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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ سُبُّوحِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ نُوحِيَّةٍ
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وَالحَدُّ يَشْمَلُ الظَّاهِرَ وَالبَاطِنَ مِنْكَ فَإِنَّ الصُّورَةَ البَاقِيَةَ إِذَا زَالَ عَنْهَا الرُّوحُ المُدَبِّرُ لَهَا لَمْ يَبْقَ إِنْسَانًا وَلَكِنْ يُقَالُ فِيهَا إِنَّهَا صُورَةٌ تُشْبِهُ صُورَةَ الإِنْسَانِ فَلَا فَرْقَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ صُورَةٍ مِنْ خَشَبٍ أَوْ حِجَارَةٍ وَلَا ينطلق عَلَيْهَا اسْمُ الإِنْسَانِ إِلَّا بِالْمَجَازِ لَا بِالحَقِيقَةِ وَصُوَرُ العَالَمِ لَا يُمْكِنُ زَوَالُ الحَقِّ عَنْهَا أَصْلًا فَحَدُّ الأُلُوهِيَّةِ لَهُ بِالحَقِيقَةِ لَا بِالْمَجَازِ كَمَا هُوَ حَدُّ الإِنْسَانِ إِذَا كَانَ حَيًّا
And the definition encompasses both the manifest and the nonmanifest of you: for the form that remains, when the governing spirit has departed from it, is no longer a human being; rather, it is said of it that it is a form resembling the form of a human being, so there is no difference between it and a form made of wood or stone. The name 'human being' is not applied to it except figuratively, not in reality. But as for the forms of the cosmos, the Real's departing from them is not possible at all. So the definition of Divinity belongs to Him in reality, not figuratively, just as is the definition of the human being when he is alive.
On the whole passage · 2 of 5
al-Qayṣarī
﴿والحد يشمل الظاهر والباطن منك، فإن الصورة الباقية إذا زال عنها الروح المدبر لها، لم يبق إنسانا، ولكن يقال فيها إنها صورة تشبه صورة الإنسان، فلا فرق بينها وبين صورة من خشب أو حجارة. ولا ينطلق عليها اسم الإنسان إلا بالمجاز لا بالحقيقة﴾
Jāmī
﴿والحد يشمل الظاهر والباطن منك: فإن الصورة الباقية إذا زال عنها الروح المدبر لها لم تبق إنسانا، و لكن يقال فيها إنها صورة الإنسان، فلا فرق بينها و بين صورة من خشب أو حجارة. و لا ينطلق عليها اسم الإنسان إلا بالمجاز لا بالحقيقة. و صور العالم لا يمكن زوال الحق عنها أصلا. فحد الألوهية له بالحقيقة لا بالمجاز كما هو حد الإنسان إذا كان حيا. و كما أن ظاهر صورة الإنسان تثني بلسانها على روحها و نفسها و المدبر لها﴾
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﴿والحد يشمل الظاهر والباطن منك: فإن الصورة الباقية إذا زال عنها الروح المدبر لها لم تبق إنسانا، و لكن يقال فيها إنها صورة الإنسان، فلا فرق بينها وبين صورة من خشب أو حجارة. ولا ينطلق عليها اسم الإنسان إلا بالمجاز لا بالحقيقة. وصور العالم لا يمكن زوال الحق عنها أصلا. فحد الألوهية له بالحقيقة لا بالمجاز كما هو حد الإنسان إذا كان حيا. و كما أن ظاهر صورة الإنسان تثني بلسانها على روحها و نفسها والمدبر لها﴾
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Words 1–5 · 4 of 5
وَالحَدُّ يَشْمَلُ الظَّاهِرَ وَالبَاطِنَ مِنْكَal-Qāshānī
﴿والحد يشمل الظاهر والباطن منك﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿والحد يشمل الظاهر والباطن﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿والحدّ يشمل الظاهر والباطن منك﴾
Words 6–22 · 4 of 5
فَإِنَّ الصُّورَةَ البَاقِيَةَ إِذَا زَالَ عَنْهَا الرُّوحُ المُدَبِّرُ لَهَا لَمْ يَبْقَ إِنْسَانًا وَلَكِنْ يُقَالُ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فإن الصورة الباقية … إذا زال عنها الروح المدبر لها لم يبق إنسانا ولكن يقال فيها إنها صورة تشبه صورة الإنسان﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فإنّ الصورة الباقية إذا زال عنها الروح المدبّر لها لم تبق إنسانا﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فإن الصورة الباقية﴾
