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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ سُبُّوحِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ نُوحِيَّةٍ
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فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًا فَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَيْنَ أَنْصَارِهِمْ فَهَلَكُوا فِيهِ إِلَى الأَبَدِ فَلَوْ أَخْرَجَهُمْ إِلَى السَّيْفِ سَيْفِ الطَّبِيعَةِ لَنَزَلَ بِهِمْ عَنْ هَذِهِ الدَّرَجَةِ الرَّفِيعَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ الكُلُّ لِلَّهِ وَبِاللَّهِ بَلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ مَا قَالَ إِلٰهِيِّ فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ لَهُ الثُّبُوتُ والإله يَتَنَوَّعُ بِالْأَسْمَاءِ فَهُوَ كُلُّ يَوْمٍ فِي شَأْنٍ فَأَرَادَ بِالرَّبِّ ثُبُوتَ التَّلْوِينِ إِذْ لَا يَصِحُّ إِلَّا هُوَ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَدْعُو عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَصِيرُوا فِي بَطْنِهَا المُحَمَّدِيُّ لَوْ دُلِّيْتُمْ بِحَبْلٍ لَهَبَطَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ
"And they found no helpers for themselves apart from God" [Q 71:25]. So God was the very self (ʿayn) of their helpers, and they perished in Him forever. Had He brought them out to the sword, the sword of nature, it would have brought them down from this lofty degree, even though all is God's and through God; indeed, it is God. "Noah said: My Lord" [Q 71:21]. He did not say "My God," for the Lord has fixity, whereas the God diversifies through the Names, so "every day He is upon some task" [Q 55:29]. So by "Lord" he meant the fixity of coloration (talwīn), since nothing but that is sound. "Leave not upon the earth" [Q 71:26]: he calls down [a curse] upon them, that they come to be in its belly. The Muhammadan [says]: "Were you to be let down by a rope, it would descend upon God." "To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth" [Q 2:255].
Words 1–15 · 6 of 7
فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًا فَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَيْنَ أَنْصَارِهِمْ فَهَلَكُوا فِيهِ إِلَى …al-Qāshānī
﴿" فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لَهُمْ من دُونِ الله أَنْصاراً "﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿"فلم يجدوا لهم من دون الله أنصارا"، فكان الله عين أنصارهم، فهلكوا فيه إلى الأبد.﴾
﴿فلم يجدوا لهم من دون الله أنصارا﴾
al-Tilimsānī
﴿فلم يجدوا لهم من دون الله أنصارا﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿" فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لَهُمْ من دُونِ الله أَنْصاراً "﴾
Jāmī
﴿"فلم يجدوا"﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فلم يجدوا﴾
Words 4–9 · 2 of 7
مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًا فَكَانَ اللَّهُJāmī
﴿"من دون الله أنصارا"﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿من دون الله أنصارا فكان الله﴾
Words 7–35 · 5 of 7
أَنصَارًا فَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَيْنَ أَنْصَارِهِمْ فَهَلَكُوا فِيهِ إِلَى الأَبَدِ فَلَوْ أَخْرَجَهُمْ إِلَى السَّيْفِ سَيْفِ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فكان الله عين أنصارهم فهلكوا فيه إلى الأبد﴾
al-Jandī
﴿وكان الله عين أنصارهم ، فهلكوا فيه إلى الأبد ، فلو أخرجهم إلى السيف ، سيف الطبيعة لنزل بهم عن هذه الدرجة الرفيعة ، وإن كان الكل لله وبالله بل هو الله﴾
al-Tilimsānī
﴿(نوح: 20 ) فكان الله عين أنصارهم فهلكوا فيه إلى الأبد. فلو أخرجهم إلى السيف، سیف الطبيعة لنزل بهم عن هذه الدرجة الرفيعة، وإن كان الكل لله وبالله بل هو الله. … ما قال إلهي، فإن الرب له الثبوت والإله يتنوع بالأسماء فهو كل يوم في شأن. فأراد بالرب ثبوت التلوين إذ لا يصح إلا هو.﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وكان الله عين أنصارهم ، فهلكوا فيه﴾
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Jāmī
Bālī Zāde
﴿عين أنصارهم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فهلكوا فيه﴾
Words 14–35 · 3 of 7
إِلَى الأَبَدِ فَلَوْ أَخْرَجَهُمْ إِلَى السَّيْفِ سَيْفِ الطَّبِيعَةِ لَنَزَلَ بِهِمْ عَنْ هَذِهِ الدَّرَجَةِ الرَّفِيعَةِ …Ibn Turka
﴿إلى الأبد ، فلو أخرجهم إلى السيف "سيف الطبيعة " لنزل بهم عن هذه الدرجة الرفيعة ، وإن كان الكلّ لله وباللَّه ، بل هو الله﴾
Jāmī
﴿إلى الأبد﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلى الأبد﴾
Words 16–27 · 4 of 7
