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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ سُبُّوحِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ نُوحِيَّةٍ
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وَمَنْ جَمَعَ فِي مَعْرِفَتِهِ بَيْنَ التَّنْزِيهِ وَالتَّشْبِيهِ وَوَصَفَهُ بِالوَصْفَيْنِ عَلَى الإِجْمَالِ لِأَنَّهُ يَسْتَحِيلُ ذَلكَ عَلَى التَّفْصِيلِ لِعَدَمِ الإِحَاطَةِ بِمَا فِي العَالَمِ مِنَ الصُّوَرِ فَقَدْ عَرَفَهُ مُجْمَلًا لَا عَلَى التَّفْصِيلِ كَمَا عَرَفَ نَفْسَهُ مُجْمَلًا لَا عَلَى التَّفْصِيلِ وَلِذَلكَ رَبَطَ النَّبِيُّ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ مَعْرِفَةَ الحَقِّ بِمَعْرِفَةِ النَّفْسِ فَقَالَ مَنْ عَرَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَرَفَ رَبَّهُ وَقَالَ سَنُرِيهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فِى ٱلْـَٔافَاقِ وَهُوَ مَا خَرَجَ عَنكَ وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَهُوَ عَيْنُكَ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَيْ النَّاظِرُ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّكَ صُورَتُهُ وَهُوَ رُوحُكَ فَأَنْتَ لَهُ كَالصُّورَةِ الجسمية لَكَ وَهُوَ لَكَ كَالرُّوحِ المُدَبِّرِ لِصُورَةِ جَسَدِكَ
And whoever joins together, in his knowledge [of Him], declaring incomparability and declaring similarity, and describes Him by both descriptions in summary fashion – since that is impossible in detail, owing to the lack of encompassment of the forms that are in the cosmos – has known Him in summary, not in detail, just as he has known himself in summary, not in detail. For this reason the Prophet (God bless him and give him peace) tied knowledge of the Real to knowledge of the self, saying: "Whoever knows himself knows his Lord." And He said: "We shall show them Our signs upon the horizons" [Q 41:53] – and that is what is outside of you – "and in their own selves" [Q 41:53] – and that is your very self (ʿayn) – "until it becomes clear to them" [Q 41:53] – that is, to the one who looks – "that He is the Real" [Q 41:53], inasmuch as you are His form and He is your spirit. So you are to Him like the bodily form is to you, and He is to you like the spirit governing the form of your body.
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Only Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿نفسه مجملا لا على التفصيل. و لذلك ربط النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم معرفة الحق بمعرفة النفس فقال: «من عرف نفسه عرف ربه». و قال تعالى: «سنريهم آياتنا في الآفاق» وهو ما خرج عنك «و في أنفسهم» و هو عينك، «حتى يتبين لهم» أي للناظر «أنه الحق» من حيث إنك صورته و هو روحك. فأنت له كالصورة الجسمية لك، و هو لك كالروح المدبر لصورة جسدك.﴾
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Words 1–11 · 3 of 7
وَمَنْ جَمَعَ فِي مَعْرِفَتِهِ بَيْنَ التَّنْزِيهِ وَالتَّشْبِيهِ وَوَصَفَهُ بِالوَصْفَيْنِ عَلَى الإِجْمَالِal-Qāshānī
﴿ومن جمع في معرفته بين التنزيه والتشبيه ووصفه بالوصفين على الإجمال﴾
Jāmī
﴿ومن جمع في معرفته بين التنزيه والتشبيه له﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿ومن جمع في معرفته﴾
Words 9–23 · 3 of 7
بِالوَصْفَيْنِ عَلَى الإِجْمَالِ لِأَنَّهُ يَسْتَحِيلُ ذَلكَ عَلَى التَّفْصِيلِ لِعَدَمِ الإِحَاطَةِ بِمَا فِي العَالَمِ مِنَ …Ibn Turka
﴿بالوصفين على الإجمال لأنّه يستحيل ذلك على التفصيل ، لعدم الإحاطة بما في العالم من الصور﴾
Jāmī
﴿على الإجمال﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿على الإجمال﴾
Words 12–36 · 3 of 7
لِأَنَّهُ يَسْتَحِيلُ ذَلكَ عَلَى التَّفْصِيلِ لِعَدَمِ الإِحَاطَةِ بِمَا فِي العَالَمِ مِنَ الصُّوَرِ فَقَدْ عَرَفَهُ …al-Qāshānī
﴿لأنه يستحيل ذلك على التفصيل لعدم الإحاطة بما في العالم من الصور ، فقد عرفه مجملا لا على التفصيل كما عرف نفسه مجملا لا على التفصيل﴾
Jāmī
﴿لأنه يستحيل ذلك﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لأنه يستحيل ذلك﴾
Words 15–36 · 2 of 7
عَلَى التَّفْصِيلِ لِعَدَمِ الإِحَاطَةِ بِمَا فِي العَالَمِ مِنَ الصُّوَرِ فَقَدْ عَرَفَهُ مُجْمَلًا لَا عَلَى …Jāmī
﴿على التفصيل﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿على التفصيل لعدم الإحاطة بما في العالم من الصور فقد عرفه مجملا لا على التفصيل كما عرف نفسه مجملا لا على التفصيل﴾
Jāmī
﴿لعدم الإحاطة … بما في العالم من الصور﴾
Words 24–36 · 2 of 7
فَقَدْ عَرَفَهُ مُجْمَلًا لَا عَلَى التَّفْصِيلِ كَمَا عَرَفَ نَفْسَهُ مُجْمَلًا لَا عَلَى التَّفْصِيلِIbn Turka
﴿فقد عرفه مجملا ، لا على التفصيل ، كما عرف نفسه مجملا ، لا على التفصيل﴾
