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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ سُبُّوحِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ نُوحِيَّةٍ
¶ 15 · 49 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
فَالأَدْنَى مَن تَخَيَّلَ فِيهِ الأُلُوهِيَّةَ فَلَوْ لَا هَذَا التَّخَيُّلُ مَا عُبِدَ الحَجَرُ وَلَا غَيْرُهُ وَلِهَذَا قَالَ قُلْ سَمُّوهُمْ فَلَوْ سَمَّوْهُمْ لَسَمَّوْهُمْ حَجَرًا وَشَجَرًا وَكَوْكَبًا وَلَوْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ مَنْ عَبَدْتُمْ لَقَالُوا إلهاً مَا كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ اللهَ وَلَا الإله وَالأَعْلَى مَا تَخَيَّلَ بَلْ قَالَ هَذَا مَجْلًى إلهي يَنْبَغِي تَعْظِيمُهُ فَلَا يَقْتَصِرُ
So the lowest [in rank] is the one who imagines divinity in it; were it not for this imagining, neither the stone nor anything else would have been worshipped. For this reason He said: "Say: Name them!" [Q 13:33]. Had they named them, they would have named them stone, tree, and star. And had they been asked, "Whom did you worship?" they would have said, "A god." They would not say "God" (Allāh), nor "the God." The highest [in rank] does not imagine; rather he says, "This is a divine locus of disclosure, whose magnification is fitting," and so he does not restrict [the Real to it].
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al-Tilimsānī
﴿33 الرعد . فلو سموهم لسموهم حجرا وشجرا وکوکبا. ولو قيل لهم: من عبدتم؟ لقالوا إلها ما كانوا يقولون: الله ولا الإله. والأعلى ما تخيل، بل قال: هذا مجلي إلهى فينبغي تعظيمه فلا يقتصر. فالأدنى صاحب التخيل يقول:﴾
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Jāmī
﴿و لو قيل لهم من عبدتم لقالوا إلها ما كانوا يقولون الله و لا الإله. و الأعلى ما تخيل ، بل قال هذا مجلى إلهي ينبغي تعظيمه فلا يقتصر. فالأدنى صاحب التخيل يقول: «ما نعبدهم إلا ليقربونا إلى الله زلفى» و الأعلى العالم يقول: «فإلهكم إله واحد فله أسلموا» حيث ظهر «و بشر المخبتين» الذين خبت نار طبيعتهم، فقالوا إلها و لم يقولوا طبيعة، «و قد أضلوا كثيرا، أي حيروهم في تعداد الواحد بالوجوه و النسب. «و لا تزد الظالمين» لأنفسهم. «المصطفين » الذين أورثوا الكتاب،﴾
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Words 1–13 · 5 of 7
فَالأَدْنَى مَن تَخَيَّلَ فِيهِ الأُلُوهِيَّةَ فَلَوْ لَا هَذَا التَّخَيُّلُ مَا عُبِدَ الحَجَرُ وَلَاal-Qāshānī
﴿فالأدنى من تخيل فيه الألوهية﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فالأدنى من تخيل فيه الألوهية﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فالأدنى من تخيّل فيه الألوهة ، ولولا هذا التخيّل ما عبد الحجر ولا غيره﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فالأدنى من تخيل فيه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿من تخيل﴾
Words 6–14 · 2 of 7
فَلَوْ لَا هَذَا التَّخَيُّلُ مَا عُبِدَ الحَجَرُ وَلَا غَيْرُهُal-Qāshānī
﴿فلو لا هذا التخيل﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فلولا هذا التخيل ما عبد الحجر ولا غيره﴾
Words 10–15 · 3 of 7
مَا عُبِدَ الحَجَرُ وَلَا غَيْرُهُ وَلِهَذَاal-Qāshānī
﴿ما عبد الحجر ولا غيره ولهذا﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿ما عبد الحجر ولا غيره﴾
Jāmī
﴿ما عبد الحجر ولا غيره﴾
Words 15–26 · 3 of 7
وَلِهَذَا قَالَ قُلْ سَمُّوهُمْ فَلَوْ سَمَّوْهُمْ لَسَمَّوْهُمْ حَجَرًا وَشَجَرًا وَكَوْكَبًا وَلَوْ قِيلَal-Qāshānī
﴿قال : " قُلْ سَمُّوهُمْ " فلو سموهم لسموهم حجرا أو شجرا أو كوكبا﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿ولهذا قال﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ولهذا قال : " قُلْ سَمُّوهُمْ "[ 13 / 33 ] فلو سمّوهم ، لسموهم حجرا أو شجرا أو كوكبا ولو قيل : «من عبدتم ؟» لقالوا : «إلها» … ما كانوا يقولون : «الله» ولا «إله»﴾
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Words 17–34 · 3 of 7
قُلْ سَمُّوهُمْ فَلَوْ سَمَّوْهُمْ لَسَمَّوْهُمْ حَجَرًا وَشَجَرًا وَكَوْكَبًا وَلَوْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ مَنْ عَبَدْتُمْ لَقَالُوا …al-Jandī
﴿قُلْ سَمُّوهُمْ﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿"قل سموهم" فلو سموهم، لسموهم شجرا أو حجرا أو كوكبا. ولو قيل لهم: من عبدتم؟ لقالوا: إلها﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿قل سموهم فلو سموهم السموهم حجرا أو شجرة أو كوكبة ولو قيل لهم من عبدتم لقالوا "نعبد إلها"﴾
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Words 25–31 · 2 of 7
وَلَوْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ مَنْ عَبَدْتُمْ لَقَالُوا إلهاًal-Qāshānī
﴿ولو قيل لهم من عبدتم لقالوا إلها﴾
Jāmī
﴿ولو قيل لهم: من عبدتم لقالوا إلها﴾
Words 32–37 · 4 of 7
مَا كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ اللهَ وَلَا الإلهal-Qāshānī
﴿ما كانوا يقولون الله ولا الإله﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿ما كانوا يقولون الله ولا الإله﴾
Jāmī
﴿ما كانوا يقولون﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ما كانوا يقولون﴾
Words 38–49 · 4 of 7
وَالأَعْلَى مَا تَخَيَّلَ بَلْ قَالَ هَذَا مَجْلًى إلهي يَنْبَغِي تَعْظِيمُهُ فَلَا يَقْتَصِرُal-Qāshānī
﴿ما تخيل﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿والأعلى ما تخيل، بل قال: وهذا مجلي إلهي ينبغي تعظيمه. فلا يقتصر.﴾
﴿والأعلى ما تخيل﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿والأعلى ما تخيّل﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ما تخيل﴾
Words 41–49 · 5 of 7
بَلْ قَالَ هَذَا مَجْلًى إلهي يَنْبَغِي تَعْظِيمُهُ فَلَا يَقْتَصِرُal-Qāshānī
﴿بل قال هذا مجلى إلهى ينبغي تعظيمه فلا يقتصر﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿بل قال: هذا مجلي … فلو لا هذا التخيل﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿بل قال﴾
Jāmī
﴿بل قال : هذا مجلى إلهي﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿بل قال هذا مجلي إلهي ينبغي تعظيمه﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿هذا مجلى إلهيّ ينبغي تعظيمه﴾
Jāmī
﴿ينبغي تعظيمه﴾
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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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