فَلَوْ أَخْرَجَهُمْ إِلَى السَّيْفِ سَيْفِ الطَّبِيعَةِ لَنَزَلَ بِهِمْ عَنْ هَذِهِ الدَّرَجَةِ الرَّفِيعَةِal-Qāshānī
﴿فلو أخرجهم إلى السيف سيف الطبيعة ، لنزل بهم عن هذه الدرجة الرفيعة﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فلو أخرجهم إلى السيف، سيف الطبيعة، لنزل بهم عن هذه الدرجة الرفيعة﴾
Jāmī
﴿فلو أخرجهم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فلو أخرجهم إلى السيف … سيف الطبيعة﴾
Words 18–21 · 2 of 7
إِلَى السَّيْفِ سَيْفِ الطَّبِيعَةِal-Qayṣarī
﴿إلى السيف، سيف الطبيعة﴾
Jāmī
﴿إلى السيف سيف الطبيعة﴾
Words 22–27 · 2 of 7
لَنَزَلَ بِهِمْ عَنْ هَذِهِ الدَّرَجَةِ الرَّفِيعَةِJāmī
﴿لنزل بهم عن هذه الدرجة الرفيعة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لنزل بهم عن هذه الدرجة الرفيعة﴾
Words 28–35 · 4 of 7
وَإِنْ كَانَ الكُلُّ لِلَّهِ وَبِاللَّهِ بَلْ هُوَ اللَّهُal-Qāshānī
﴿وإن كان الكل لله وباللَّه بل هو الله﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿وإن كان الكل لله وبالله بل هو الله﴾
Jāmī
﴿وإن كان الكل لله و بالله بل هو الله. «قال نوح رب» ما قال إلهي، فإن الرب له الثبوت والإله يتنوع بالأسماء فهو كل يوم في شأن. فأراد بالرب ثبوت التلوين إذ لا يصح إلا هو. «لا تذر على الأرض» يدعو عليهم أن يصيروا في بطنها. … وإن كان الكل﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وان كان الكل﴾
Words 36–62 · 4 of 7
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ مَا قَالَ إِلٰهِيِّ فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ لَهُ الثُّبُوتُ والإله يَتَنَوَّعُ بِالْأَسْمَاءِ فَهُوَ …al-Qāshānī
﴿قال نوح رب﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿قال نوح: رب. ما قال: إلهي. فإن الرب له الثبوت، والإله يتنوع بالأسماء فهو كل يوم في شأن. فأراد بالرب ثبوت التلوين إذ لا يصح إلا هو﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿" قالَ نُوحٌ رَبِّ "﴾
Jāmī
﴿"قال نوح رب" ما قال : إلهى فإن الرب له الثبوت﴾
Words 38–45 · 3 of 7
رَّبِّ مَا قَالَ إِلٰهِيِّ فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ لَهُ الثُّبُوتُal-Qāshānī
﴿ما قال إلهى فإن الرب له الثبوت﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ما قال : « إلهي » ، فإنّ الربّ له الثبوت﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿رب ما قال إلهي فإن الرب له الثبوت﴾
Words 46–58 · 3 of 7
والإله يَتَنَوَّعُ بِالْأَسْمَاءِ فَهُوَ كُلُّ يَوْمٍ فِي شَأْنٍ فَأَرَادَ بِالرَّبِّ ثُبُوتَ التَّلْوِينِ إِذْal-Qāshānī
﴿والإله يتنوع بالأسماء فهو " كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ في شَأْنٍ " فأراد بالرب ثبوت التلوين﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿والإله يتنوّع بالأسماء﴾
Jāmī
﴿والإله بتنوع بالأسماء فهو كل يوم في شأن﴾
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Words 49–57 · 1 of 7
فَهُوَ كُلُّ يَوْمٍ فِي شَأْنٍ فَأَرَادَ بِالرَّبِّ ثُبُوتَ التَّلْوِينِOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿فهو كلّ يوم في شأن فأراد بالربّ ثبوت التلوين﴾
Words 54–62 · 1 of 7
فَأَرَادَ بِالرَّبِّ ثُبُوتَ التَّلْوِينِ إِذْ لَا يَصِحُّ إِلَّا هُوَOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿فأراد بالرب ثبوت التكوين إذ لا يصح إلا هو﴾
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Jāmī
﴿ثبوت التلوين﴾
Words 58–62 · 4 of 7
إِذْ لَا يَصِحُّ إِلَّا هُوَal-Qāshānī
﴿إذ لا يصح إلا هو﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿إذ لا يصح إلا هو﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿إذ لا يصحّ إلَّا هو﴾
Jāmī
﴿إذ لا يصح﴾
Jāmī
﴿إلا هو﴾
Words 63–72 · 7 of 7
لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَدْعُو عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَصِيرُوا فِي بَطْنِهَاal-Qāshānī
﴿لا تَذَرْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ﴾
al-Jandī
﴿لا تَذَرْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿"لا تذر على الأرض" يدعوا عليهم أن يصيروا في بطنها﴾
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al-Tilimsānī
﴿لا تذر على الأرض﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿" لا تَذَرْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ " يدعو عليهم أن يصيروا في بطنها﴾
Jāmī
﴿"لا تذر على الأرض"﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لا تذر على الأرض من الكافرين﴾
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Words 66–73 · 3 of 7
ٱلْأَرْضِ يَدْعُو عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَصِيرُوا فِي بَطْنِهَا المُحَمَّدِيُّal-Qāshānī
﴿يدعو عليهم أن يصيروا في بطنها﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿يدعو عليهم أن يصيروا في باطنها﴾
