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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ سُبُّوحِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ نُوحِيَّةٍ
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وَهُوَ كَمَنْ آمَنَ بِبَعْضٍ وَكَفَرَ بِبَعْضٍ وَلَا سِيَّمَا وَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ أَلْسِنَةَ الشَّرَائِعِ الإِلَهِيَّةِ إِذَا نَطَقَتْ فِي الحَقِّ تَعَالَى بِمَا نَطَقَتْ بِهِ إِنَّمَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ فِي العُمُومِ عَلَى الْمَفْهُومِ الأوَّلِ وَعَلَى الْخُصُوصِ عَلَى كُلِّ مَفْهُومٍ يُفْهَمُ مِنْ وُجُوهِ ذَلكَ اللَّفْظِ بِأَيِّ لِسَانٍ كَانَ فِي وَضْعِ ذَلكَ اللِّسَانِ فَإِنَّ لِلْحَقِّ فِي كُلِّ خَلْقٍ ظُهُورًا فَهُوَ الظَّاهِرُ فِي كُلِّ مَفْهُومٍ وَهُوَ البَاطِنُ عَنْ كُلِّ فَهْمٍ إِلَّا عَنْ فَهْمِ مَنْ قَالَ إِنَّ العَالَمَ صُورَتُهُ وَهُوِيَّتُهُ وهو الاسْمُ الظَّاهِرُ كَمَا أَنَّهُ بِالمَعْنَى رُوحُ مَا ظَهَرَ فَهُوَ البَاطِنُ
He is like one who believes in part and disbelieves in part, especially since he knows that when the tongues of the divine revealed Laws speak concerning the Real (exalted is He) with whatever they speak, they bring it, for the generality [of people], according to the first [obvious] sense, and for the elect, according to every sense that is understood from the aspects of that expression, in whatever language it may be, according to the conventional usage of that language. For the Real has a manifestation in every created thing: so He is the Manifest in every thing understood, and He is the Nonmanifest to every understanding, except the understanding of one who says that the cosmos is His form and His He-ness (huwiyya). And that is the name 'the Manifest', just as He is, in [respect of] meaning, the spirit of what has become manifest, so He is the Nonmanifest.
On the whole passage · 1 of 7
Only al-Tilimsānī comments here.
al-Tilimsānī
﴿فإن للحق في كل خلق ظهورا فهو الظاهر في كل مفهوم، وهو الباطن عن كل فهم إلا عن فهم من قال: إن العالم صورته وهويته، وهو الاسم الظاهر، كما أنه بالمعنی روح ما ظهر، فهو الباطن فنسبته لما ظهر من صور العالم نسبة الروح المدير للصورة. فيؤخذ في حد الإنسان مثلا ظاهره وباطنه، وكذلك كل محدود. فالحق تعالی محدود بكل حد.﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وهو كمن آمن ببعض وكفر ببعض﴾
Words 4–8 · 2 of 7
بِبَعْضٍ وَكَفَرَ بِبَعْضٍ وَلَا سِيَّمَاJāmī
﴿وكفر ببعض﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿و كفر ببعض ولا سيما﴾
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Words 7–47 · 3 of 7
وَلَا سِيَّمَا وَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ أَلْسِنَةَ الشَّرَائِعِ الإِلَهِيَّةِ إِذَا نَطَقَتْ فِي الحَقِّ تَعَالَى بِمَا …al-Qāshānī
﴿ولا سيما وقد علم أن ألسنة الشرائع الإلهية إذا نطقت في الحق تعالى بما نطقت به إنما جاءت به في العموم على المفهوم الأول وعلى الخصوص على كل مفهوم يفهم من وجوه ذلك اللفظ ، بأى لسان كان في وضع ذلك اللسان﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ولا سيّما وقد علم﴾
Jāmī
﴿لا سيما وقد علم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وقد علم﴾
Words 11–27 · 4 of 7
أَنَّ أَلْسِنَةَ الشَّرَائِعِ الإِلَهِيَّةِ إِذَا نَطَقَتْ فِي الحَقِّ تَعَالَى بِمَا نَطَقَتْ بِهِ إِنَّمَا جَاءَتْ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿إن ألسنة الشرائع الإلهية إذا نطقت في الحق بما نطقت به، إنما جاءت به في العموم﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿أنّ ألسنة الشرايع الإلهيّة إذا نطقت في الحقّ تعالى بما نطقت به﴾
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Jāmī
﴿أن ألسنة الشرائع الإلهية إذا نطقت في الحق تعالى بما نطقت به إنما جاءت به في العموم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿أن السنة الشرائع الإلهية إذا نطقت في الحق تعالی بما نطقت به﴾
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Words 23–30 · 2 of 7
إِنَّمَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ فِي العُمُومِ عَلَى الْمَفْهُومِ الأوَّلِIbn Turka
