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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ سُبُّوحِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ نُوحِيَّةٍ
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وَكَمَا أَنَّ ظَاهِرَ صُورَةِ الإِنْسَانِ تُثْنِي بلسانها عَلَى رُوحِهَا وَنَفْسِهَا وَالمُدَبِّرُ لَهَا كَذَلكَ جَعَلَ اللهُ صُورَةَ العَالَمِ تُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَلَكِنْ لَا يَفْقَهُ تَسْبِيحَهُمْ لِأَنَّا لَا نُحِيطُ بِمَا فِي العَالَمِ مِنَ الصُّوَرِ فَالْكُلُّ أَلْسِنَةُ الحَقِّ نَاطِقَةٌ بِالثَّنَاءِ عَلَى الحَقِّ وَلِذَلكَ قَالَ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ أَيْ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُ عَوَاقِبُ الثَّنَاءِ فَهُوَ المُثْنِي وَالمُثْنَى عَلَيْهِ
And just as the manifest [aspect] of the human form praises, with its tongue, its spirit, its soul, and that which governs it, so God has made the form of the cosmos glorify [Him] with His praise [cf. Q 17:44]; but their glorification is not understood, because we do not encompass all the forms that are in the cosmos. So all [of them] are tongues of the Real, speaking in praise of the Real. That is why He said, "Praise belongs to God, Lord of the worlds" [Q 1:2], that is, to Him the outcomes of praise are returned. So He is the one who praises and the one who is praised.
On the whole passage · 1 of 7
Only Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿كذلك جعل الله صورة العالم تسبح بحمده ولكن لا نفقه تسبيحهم لأنا لا نحيط بما في العالم من الصور. فالكل ألسنة الحق ناطقة بالثناء على الحق. و لذلك قال: «الحمد لله رب العالمين» أي إليه يرجع عواقب الثناء، فهو المثني و المثنى عليه﴾
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Words 1–30 · 5 of 7
وَكَمَا أَنَّ ظَاهِرَ صُورَةِ الإِنْسَانِ تُثْنِي بلسانها عَلَى رُوحِهَا وَنَفْسِهَا وَالمُدَبِّرُ لَهَا كَذَلكَ جَعَلَ …al-Qāshānī
﴿وكما أن ظاهر صورة الإنسان يثنى بلسانها على روحها ونفسها المدبر لها﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿وكما أن ظاهر صورة الإنسان يثنى بلسانها على روحها ونفسها والمدبر لها،كذلك جعل الله صور العالم تسبح بحمده ولكن لا نفقه تسبيحهم، لأنا لا نحيط بمافي العالم من الصور﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وكما أنّ ظاهر صورة الإنسان تثني بلسانها على روحها﴾
Jāmī
﴿وكما أن ظاهر صورة الإنسان تثني بلسانها﴾
﴿وكما أن ظاهر صورة الإنسان تثني بلسانها﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وكما أن ظاهر صورة الإنسان يثني … بلسانها على روحها ونفسها والمدبر لها﴾
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Words 13–23 · 4 of 7
كَذَلكَ جَعَلَ اللهُ صُورَةَ العَالَمِ تُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَلَكِنْ لَا يَفْقَهُ تَسْبِيحَهُمْal-Qāshānī
﴿كذلك جعل الله صور العالم﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿كذلك جعل الله صور العالم يسبّح بحمده ، ولكن لا تفقه تسبيحهم﴾
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Jāmī
﴿كذلك جعل الله صورة العالم نسبح بحمده ولكن لا نفقه تسبيحهم﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿كذلك جعل الله تعالی صور العالم تسبح بحمده ولكن لا تفقهون﴾
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Words 18–23 · 1 of 7
تُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَلَكِنْ لَا يَفْقَهُ تَسْبِيحَهُمْOnly al-Qāshānī comments here.
al-Qāshānī
﴿تسبح بحمده ولكن لا يفقهون تسبيحهم﴾
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Words 24–31 · 5 of 7
لِأَنَّا لَا نُحِيطُ بِمَا فِي العَالَمِ مِنَ الصُّوَرِal-Qāshānī
﴿لأنا لا نحيط بما في العالم من الصور﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿لأنا لا نحيط بما في العالم من الصور﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿لأنّا لا نحيط بما في العالم من الصور﴾
Jāmī
﴿لأنا لا نحيط … بما في العالم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لأنا لا نحيط بما في العالم من الصور﴾
Jāmī
﴿من الصور﴾
Words 32–53 · 5 of 7
فَالْكُلُّ أَلْسِنَةُ الحَقِّ نَاطِقَةٌ بِالثَّنَاءِ عَلَى الحَقِّ وَلِذَلكَ قَالَ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ أَيْ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فالكل ألسنة الحق ناطقة بالثناء على الحق ولذلك قال – " الْحَمْدُ "﴾
al-Jandī
﴿فالكلّ ألسنة للحقّ ناطقة بالثناء على الحق . ولذلك قال : الحمد لله ربّ العالمين . أي إليه يرجع عواقب الثناء ، فهو المثني والمثنى عليه »﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فالكلّ ألسنة الحقّ ناطقة بالثناء عليه ، ولذلك قال : " الْحَمْدُ لِلَّه ِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ "﴾
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Jāmī
﴿ألسنة الحق ناطقة بالثناء على الحق سبحانه ولذلك قال : "الحمد لله رب العالمين"﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿السنة الحق﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ناطقة بالثناء على الحق ولذلك﴾
Words 41–44 · 3 of 7
ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَal-Jandī
﴿الْحَمْدُ لِلَّه ِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿الحمد لله رب العالمين﴾
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﴿الحمد لله رب العالمين﴾
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al-Tilimsānī
﴿الحمد لله رب العالمين﴾
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Words 45–49 · 2 of 7
أَيْ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُ عَوَاقِبُ الثَّنَاءِal-Qāshānī
﴿أي إليه﴾
Jāmī
﴿أي إليه ترجع عواقب الثناء﴾
Words 50–53 · 3 of 7
فَهُوَ المُثْنِي وَالمُثْنَى عَلَيْهِal-Qāshānī
﴿فهو المثنى … والمثنى عليه﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فهو المثني﴾
Jāmī
﴿فهو المثنى والمثنى عليه﴾
Words 52–56 · 2 of 7
وَالمُثْنَى عَلَيْهِIbn Turka
﴿والمثنى عليه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿والمثنى عليه﴾
﴿شعر : فإن قلت بالتنزيه﴾
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Sources: where each commentator's text comes from
- 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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