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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ قُدُّوسِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ إِدْرِيسِيَّةٍ
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فَالعَلِيُّ لِنَفْسِهِ هُوَ الَّذِي يَكُونُ لَهُ الكَمَالُ الَّذِي يَسْتَغْرِقُ بِهِ جَمِيعَ الأُمُورِ الوُجُودِيَّةِ وَالنِّسَبِ العَدَمِيَّةِ بِحَيْثُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَفُوتَهُ نَعْتٌ مِّنْهَا وَسَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ مَحْمُودَةً عُرْفًا وَعَقْلًا وَشَرْعًا أَوْ مَذْمُومَةً عُرْفًا وَعَقْلًا وَشَرْعًا وَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا لِمُسَمَّى اللَّهِ خَاصَّةً وَأَمَّا غَيْرُ مُسَمَّى اللَّهِ خَاصَّةً مِمَّا هُوَ مَجْلًى لَهُ أَوْ صُورَةٌ فِيهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ مَجْلًى لَهُ فَيَقَعُ التَّفَاضُلُ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ ذَٰلِكَ بَيْنَ مَجْلًى وَمَجْلًى وَإِنْ كَانَ صُورَةً فِيهِ فَلِتِلْكَ الصُّورَةِ عَيْنُ الكَمَالِ الذَّاتِيِّ لِأَنَّهَا عَيْنُ مَا ظَهَرَتْ فِيهِ
So the One who is high in Himself is He to whom belongs the perfection by which He encompasses all existential matters and nonexistential relations, such that no attribute among them can possibly escape Him, whether they are praiseworthy by custom, reason, and the Law, or blameworthy by custom, reason, and the Law. And that belongs only to the One named 'Allāh' specifically. As for what is other than the One named 'Allāh' specifically, among that which is a place of self-disclosure for Him or a form within Him: if it is a place of self-disclosure for Him, then gradation in excellence occurs (there is no avoiding that) between one place of self-disclosure and another; and if it is a form within Him, then that form possesses the very self of the essential perfection, because it is the very self of that within which it has become manifest.
On the whole passage · 1 of 6
Only Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿وليس ذلك إلا لمسمى الله تعالى خاصة. وأما غير مسمى الله مما هو مجلى له أو صورة فيه، فإن كان مجلى له فيقع التفاضل لابد من ذلك بين مجلى ومجلى، وإن كان صورة فيه فتلك الصورة عين الكمال الذاتي لأنها عين ما ظهرت فيه. فالذي لمسمى الله هو الذي لتلك الصورة. ولا يقال هي هو ولا هي غيره.﴾
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Words 1–39 · 6 of 6
فَالعَلِيُّ لِنَفْسِهِ هُوَ الَّذِي يَكُونُ لَهُ الكَمَالُ الَّذِي يَسْتَغْرِقُ بِهِ جَمِيعَ الأُمُورِ الوُجُودِيَّةِ وَالنِّسَبِ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فالعلى لنفسه هو الذي يكون له الكمال الذي يستغرق جميع الأمور الوجودية والنسب العدمية ، بحيث لا يمكن أن يفوته نعت منها ، وسواء كانت محمودة عرفا وعقلا وشرعا أو مذمومة عرفا وعقلا وشرعا﴾
al-Jandī
﴿فالعليّ لنفسه هو الذي يكون له الكمال الذي يستغرق به جميع الأمور الوجوديّة والنسب العدميّة بحيث لا يمكن أن يفوته نعت منها ، وسواء كانت محمودة عرفا وعقلا وشرعا ، أو مذمومة عرفا وعقلا وشرعا وليس ذلك إلَّا لمسمّى "الله "خاصّة﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فالعلي لنفسه هو الذي يكون له الكمال الذي يستغرق به﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فالعليّ لنفسه هو الذي يكون له الكمال الذي يستغرق به جميع الأمور الوجوديّة والنسب العدميّة ، بحيث لا يمكن أن يفوته نعت منها ، وسواء كانت محمودة عرفا وعقلا وشرعا ،أو مذمومة عرفا وعقلا وشرعا ،وليس ذلك إلَّا لمسمّى « الله » خاصّة﴾
Jāmī