Words 9–17 · 2 of 5
إِذَا زَالَ عَنْهَا الرُّوحُ المُدَبِّرُ لَهَا لَمْ يَبْقَ إِنْسَانًاJāmī
﴿إذا زال عنها الروح المدبر لها لم يبق إنسانا﴾
﴿إذا زال عنها الروح المدبر لها لم يبق إنسانا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إذا زال عنها الروح المدبر لها لم تبق … إنسانا ولكن يقال فيها﴾
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Words 13–14 · 2 of 5
المُدَبِّرُ لَهَاIbn Turka
﴿المدبّر لها﴾
Words 18–27 · 2 of 5
وَلَكِنْ يُقَالُ فِيهَا إِنَّهَا صُورَةٌ تُشْبِهُ صُورَةَ الإِنْسَانِ فَلَا فَرْقَIbn Turka
﴿ولكن يقال فيها : إنّها صورة … الإنسان ، فلا فرق بينها وبين صورة من خشب أو حجارة﴾
Words 21–43 · 2 of 5
إِنَّهَا صُورَةٌ تُشْبِهُ صُورَةَ الإِنْسَانِ فَلَا فَرْقَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ صُورَةٍ مِنْ خَشَبٍ أَوْ حِجَارَةٍ …Jāmī
﴿إنها صورة تشبه صورة الإنسان فلا فرق بينها وبين صورة من خشب أو حجارة﴾
﴿إنها صورة تشبه صورة الإنسان فلا فرق بينها وبين صورة من خشب أو حجارة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إنها صورة تشبه صورة الإنسان فلا فرق بينهما وبين صورة من خشب أو حجارة ولا ينطلق عليها اسم الإنسان إلا بالمجاز لا بالحقيقة﴾
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Words 26–43 · 1 of 5
فَلَا فَرْقَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ صُورَةٍ مِنْ خَشَبٍ أَوْ حِجَارَةٍ وَلَا ينطلق عَلَيْهَا اسْمُ الإِنْسَانِ …Only al-Qāshānī comments here.
al-Qāshānī
﴿فلا فرق بينها وبين صورة من خشب أو حجارة ، ولا ينطلق عليها اسم الإنسان إلا بالمجاز لا بالحقيقة﴾
Words 35–43 · 2 of 5
وَلَا ينطلق عَلَيْهَا اسْمُ الإِنْسَانِ إِلَّا بِالْمَجَازِ لَا بِالحَقِيقَةِIbn Turka
﴿ولا يطلق عليها اسم الإنسان إلَّا بالمجاز لا بالحقيقة .﴾
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Words 44–64 · 5 of 5
وَصُوَرُ العَالَمِ لَا يُمْكِنُ زَوَالُ الحَقِّ عَنْهَا أَصْلًا فَحَدُّ الأُلُوهِيَّةِ لَهُ بِالحَقِيقَةِ لَا بِالْمَجَازِ …al-Qāshānī
﴿وصور العالم لا يمكن زوال الحق عنها أصلا ، فحد الألوهية له بالحقيقة لا بالمجاز كما هو حد الإنسان إذا كان حيا﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿وصور العالم لا يمكن زوال الحق عنها أصلا﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وصور العالم لا يمكن زوال الحقّ عنها أصلا﴾
Jāmī
﴿وصورة العالم لا يمكن زوال الحق عنها أصلا﴾
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﴿وصورة العالم لا يمكن زوال الحق عنها أصلا﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿وصور العالم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لا يمكن زوال الحق عنها أصلا﴾
Words 52–64 · 4 of 5
فَحَدُّ الأُلُوهِيَّةِ لَهُ بِالحَقِيقَةِ لَا بِالْمَجَازِ كَمَا هُوَ حَدُّ الإِنْسَانِ إِذَا كَانَ حَيًّاal-Qayṣarī
﴿فحد الألوهية له بالحقيقة لا بالمجاز، كما هو حد الإنسان إذا كان حيا﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فحدّ الألوهيّة له بالحقيقة ، لا بالمجاز﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فحد الألوهية له بالحقيقة لا بالمجاز﴾
Jāmī
﴿لا بالمجاز كما هو حد الإنسان﴾
﴿لا بالمجاز كما هو حد الإنسان﴾
Words 58–64 · 3 of 5
كَمَا هُوَ حَدُّ الإِنْسَانِ إِذَا كَانَ حَيًّاal-Qayṣarī
﴿كما هو﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿كما هو حدّ الإنسان إذا كان حيّا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿كما هو﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿حد الإنسان﴾
Words 62–64 · 2 of 5
إِذَا كَانَ حَيًّاBālī Zāde
﴿إذا كان حيا﴾
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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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