Jāmī
﴿فقد عرفه﴾
Jāmī
﴿مجملا لا على التفصيل كما عرف نفسه … مجملا لا على التفصيل﴾
Words 37–54 · 4 of 7
وَلِذَلكَ رَبَطَ النَّبِيُّ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ مَعْرِفَةَ الحَقِّ بِمَعْرِفَةِ النَّفْسِ فَقَالَ مَنْ عَرَفَ …al-Qāshānī
﴿ولذلك ربط النبي صلى الله عليه وسلَّم معرفة الحق بمعرفة النفس ، فقال « من عرف نفسه فقد عرف ربه »﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿ولذلك ربط النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، معرفة الحق بمعرفة النفس فقال: "من عرف نفسه فقد عرف ربه".﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿ولذلك ربط النبيّ عليه السّلام معرفة الحقّ بمعرفة النفس فقال : « من عرف نفسه فقد عرف ربّه »﴾
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Jāmī
﴿ربط النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم معرفة الحق سبحانه بمعرفة النفس﴾
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Words 42–54 · 1 of 7
عليهِ وسلَّمَ مَعْرِفَةَ الحَقِّ بِمَعْرِفَةِ النَّفْسِ فَقَالَ مَنْ عَرَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَرَفَ رَبَّهُ وَقَالَOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿ربط النبي معرفة الحق بمعرفة النفس. فقال "من عرف نفسه فقد عرف ربه﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فقال : من عرف نفسه فقد عرف ربه﴾
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Words 59–62 · 3 of 7
وَهُوَ مَا خَرَجَ عَنكَal-Qayṣarī
﴿وهو ما خرج﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وهو ما خرج عنك﴾
Jāmī
﴿ما خرج عنك﴾
Words 63–69 · 7 of 7
وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَهُوَ عَيْنُكَ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْal-Qāshānī
﴿" وفي أَنْفُسِهِمْ " - وهو عينك﴾
al-Jandī
﴿وَفي أَنْفُسِهِمْ … حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ … أَنَّه ُ الْحَقُّ﴾
al-Tilimsānī
﴿وفي أنفسهم … حتى يتبين لهم … أنه الحق﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿"وَفي أَنْفُسِهِمْ" وهو﴾
Jāmī
﴿" وفي أنفسهم" وهو … عينك حتى يتبين لهم، أي للناظر منهم﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿وفي أنفسهم﴾
Words 65–71 · 2 of 7
وَهُوَ عَيْنُكَ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَيْ النَّاظِرُal-Qayṣarī
﴿وهو عينك﴾
﴿وهو عينك … أنه الحق﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿عينك حتى يتبين لهم أي للناظرين﴾
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Words 67–79 · 3 of 7
حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَيْ النَّاظِرُ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّكَ صُورَتُهُ وَهُوَ رُوحُكَal-Qāshānī
﴿" حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ " - أي للناظر – " أَنَّه الْحَقُّ " - من حيث أنك صورته وهو روحك﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿حتى يتبين﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿" حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ " أي للناظر﴾
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Words 72–77 · 3 of 7
أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّكَ صُورَتُهُIbn Turka
﴿" أَنَّه ُ الْحَقُّ "﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿الحق من حيث إنك صورته﴾
Words 74–79 · 2 of 7
مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّكَ صُورَتُهُ وَهُوَ رُوحُكَIbn Turka
﴿من حيث أنّك صورته وهو روحك﴾
Jāmī
﴿من حيث أنك﴾
Words 80–90 · 4 of 7
فَأَنْتَ لَهُ كَالصُّورَةِ الجسمية لَكَ وَهُوَ لَكَ كَالرُّوحِ المُدَبِّرِ لِصُورَةِ جَسَدِكَal-Qāshānī
﴿فأنت له كالصورة الجسمية لك﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فأنت له، كالصورة الجسمية لك، وهو لك كالروح المدبر لصورة جسدك﴾
﴿فأنت له﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فأنت له كالصورة الجسميّة لك ، وهو لك كالروح المدبّر لصورة جسدك﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فانت له﴾
Words 82–84 · 2 of 7
كَالصُّورَةِ الجسمية لَكَJāmī
﴿كالصورة الجسمية لك﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿كالصورة الجسمية لك … وهو لك﴾
Words 85–90 · 2 of 7
وَهُوَ لَكَ كَالرُّوحِ المُدَبِّرِ لِصُورَةِ جَسَدِكَal-Qāshānī
﴿وهو لك كالروح المدبر لصورة جسدك﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿وهو لك﴾
Words 87–95 · 2 of 7
كَالرُّوحِ المُدَبِّرِ لِصُورَةِ جَسَدِكَBālī Zāde
﴿كالروح المدبر لصورة جسدك والحد يشمل الظاهر والباطن منك﴾
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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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