانَ عَلَيْهِ في …Ibn Turka
﴿من يعلم أن علم الله به في جميع أحواله هو ما كان عليه في حال ثبوت عينه ، قبل وجودها ، ويعلم أن الحق لا يعطيه إلا ما أعطاه عينه من العالم به﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿يعلم أن علم الله به﴾
Jāmī
﴿أن علم الله به في جميع أحواله﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿في جميع أحواله﴾
Words 16–21 · 2 of 5
في حالِ ثُبُوتِ عَيْنِهِ قَبْلَ وُجُودِهاJāmī
﴿في حال ثبوت عينه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿في حال ثبوت عينه قبل وجودها﴾
Jāmī
﴿قبل وجودها﴾
Words 22–63 · 4 of 5
ويَعْلَمُ أنَّ الحَقَّ لا يُعْطِيهِ إلَّا ما أَعْطاهُ عَيْنُهُ مِنَ العِلْمِ بهِ وهوَ ما …al-Qāshānī
﴿ويعلم أن الحق لا يعطيه إلا ما أعطاه عينه من العلم به﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿ويعلم أن الحق لا يعطيه إلا ما أعطته عينه من العلم به، وهو ما كان عليه في حال ثبوته، فيعلم علم الله به من أين حصل. وما ثم صنف من أهل الله أعلى وأكشف من هذا الصنف، فهم الواقفون على سر القدر﴾
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Jāmī
﴿ان الحق لا يعطيه إلا ما أعطاه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ويعلم أن الحق لا يعطيه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلا ما أعطاه عينه﴾
Words 34–49 · 3 of 5
وهوَ ما كانَ عَلَيْهِ في حالِ ثُبُوتِهِ فيَعْلَمُ عِلْمَ اللهِ بهِ مِنْ أَيْنَ حَصَلَ …al-Qāshānī
﴿وهو ما كان عليه في حال ثبوته ، فيعلم … علم الله به من أين حصل … وما ثم صنف من أهل الله أعلى وأكثف من هذا الصنف ، فهم الواقفون على سر القدر﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وهو ما كان عليه في حال ثبوته ؛ فيعلم … علم الله به من أين حصل﴾
Jāmī
﴿ما كان﴾
Words 38–44 · 2 of 5
في حالِ ثُبُوتِهِ فيَعْلَمُ عِلْمَ اللهِ بهِJāmī
﴿في حال ثبوته﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿في حال ثبوته … فيعلم علم الله به من أين حصل﴾
Jāmī
﴿علم الله به﴾
Jāmī
﴿من أين حصل﴾
Words 48–63 · 2 of 5
وما ثَمَّ صِنْفٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ اللهِ أَعْلَى وأَكْشَفُ مِنْ هذا الصِّنْفِ فَهُمْ الواقِفُونَ على …Ibn Turka
﴿وما ثم صنف من أهل الله أعلى وأكشف من هذا الصنف فهم الواقفون على سر القدر﴾
Jāmī
﴿وما ثم صنف من أهل الله أعلى﴾
Words 50–58 · 1 of 5
صِنْفٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ اللهِ أَعْلَى وأَكْشَفُ مِنْ هذا الصِّنْفِOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿صنف من أهل الله أعلى واكشف من هذا الصنف﴾
Jāmī
﴿من هذا الصنف إنهم الواقفون على سير القدر وهم على قسمين منهم من يعلم ذلك … مجملا ومنهم من يعلمه مفصلا والذي بعلمه مفصلا أعلى … معرفة من الذي يعلمه مجملا .﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فهم واقفون على سر القدر﴾
Words 64–71 · 2 of 5
وهُمْ على قِسْمَيْنِ مِنْهُم مَنْ يَعْلَمُ ذلكَ مُجْمَلًاal-Qāshānī
﴿وهم على قسمين : منهم من يعلم ذلك مجملا﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وهم على قسمين﴾
Words 67–92 · 2 of 5
مِنْهُم مَنْ يَعْلَمُ ذلكَ مُجْمَلًا ومِنْهُم مَنْ يَعْلَمُهُ مُفَصَّلًا والَّذِي يَعْلَمُهُ مُفَصَّلًا أَعْلَى وأَتَمُّ …Ibn Turka
﴿منهم من يعلم ذلك مجملا ، و منهم من يعلمه مفصلا ، والذي يعلمه مفضلا أعلى وأتم من الذي يعلمه مجملا ، فإنه يعلم ما في علم الله فيه﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿من يعلم ذلك﴾
Words 71–84 · 2 of 5
مُجْمَلًا ومِنْهُم مَنْ يَعْلَمُهُ مُفَصَّلًا والَّذِي يَعْلَمُهُ مُفَصَّلًا أَعْلَى وأَتَمُّ مِنَ الَّذِي يَعْلَمُهُ مُجْمَلًاal-Qāshānī
﴿ومنهم من يعلمه مفصلا فالذي يعلمه مفصلا على وأتم من الذي يعلمه مجملا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿مجملا ومنهم من يعلمه﴾
Words 75–85 · 1 of 5
مُفَصَّلًا والَّذِي يَعْلَمُهُ مُفَصَّلًا أَعْلَى وأَتَمُّ مِنَ الَّذِي يَعْلَمُهُ مُجْمَلًاOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿مفصلا والذي يعلمه مفصلا أعلى وأتم من الذي يعلمه مجملا فإنه﴾
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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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