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al-Tilimsānī
﴿(نوح: 26) . يدعو عليهم أن يصيروا في بطنها. المحمدی﴾
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Jāmī
﴿أن يصيروا في بطنها﴾
Words 73–86 · 5 of 7
المُحَمَّدِيُّ لَوْ دُلِّيْتُمْ بِحَبْلٍ لَهَبَطَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِal-Qāshānī
﴿المحمدي : لو دليتم بحبل لهبط على الله﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿المحمدي: "لو دليتم بحبل لهبط على الله". "له ما في السماوات وما في الأرض".﴾
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﴿لو دليتم بحبل لهبط على الله.﴾
al-Tilimsānī
﴿لو دليتم بحبل لهبط على الله.﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿« لو دلَّيتم بحبل لهبط على الله » … " لَه ُ ما في السَّماواتِ وَما في الأَرْضِ "﴾
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Jāmī
﴿لو دليتم بحبل لهبط على الله﴾
Words 80–86 · 5 of 7
لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِal-Qāshānī
﴿لَه ما في السَّماواتِ وما في الأَرْضِ﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿لَه ُ ما في السَّماواتِ وَما في الأَرْضِ﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
al-Tilimsānī
﴿له ما في السماوات وما في الأرض﴾
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Jāmī
﴿"له ما في السماوات وما في الأرض"﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿وما في الأرض﴾
Jāmī
﴿و إذا دفنت فيها فأنت فيها و هي ظرفك: «و فيها نعيدكم ومنها نخرجكم تارة أخرى» لاختلاف الوجوه. «من الكافرين» الذين «استغشوا ثيابهم وجعلوا أصابعهم في آذانهم» طلبا للستر لأنه «دعاهم ليغفر لهم» والغفر الستر.﴾
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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
Digital text: OpenITI barzakh, 0898NurDinJami.SharhMatnFususHikam.IAC00088-ara1 (commit 6b19bdc)
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Taken from: ibnalarabi.com/fusus/jami_matn.php. The OpenITI file's own header (#META# source) names this page: the text was copied from the Ibn ʿArabī website directed by Dr Mohamed Ali Haj Yousef. Every IAC-coded file used here names a page of that site in its header; barzakh is OpenITI's repository for texts awaiting integration into the corpus.
Licence: OpenITI distributes its texts under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; ibnalarabi.com states © 1999–2024. The commentary itself is a classical work in the public domain; the edition behind the digital text is unidentified.
- Muṣṭafā b. Sulaymān Bālī Zāde (d. 1073/1663), Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam
Digital text: OpenITI barzakh, 1073MustafaSulaymanBaliZadah.SharhFususHikam.IAC00082-ara1 (commit 6b19bdc)
Print edition behind it: Not recorded by OpenITI: the barzakh file has no .yml metadata record, and the ibnalarabi.com page it was taken from names no printed edition.
Taken from: ibnalarabi.com/fusus/bali.php. The OpenITI file's own header (#META# source) names this page: the text was copied from the Ibn ʿArabī website directed by Dr Mohamed Ali Haj Yousef. Every IAC-coded file used here names a page of that site in its header; barzakh is OpenITI's repository for texts awaiting integration into the corpus.
Licence: OpenITI distributes its texts under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; ibnalarabi.com states © 1999–2024. The commentary itself is a classical work in the public domain; the edition behind the digital text is unidentified.
The ibnalarabi.com texts sometimes print other hands inside a commentary: Bālī Zāde's glosses inside al-Qāshānī («إضافة بالي زادة»), and notes by the modern editor (al-muḥaqqiq) or compiler (al-jāmiʿ). We cut these out of the commentator's own text and show them as separate entries, each labelled with its author and the line of the file it came from.
Arabic of the commentaries from the OpenITI digital texts (each comment links to its line); Bosnevî's Ottoman Turkish from our collation of two OCRs of the 1873 Istanbul print (each comment links to its page scan at HathiTrust); passages matched to the commentators' quotations automatically.English translations of the commentaries and of the passage are AI (Claude) and marked. Differences are computed by comparing the words each commentator quotes with our working text; they may reflect a different manuscript reading, a paraphrase, or an alignment error. About this text.