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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ سُبُّوحِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ نُوحِيَّةٍ
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فَقَالُوا فِي مَكْرِهِمْ وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا فَإِنَّهُمْ إِذَا تَرَكُوهُمْ جَهِلُوا مِنَ الحَقِّ عَلَى قَدَرِ مَا تَرَكُوا مِنْ هَؤُلاءِ فَإِنَّ لِلْحَقِّ فِي كُلِّ مَعْبُودٍ وَجْهًا يَعْرِفُهُ مَنْ عَرَفَهُ وَيَجْهَلُهُ مَنْ جَهِلَهُ فِي المُحَمَّدِيِّينَ وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ أَي حَكَمَ فَالعَالِمُ يَعْلَمُ مَنْ عُبِدَ وَفِي أَيِّ صُورَةٍ ظَهَرَ حَتَّى عُبِدَ وَأَنَّ التَّفْرِيقَ وَالكَثْرَةَ كَالأَعْضَاءِ فِي الصُّورَةِ المَحْسُوسَةِ وَكَالقُوَى المَعْنَوِيَّةِ فِي الصُّورَةِ الرُّوحَانِيَّةِ فَمَا عُبِدَ غَيْرُ اللهِ فِي كُلِّ مَعْبُودٍ
So they said in their devising: "And they said: 'Do not abandon your gods; do not abandon Wadd, nor Suwāʿ, nor Yaghūth and Yaʿūq and Nasr'" [Q 71:23]. For if they were to abandon them, they would become ignorant of the Real to the extent of what they abandoned of these. For the Real has, in every object of worship, a face which is known by whoever knows it and is unknown to whoever is ignorant of it. Among the Muhammadans [it is said]: "And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him" [Q 17:23], that is, He has ruled [it]. So the knower knows who has been worshipped, and in what form He became manifest so that He was worshipped. He also knows that separation and multiplicity are like the limbs in the sensory form and like the suprasensory faculties in the spiritual form. So in every object of worship none other than God has been worshipped.
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al-Tilimsānī
﴿23 الإسراء. أي حكم. فالعالم يعلم من عبد، وفي أي صورة ظهر حتى عبد، وأن التفريق والكثرة کالأعضاء في الصورة المحسوسة وكالقوى المعنوية في الصورة الروحانية. فما عبد غير الله في كل معبود، فالأدنى من تخيل فيه الألوهية فلولا هذا التخيل ما عبد الحجر ولا غيره. ولهذا قال تعالى:﴾
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Jāmī
﴿في المحمديين: « وقضى ربك ألا تعبدوا إلا إياه » أي حكم. فالعالم يعلم من عبد، و في أي صورة ظهر حتى عبد، و أن التفريق و الكثرة كالأعضاء في الصورة المحسوسة و كالقوى المعنوية في الصورة الروحانية، فما عبد غير الله في كل معبود. فالأدنى من تخيل فيه الألوهية، فلو لا هذا التخيل ما عبد الحجر و لا غيره. و لهذا قال: «قل سموهم»، فلو سموهم لسموهم حجارة و شجرا و كوكبا.﴾
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Words 1–39 · 5 of 7
فَقَالُوا فِي مَكْرِهِمْ وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فقالوا في مكرهم :" لا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ ولا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا ولا سُواعاً ولا يَغُوثَ ويَعُوقَ ونَسْراً " - فإنهم إذا تركوهم جهلوا من الحق على قدر ما تركوا من هؤلاء ، فإن للحق في كل معبود وجها يعرفه من عرفه ويجهله من جهله … في المحمديين "وقَضى رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاه " أي حكم ربك﴾
al-Jandī
﴿فقالوا في مكرهم : لا تذرنّ آلهتكم ولا تذرنّ ودّا ولا سواعا ولا يغوث ويعوق ونسر﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿فقالوا في مكرهم: "لا تذرن آلهتكم ولا تذرن ودا ولا سواعا ولا يغوث ويعوق ونسرا". فإنهم إذا تركوهم، جهلوا من الحق على قدر ما تركوا من هؤلاء، فإن للحق في كل معبود وجها، يعرفه من عرفه ويجهله من جهله﴾
Jāmī
﴿فقالوا في مكرهم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿في مكرهم﴾
Words 4–16 · 3 of 7
وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًاal-Jandī
﴿وَقالُوا لا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّ﴾
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al-Tilimsānī
﴿لا تذرن آلهتكم ولا تذرن ودا ولا سواعا ولا يغوث ويعوق ونسرا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وَقَالُوا لَا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا (23)﴾
Words 8–17 · 2 of 7
وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا فَإِنَّهُمْal-Qāshānī
