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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ سُبُّوحِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ نُوحِيَّةٍ
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فَعَلِمَ العُلَمَاءُ بِاللهِ مَا أَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ نُوحٌ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ فِي حَقِّ قَوْمِهِ مِنْ الثَّنَاءِ عَلَيْهِمْ بِلِسَانِ الذَّمِّ وعلم أَنَّهُمْ إِنَّمَا لَمْ يُجِيبُوا دَعْوَتَهُ لِمَا فِيهَا مِنَ الفُرْقَانِ وَالأَمْرُ قُرْآنٌ لَا فُرْقَانٌ وَمَنْ أُقِيمَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ لَا يُصْغِي إِلَى الفُرْقَانِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ فَإِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ يَتَضَمَّنُ الفُرْقَانَ وَالفُرْقَانُ لَا يَتَضَمَّنُ الْقُرْآنَ وَلِهَذَا مَا اخْتَصَّ بِالْقُرْآنِ إِلَّا مُحَمَّدٌ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ وَهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ الَّتِي هِيَ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ فَ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِۦ شَىْءٌ يَجْمَعُ الأَمْرَ فِي أَمْرٍ وَاحِدٍ
So those who know by God knew what Noah (peace be upon him) alluded to concerning his people: praise of them in the tongue of blame. And [such a knower] knew that they did not respond to his summons only because of the discrimination (furqān) it contained, whereas the matter is a gathering (qurʾān), not a discrimination; and whoever has been established in the gathering does not lend an ear to discrimination, even though it is within it. For the gathering includes discrimination, but discrimination does not include the gathering. That is why none was singled out for the Qurʾān except Muhammad (God bless him and give him peace) and this community, which is 'the best community brought forth for mankind' [Q 3:110]. Thus 'Nothing is as His likeness' [Q 42:11] gathers the matter into a single matter.
On the whole passage · 2 of 7
al-Tilimsānī
﴿فجمع الأمرين في أمر واحد. فلو أن نوحا يأتي بمثل هذه الآية لفظا أجابوه، فإنه شبه ونزه في آية واحدة، بل في نصف آية. و نوح، عليه السلام، دعا قومه ليلا من حيث عقولهم وروحانيتهم فإنها غيب. ونهارا دعاهم أيضا من حيث ظاهر صورهم وحسهم، وما جمع في الدعوة مثل﴾
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Jāmī
﴿و علم أنهم إنما لم يجيبوا دعوته لما فيها من الفرقان، و الأمر قرآن لا فرقان، و من أقيم في القرآن لا يصغي إلى الفرقان و إن كان فيه. فإن القرآن يتضمن الفرقان و الفرقان لا يتضمن القرآن. و لهذا ما اختص بالقرآن إلا محمد صلى الله عليه و سلم و هذه الأمة التي هي خير أمة أخرجت للناس. فـ « ليس كمثله شيء» يجمع الأمرين في أمر واحد.﴾
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Words 1–18 · 5 of 7
فَعَلِمَ العُلَمَاءُ بِاللهِ مَا أَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ نُوحٌ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ فِي حَقِّ قَوْمِهِ مِنْ الثَّنَاءِ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فعلم العلماء باللَّه ما أشار إليه نوح في حق قومه من الثناء عليهم بلسان الذم﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فعلم العلماء بالله ما أشار إليه نوح، عليه السلام، في حق قومه من الثناء عليهم بلسان الذم﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فعلم العلماء باللَّه ما أشار إليه نوح في حقّ قومه من الثناء عليهم بلسان الذمّ﴾
Jāmī
﴿فعلم العلماء بالله ما أشار إليه نوح عليه السلام في حق قومه من الثناء عليهم بلسان الذم،﴾
﴿فعلم العلماء بالله﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فعلم العلماء بالله تعالی ما أشار إليه نوح عليه السلام في من قومه من الثناء عليهم بلسان الذم﴾
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Words 4–15 · 2 of 7
مَا أَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ نُوحٌ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ فِي حَقِّ قَوْمِهِ مِنْ الثَّنَاءِ عَلَيْهِمْJāmī
﴿ما أشار إليه نوح عليه السلام في حق قومه من الثناء عليهم﴾
﴿، أي قوم نوح عليه السلام﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿يقصد قوم نوح عليه السلام﴾
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Words 6–9 · 3 of 7
إِلَيْهِ نُوحٌ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُal-Qāshānī
﴿وفي نوح عليه السلام﴾
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Jāmī
﴿نوح عليه السلام﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿قال نوح عليه السلام﴾
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Words 18–31 · 4 of 7
وعلم أَنَّهُمْ إِنَّمَا لَمْ يُجِيبُوا دَعْوَتَهُ لِمَا فِيهَا مِنَ الفُرْقَانِ وَالأَمْرُ قُرْآنٌ لَا فُرْقَانٌal-Qāshānī
﴿وعلم أنهم إنما لم يجيبوا دعوته لما فيها من الفرقان﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿وعلم أنهم إنما لم يجيبوا دعوته لما فيها من الفرقان، والأمر قرآن لا فرقان.﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿أنّهم إنما لم يجيبوا دعوته﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿أنهم إنما لم يجيبوا دعوته … لما فيها من الفرقان﴾
