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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ سُبُّوحِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ نُوحِيَّةٍ
¶ 10 · 88 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
فَلَوْ أَنَّ نُوحًا يَأْتِي بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ لَفْظًا أَجَابُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ شَبَّهَ وَنَزَّهَ فِي آيَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ بَلْ فِي نِصْفِ آيَةٍ ونوحٌ دَعَا قَوْمَهُ لَيْلًا من حَيْثُ عُقُولُهُمْ وَرُوحَانِيَّتُهُمْ فَإِنَّهَا غَيْبٌ وَنَهَارًا دَعَاهُمْ أَيْضًا من حَيْثُ ظَاهِرُ صُوَرِهِم وَجُثَثِهِمْ وَمَا جَمَعَ في الدَّعْوَةِ مِثْلَ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِۦ شَىْءٌ فَنَفَرَتْ بواطنهم لِهَذَا الفُرْقَانِ فَزَادَهُمْ فِرَارًا ثُمَّ قَالَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ أَنَّهُ دَعَاهُمْ لَيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ لَا لِيَكْشِفَ لَهُمْ وَفَهِمُوا ذَلكَ مِنْهُ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ لِذَلكَ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَهَذِهِ كُلُّهَا صُورَةُ السَّتْرِ الَّتِي دَعَاهُمْ إِلَيْهَا فَأَجَابُوا دَعْوَتَهُ بِالفِعْلِ لَا بِلَبَّيْكَ
Had Noah brought the like of this verse in wording, they would have answered him, for He [thereby] declared similarity and declared incomparability in a single verse, indeed in half a verse. Noah summoned his people "by night" [Q 71:5] with respect to their intellects and their spirituality, for these are unseen; and "by day" [Q 71:5] he summoned them as well, with respect to the outward aspect of their forms and bodies. But he did not combine in the summons [anything] like "Nothing is like Him" [Q 42:11]. So their inward parts shied away from this discrimination, and it increased them in flight. Then he said of himself that he summoned them so that He might forgive them [literally, 'cover' them], not so that He might unveil [things] to them; and they understood that from him (God bless him and give him peace). Therefore "they put their fingers in their ears and wrapped themselves in their garments" [Q 71:7]. All of this is the form of the covering to which he summoned them, so they answered his summons in deed, not with 'Here I am (labbayka)!'
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Only Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿فلو أن نوحا يأتي بمثل هذه الآية لفظا أجابوه، فإنه شبه ونزه في آية واحدة، بل في نصف آية. ونوح دعا قومه «ليلا» من حيث عقولهم وروحانيتهم فإنها غيب. «ونهارا» دعاهم أيضا من حيث ظاهر صورهم وحسهم، وما جمع في الدعوة مثل «ليس كمثله شيء» فنفرت بواطنهم لهذا الفرقان فزادهم فرارا. ثم قال عن نفسه إنه دعاهم ليغفر لهم، لا ليكشف لهم، وفهموا ذلك منه صلى الله عليه وسلم. لذلك﴾
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Words 1–21 · 5 of 7
فَلَوْ أَنَّ نُوحًا يَأْتِي بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ لَفْظًا أَجَابُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ شَبَّهَ وَنَزَّهَ فِي آيَةٍ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فلو أن نوحا عليه السلام يأتى بمثل هذه الآية لفظا لأجابوه ، فإنه شبه ونزه في آية واحدة بل في نصف آية﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿فلو أن نوحا، عليه السلام، أتى بمثل هذه الآية لفظا، أجابوه﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فلو أنّ نوحا أتى بمثل هذه الآية لفظا أجابوه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فلو أن نوحا أنه بمثل هذه الآية لفظة أجابوه﴾
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Words 10–19 · 4 of 7
فَإِنَّهُ شَبَّهَ وَنَزَّهَ فِي آيَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ بَلْ فِي نِصْفِ آيَةٍal-Qayṣarī
﴿شبه ونزه في آية واحدة بل في نصف آية﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فإنّه شبّه ونزّه في آية واحدة ، بل في نصف آية﴾
Jāmī
﴿شبه ونزه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿شبه ونزه في آية واحدة﴾
Jāmī
﴿في آية واحدة بل في نصف آية﴾
Words 17–27 · 2 of 7
فِي نِصْفِ آيَةٍ ونوحٌ دَعَا قَوْمَهُ لَيْلًا من حَيْثُ عُقُولُهُمْ وَرُوحَانِيَّتُهُمْJāmī
﴿ونوح عليه السلام دعا قومه ليلا من حيث عقولهم وروحانينهم﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿في نصف آية﴾
Words 19–51 · 4 of 7
آيَةٍ ونوحٌ دَعَا قَوْمَهُ لَيْلًا من حَيْثُ عُقُولُهُمْ وَرُوحَانِيَّتُهُمْ فَإِنَّهَا غَيْبٌ وَنَهَارًا دَعَاهُمْ أَيْضًا …al-Qāshānī
﴿ونوح دعا قومه ليلا من حيث عقولهم وروحانيتهم فإنها غيب ، ونهارا دعاهم أيضا من حيث ظاهر صورهم وجئثهم ، وما جمع في الدعوة مثل – " لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِه شَيْءٌ " - فنفرت بواطنهم لهذا الفرقان فزادهم فرارا﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿و نوح دعا قومه ليلا من حيث عقولهم و روحانيتهم، فإنها غيب، ونهارا دعاهم أيضا، من حيث صورتهم وحسهم﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿ونوح دعا قومه ليلا من حيث عقولهم وروحانيّتهم … فإنّها غيب﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ونوح دعا قومه ليلا … من حيث عقولهم وروحانيتهم فإنها﴾