﴿ولا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا ولا سُواعاً ولا يَغُوثَ ويَعُوقَ ونَسْراً﴾
Jāmī
﴿"ولا تذرن ودا ولا سواعا ولا يغوث ويعوق ونسرا" [نوح: 23]﴾
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Words 17–42 · 4 of 7
فَإِنَّهُمْ إِذَا تَرَكُوهُمْ جَهِلُوا مِنَ الحَقِّ عَلَى قَدَرِ مَا تَرَكُوا مِنْ هَؤُلاءِ فَإِنَّ لِلْحَقِّ …al-Tilimsānī
﴿فإنهم إذا تركوهم جهلوا من الحق على قدر ما تركوا من هؤلاء. فإن للحق في كل معبود وجها يعرفه من عرفه ويجهله من جهله. في المحمديين:﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فإنّهم إذا تركوهم جهلوا من الحق على قدر ما تركوا من هؤلاء ، فإنّ للحقّ في كل معبود وجها يعرفه من عرفه ويجهله من جهله﴾
Jāmī
﴿فإنهم إذا تركوهم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فإنهم إذا تركوهم جهلوا من الحق على قدر ما تركوا من هؤلاء﴾
Words 20–28 · 1 of 7
جَهِلُوا مِنَ الحَقِّ عَلَى قَدَرِ مَا تَرَكُوا مِنْ هَؤُلاءِOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿جهلوا من الحق على قدر ما تركوا من هؤلاء﴾
Words 29–34 · 2 of 7
فَإِنَّ لِلْحَقِّ فِي كُلِّ مَعْبُودٍ وَجْهًاJāmī
﴿فإن للحق … في كل معبود﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فإن للحق في كل معبود وجها﴾
Words 41–50 · 3 of 7
فِي المُحَمَّدِيِّينَ وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ أَي حَكَمَal-Qayṣarī
﴿في المحمديين: "وقضى ربك ألا تعبدوا إلا إياه". أي، حكم﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿في المحمّديين "وَقَضى رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاه ُ " [ 17 / 23 ] أي حكم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿في المحمديين "وقضى ربك"﴾
Words 43–48 · 2 of 7
وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُal-Jandī
﴿وَقَضى رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاه ُ﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿وقضى ربك ألا تعبدوا إلا إياه﴾
Words 45–50 · 2 of 7
أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ أَي حَكَمَJāmī
﴿"ألا تعبدوا إلا إياه" أي حكم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿"ألا تعبدوا إلا إياه"﴾
Words 51–80 · 5 of 7
فَالعَالِمُ يَعْلَمُ مَنْ عُبِدَ وَفِي أَيِّ صُورَةٍ ظَهَرَ حَتَّى عُبِدَ وَأَنَّ التَّفْرِيقَ وَالكَثْرَةَ كَالأَعْضَاءِ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فالعالم يعلم من عبد وفي أيّ صورة ظهر حتى عبد ، وإن التفريق والكثرة كالأعضاء في الصورة المحسوسة وكالقوى المعنوية في الصورة الروحانية ،فما عبد غير الله في كل معبود فالأدنى﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿فالعالم يعلم من عبد، وفي أي صورة ظهر حتى عبد، وأن التفريق والكثرة كالأعضاء في الصورة المحسوسة، وكالقوى المعنوية في الصورة الروحانية﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فالعالم يعلم من عبد﴾
Jāmī
﴿فالعالم يعلم من﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿يعلم من عبد … وفي أي صورة ظهر حتی عبد﴾
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Words 55–60 · 2 of 7
وَفِي أَيِّ صُورَةٍ ظَهَرَ حَتَّى عُبِدَIbn Turka
﴿وفي أيّ صورة ظهر حتّى عبد﴾
Jāmī
﴿وفي أي صورة ظهر حتى عبد﴾
Words 61–63 · 2 of 7
وَأَنَّ التَّفْرِيقَ وَالكَثْرَةَIbn Turka
﴿وأنّ التفريق والكثرة﴾
Jāmī
﴿وأن التفريق والكثرة﴾
Words 64–72 · 2 of 7
كَالأَعْضَاءِ فِي الصُّورَةِ المَحْسُوسَةِ وَكَالقُوَى المَعْنَوِيَّةِ فِي الصُّورَةِ الرُّوحَانِيَّةِIbn Turka
﴿كالأعضاء في الصورة المحسوسة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿كالأعضاء في الصورة المحسوسة وكالقوى المعنوية في الصورة الروحانية﴾
Words 68–72 · 1 of 7
وَكَالقُوَى المَعْنَوِيَّةِ فِي الصُّورَةِ الرُّوحَانِيَّةِOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿وكالقوى المعنويّة في الصورة الروحانيّة﴾
Words 73–79 · 4 of 7
فَمَا عُبِدَ غَيْرُ اللهِ فِي كُلِّ مَعْبُودٍal-Qayṣarī
﴿فما عبد غير الله في كل معبود﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فما عبد غير الله في كلّ معبود﴾
Jāmī
﴿فما عبد غير الله﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فما عبد غير الله في كل معبود﴾
Jāmī
﴿في كل معبود﴾
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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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