Words 20–27 · 1 of 7
إِنَّمَا لَمْ يُجِيبُوا دَعْوَتَهُ لِمَا فِيهَا مِنَ الفُرْقَانِOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿إنما لم يجيبوا دعوته لما فيها من الفرقان﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿لما فيها من الفرقان﴾
al-Qāshānī
﴿والأمر قرآن﴾
Words 30–33 · 4 of 7
لَا فُرْقَانٌ وَمَنْ أُقِيمَal-Qāshānī
﴿لا فرقان﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿لا فرقان﴾
Jāmī
﴿لا فرقان﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لا فرقان ومن أقيم﴾
Words 32–39 · 4 of 7
وَمَنْ أُقِيمَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ لَا يُصْغِي إِلَى الفُرْقَانِal-Qāshānī
﴿ومن أقيم في القرآن … لا يصغى إلى الفرقان … وإن كان فيه﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿ومن أقيم في القرآن لا يصغى إلى الفرقان﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ومن أقيم﴾
Jāmī
﴿ومن أقيم في القرآن﴾
Words 36–42 · 3 of 7
لَا يُصْغِي إِلَى الفُرْقَانِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهِIbn Turka
﴿لا يصغي إلى الفرقان ، وإن كان فيه﴾
Jāmī
﴿لا يصغي إلى الفرقان﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لا يصغي﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلى الفرقان﴾
Words 40–50 · 3 of 7
وَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ فَإِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ يَتَضَمَّنُ الفُرْقَانَ وَالفُرْقَانُ لَا يَتَضَمَّنُ الْقُرْآنَal-Qayṣarī
﴿وإن كان فيه، فإن القرآن يتضمن الفرقان والفرقان لا يتضمن القرآن.﴾
Jāmī
﴿وإن كان﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وإن كان فيه﴾
Words 43–50 · 4 of 7
فَإِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ يَتَضَمَّنُ الفُرْقَانَ وَالفُرْقَانُ لَا يَتَضَمَّنُ الْقُرْآنَal-Qāshānī
﴿فإن القرآن يتضمن الفرقان ، والفرقان لا يتضمن القرآن﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فإنّ القرآن﴾
Jāmī
﴿فإن القرآن يتضمن الفرقان﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فإن القرآن يتضمن الفرقان﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿يتضمّن الفرقان﴾
Words 47–50 · 2 of 7
وَالفُرْقَانُ لَا يَتَضَمَّنُ الْقُرْآنَIbn Turka
﴿لا يتضمّن القرآن﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿والفرقان لا يتضمن القرآن﴾
Words 51–69 · 6 of 7
وَلِهَذَا مَا اخْتَصَّ بِالْقُرْآنِ إِلَّا مُحَمَّدٌ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ وَهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ الَّتِي هِيَ …al-Qāshānī
﴿ولهذا ما اختص بالقرآن إلا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلَّم ، وهذه الأمة التي هي خير أمة أخرجت للناس﴾
al-Jandī
﴿ولهذا ما اختصّ بالقرآن إلَّا محمّد صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم وهذه الأمة التي هي خير أمّة أخرجت للناس ف﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿ولهذا ما اختص بالقرآن إلا محمد، صلى الله عليه وسلم، وهذه الأمة التي هي "خير أمة أخرجت للناس".﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ولهذا ما اختصّ بالقرآن إلَّا محمد صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم﴾
Jāmī
﴿ما اختص بالقرآن … إلا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم … وهذه الأمة التي هي خير أمة أخرجت للناس﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ما اختص بالقرآن إلا محمد عليه السلام﴾
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Words 53–61 · 1 of 7
اخْتَصَّ بِالْقُرْآنِ إِلَّا مُحَمَّدٌ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ وَهَذِهِOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿كما أجاب أمة محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم﴾
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﴿فما دعا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم قومه﴾
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Words 61–68 · 2 of 7
وَهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ الَّتِي هِيَ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِIbn Turka
﴿وهذه الامّة التي هي خير امّة أخرجت للناس﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وهذه الأمة التي من خير أمة أخرجت للناس﴾
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al-Tilimsānī
﴿خير أمة أخرجت للناس﴾
Jāmī
﴿فقال "ليس كمثله شيء" [الشورى : 11]﴾
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Words 71–77 · 1 of 7
كَمِثْلِهِۦ شَىْءٌ يَجْمَعُ الأَمْرَ فِي أَمْرٍ وَاحِدٍOnly al-Qayṣarī comments here.
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فليس كمثله، فجمع الأمر في أمر واحد﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿يجمع الأمر في أمر واحد ، فلو أنّ نوحا أتى بمثل هذه الآية لفظا ، أجابوه ، فإنّه شبّه ونزّه في آية واحدة ، بل في نصف آية﴾
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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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