﴿إنّما جاءت به في العموم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إنما جاءت به في العموم على المفهوم الأول﴾
Words 28–32 · 2 of 7
عَلَى الْمَفْهُومِ الأوَّلِ وَعَلَى الْخُصُوصِal-Qayṣarī
﴿على المفهوم الأول، وعلى الخصوص﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿على المفهوم الأوّل﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وعلى الخصوص﴾
Words 33–47 · 3 of 7
عَلَى كُلِّ مَفْهُومٍ يُفْهَمُ مِنْ وُجُوهِ ذَلكَ اللَّفْظِ بِأَيِّ لِسَانٍ كَانَ فِي وَضْعِ ذَلكَ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿على كل مفهوم يفهم من وجوه ذلك اللفظ بأي لسان كان في وضع ذلك اللسان.﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿على كلّ مفهوم يفهم﴾
Jāmī
﴿على كل مفهوم يفهم من وجوه … ذلك اللفظ﴾
Words 37–47 · 1 of 7
مِنْ وُجُوهِ ذَلكَ اللَّفْظِ بِأَيِّ لِسَانٍ كَانَ فِي وَضْعِ ذَلكَ اللِّسَانِOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿من وجوه ذلك اللفظ ، بأيّ لسان كان في وضع ذلك اللسان﴾
Words 41–47 · 2 of 7
بِأَيِّ لِسَانٍ كَانَ فِي وَضْعِ ذَلكَ اللِّسَانِal-Qayṣarī
﴿بأي لسان كان في وضع ذلك اللسان﴾
Jāmī
﴿بأي لسان كان﴾
Words 48–76 · 6 of 7
فَإِنَّ لِلْحَقِّ فِي كُلِّ خَلْقٍ ظُهُورًا فَهُوَ الظَّاهِرُ فِي كُلِّ مَفْهُومٍ وَهُوَ البَاطِنُ عَنْ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فإن للحق في كل خلق ظهورا خاصا ، وهو الظاهر في كل مفهوم وهو الباطن عن كل فهم ، إلا عن فهم من قال إن العالم صورته وهويته وهو الاسم الظاهر﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿فإنّ للحق في كلّ خلق ظهورا ، فهو الظاهر في كل مفهوم ، وهو الباطن عن كل فهم إلَّا عن فهم من قال : إنّ العالم صورته وهويّته ، وهو الاسم الظاهر﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فإن للحق في كل خلق ظهورا خاصا﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فإنّ للحقّ في كل خلق ظهورا﴾
Jāmī
﴿فإن للحق في كل خلق﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فإن للحق في كل خلق ظهورا﴾
Words 54–63 · 4 of 7
فَهُوَ الظَّاهِرُ فِي كُلِّ مَفْهُومٍ وَهُوَ البَاطِنُ عَنْ كُلِّ فَهْمٍal-Qayṣarī
﴿فهو الظاهر في كل مفهوم ، وهو الباطن عن كل فهم﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فهو الظاهر في كلّ مفهوم﴾
Jāmī
﴿فهو الظاهر في كل مفهوم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فهو الظاهر في كل مفهوم﴾
Words 59–70 · 3 of 7
وَهُوَ البَاطِنُ عَنْ كُلِّ فَهْمٍ إِلَّا عَنْ فَهْمِ مَنْ قَالَ إِنَّ العَالَمَIbn Turka
﴿وهو الباطن عن كلّ فهم﴾
Jāmī
﴿وهو الباطن عن كل فهم إلا من فهم من قال إن العالم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وهو الباطن عن كل فهم﴾
Words 64–73 · 3 of 7
إِلَّا عَنْ فَهْمِ مَنْ قَالَ إِنَّ العَالَمَ صُورَتُهُ وَهُوِيَّتُهُ وهوal-Qayṣarī
﴿إلا عن فهم من قال: إن العالم صورته ومظهر هويته﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿إلَّا عن فهم من قال: إنّ العالم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلا عن فهم من قال إن العالم صورنه وهويته﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿صورته وهويّته﴾
Words 73–83 · 4 of 7
وهو الاسْمُ الظَّاهِرُ كَمَا أَنَّهُ بِالمَعْنَى رُوحُ مَا ظَهَرَ فَهُوَ البَاطِنُal-Qayṣarī
﴿وهو الاسم الظاهر، كما أنه بالمعنى روح ما ظهر، فهو الباطن﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿الاسم الظاهر ، كما أنّه﴾
Jāmī
﴿الاسم الظاهر … كما أنه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿الاسم الظاهر كما أنه﴾
Words 76–83 · 3 of 7
كَمَا أَنَّهُ بِالمَعْنَى رُوحُ مَا ظَهَرَ فَهُوَ البَاطِنُal-Qāshānī
﴿كما أنه بالمعنى﴾
al-Jandī
﴿كما أنّه بالمعنى روح ما ظهر ، فهو الباطن﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿في المعنى روح ما ظهر فهو الباطن﴾
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Words 78–83 · 3 of 7
بِالمَعْنَى رُوحُ مَا ظَهَرَ فَهُوَ البَاطِنُal-Qāshānī
﴿روح ما ظهر﴾
Jāmī
﴿روح ما ظهر﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿بالمعنی روح ما ظهر فهو الباطن﴾
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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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