Words 30–36 · 2 of 7
وَنَهَارًا دَعَاهُمْ أَيْضًا من حَيْثُ ظَاهِرُ صُوَرِهِمJāmī
﴿ونهارا دعاهم أيضا من حيث صورهم وجثثهم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿دعاهم أيضا من حيث صورهم وجثثهم﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿دعاهم من حيث ظاهر صورهم وحسّهم … وما جمع في الدعوة﴾
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Words 38–51 · 3 of 7
وَمَا جَمَعَ في الدَّعْوَةِ مِثْلَ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِۦ شَىْءٌ فَنَفَرَتْ بواطنهم لِهَذَا الفُرْقَانِ فَزَادَهُمْ فِرَارًاal-Qayṣarī
﴿وما جمع في الدعوة بينهما مثل "ليس كمثله" فنفرت بواطنهم لهذا الفرقان فزادهم فرارا﴾
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Jāmī
﴿وما جمع﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وما جمع في الدعوة بينهما مثل "ليس كمثله، شيء" فنفرت بواطنهم﴾
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Jāmī
﴿في الدعوة﴾
Words 42–51 · 3 of 7
مِثْلَ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِۦ شَىْءٌ فَنَفَرَتْ بواطنهم لِهَذَا الفُرْقَانِ فَزَادَهُمْ فِرَارًاal-Jandī
﴿لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِه ِ شَيْءٌ﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿مثل " لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِه ِ شَيْءٌ " [ 42 / 11 ] ، فنفرت بواطنهم لهذا الفرقان فزادهم فرارا﴾
Jāmī
﴿مثل"ليس كمثله، شيء" فنفرت بواطنهم … لهذا الفرقان﴾
Words 46–70 · 1 of 7
فَنَفَرَتْ بواطنهم لِهَذَا الفُرْقَانِ فَزَادَهُمْ فِرَارًا ثُمَّ قَالَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ أَنَّهُ دَعَاهُمْ لَيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ …Only al-Tilimsānī comments here.
al-Tilimsānī
﴿فنفرت بواطنهم لهذا الفرقان فزادهم فرارا. ثم قال عن نفسه إذ دعاهم ليغفر لهم، لا ليكشف لهم، وفهموا ذلك منه صلى الله عليه وسلم، لذلك﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فزادهم فرارا﴾
Words 52–88 · 5 of 7
ثُمَّ قَالَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ أَنَّهُ دَعَاهُمْ لَيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ لَا لِيَكْشِفَ لَهُمْ وَفَهِمُوا ذَلكَ مِنْهُ …al-Qāshānī
﴿ثم قال عن نفسه إنه دعاهم ليغفر لهم لا ليكشف لهم وفهموا ذلك منه صلى الله عليه وسلم ، لذلك جعلوا أصابعهم في آذانهم واستغشوا ثيابهم ، وهذه كلها صورة الستر التي دعاهم إليها ، فأجابوا دعوته بالفعل لا بلبيك﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿ثمّ قال عن نفسه : إنّه دعاهم ليغفر لهم ، لا ليكشف لهم ، وفهموا ذلك منه عليه السّلام . لذلك﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿ثم قال، عن نفسه إنه دعاهم ليغفر لهم لا ليكشف لهم، وفهموا ذلك منه، صلى الله عليه وسلم، لذلك جعلوا أصابعهم في آذانهم واستغشوا ثيابهم، وهذه كلها صورة الستر التي دعاهم إليها، فأجابوا دعوته بالفعل لا بلبيك﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿ثمّ قال … عن نفسه : إنّه دعاهم ليغفر لهم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ثم قال عن نفسه﴾
Words 54–62 · 1 of 7
عَنْ نَفْسِهِ أَنَّهُ دَعَاهُمْ لَيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ لَا لِيَكْشِفَ لَهُمْOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿عن نفسه إنه دعاهم ليغفر لهم لا ليكشف لهم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿أنه دعاهم ليغفر لهم﴾
Words 60–65 · 2 of 7
لَا لِيَكْشِفَ لَهُمْ وَفَهِمُوا ذَلكَ مِنْهُIbn Turka
﴿لا ليكشف لهم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لا ليكشف لهم وفهموا ذلك منه﴾
Words 63–88 · 2 of 7
وَفَهِمُوا ذَلكَ مِنْهُ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ لِذَلكَ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ …Ibn Turka
﴿وفهموا ذلك منه صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم ، لذلك "جَعَلُوا أَصابِعَهُمْ في آذانِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيابَهُمْ" ، وهذه كلَّها صورة الستر التي دعاهم إليها ، فأجابوا دعوته بالفعل ، لا بلبّيك﴾
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Jāmī
﴿وفهموا ذلك﴾
Words 76–89 · 2 of 7
ثِيَابَهُمْ وَهَذِهِ كُلُّهَا صُورَةُ السَّتْرِ الَّتِي دَعَاهُمْ إِلَيْهَا فَأَجَابُوا دَعْوَتَهُ بِالفِعْلِ لَا بِلَبَّيْكَal-Tilimsānī
﴿(نوح: 7) وهذه كلها صورة الستر التي دعاهم إليها فأجابوا دعوته بالفعل لا بلبيك. ففي﴾
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Jāmī
﴿وهذه كلها صورة الستر التي دعاهم﴾
Words 83–95 · 2 of 7
إِلَيْهَا فَأَجَابُوا دَعْوَتَهُ بِالفِعْلِ لَا بِلَبَّيْكَJāmī
﴿إليها فأجابوا دعوته … بالفعل لا بلبيك﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فاجابوا دعوته بالفعل لا بلبيك ففي " ليس كمثله شيء" إثبات المثل ونفيه﴾
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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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