﴿فالعلي لنفسه هو الذي يكون له الكمال الذي يستغرق به جميع الأمور الوجودية والنسب العدمية بحيث لا يمكن أن يفوته نعت منها، وسواء كانت محمودة عرفا وعقلا و شرعا أو مذمومة عرفا وعقلا وشرعا.﴾
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﴿فالعلي لنفسه هو الذي يكون له الكمال الذي يستغرق به جميع الأمور الوجودية﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فالعلي لنفسه هو الذي يكون له الكمال الذي يستغرق به﴾
Words 11–13 · 2 of 6
جَمِيعَ الأُمُورِ الوُجُودِيَّةِal-Qayṣarī
﴿جميع الأمور الوجودية﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿جميع الأمور الوجودية﴾
Words 16–33 · 2 of 6
بِحَيْثُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَفُوتَهُ نَعْتٌ مِّنْهَا وَسَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ مَحْمُودَةً عُرْفًا وَعَقْلًا وَشَرْعًا أَوْ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿بحيث لا يمكن أن يفوته نعت منها، سواء كانت محمودة عرفا وعقلا وشرعا، أو مذمومة عرفا وعقلا وشرعا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿بحيث لا يمكن أن يفوته﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿نعت منها﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وسواء كانت﴾
Jāmī
﴿محمودة عرفا وعقلا وشرعا﴾
Jāmī
﴿او مذمومة﴾
Words 34–39 · 4 of 6
وَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا لِمُسَمَّى اللَّهِ خَاصَّةًal-Qāshānī
﴿وليس ذلك إلا لمسمى الله خاصة﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿وليس ذلك﴾
Jāmī
﴿وليس ذلك﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وليس ذلك﴾
Words 36–39 · 2 of 6
إِلَّا لِمُسَمَّى اللَّهِ خَاصَّةًal-Qayṣarī
﴿إلا لمسمى الله خاصة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلا لمسمى الله خاصة﴾
Jāmī
﴿الله خاصة﴾
Words 40–85 · 6 of 6
وَأَمَّا غَيْرُ مُسَمَّى اللَّهِ خَاصَّةً مِمَّا هُوَ مَجْلًى لَهُ أَوْ صُورَةٌ فِيهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ …al-Qāshānī
﴿وأما غير مسمى الله خاصة مما هو مجلى له أو صورة فيه ، فإن كان مجلى له فيقع التفاضل لا بد من ذلك بين مجلى ومجلى ، وإن كان صورة فيه فتلك الصورة عين الكمال الذاتي لأنها عين ما ظهرت فيه ، فالذي لمسمى الله هو الذي لتلك الصورة﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿وأمّا غير مسمّى الله خاصّة ممّا هو مجلى له أو صورة فيه فإن كان مجلى له ، فيقع التفاضل لا بدّ من ذلك بين مجلى ومجلى﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿وأما غير مسمى الله خاصة مما هو مجلي له، أو صورة فيه، فإن كان مجلي له فيقع التفاضل - لا بد من ذلك - بين مجلي ومجلى ، وإن كان صورة فيه، فتلك الصورة عين الكمال الذاتي، لأنها عين ما ظهرت فيه﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وأمّا غير مسمّى « الله » خاصّة﴾
Jāmī
﴿وأما غير مسمى الله خاصة مما هو مجلى﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وأما غير مسمى الله خاصة مما هو مجلی له﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿مما هو مجلى له﴾
Words 48–51 · 4 of 6
لَهُ أَوْ صُورَةٌ فِيهِal-Qayṣarī
﴿أو صورة فيه﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿أو صورة فيه﴾
Jāmī
﴿له أو صورة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿أو صورة فيه﴾
Words 52–64 · 2 of 6
فَإِنْ كَانَ مَجْلًى لَهُ فَيَقَعُ التَّفَاضُلُ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ ذَٰلِكَ بَيْنَ مَجْلًى وَمَجْلًىIbn Turka
﴿فإن كان مجلى له ، فيقع التفاضل ، لا بدّ من ذلك بين مجلى ومجلى﴾
Jāmī
﴿فإن كان﴾
Words 54–61 · 1 of 6
مَجْلًى لَهُ فَيَقَعُ التَّفَاضُلُ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ ذَٰلِكَOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿مجلى له فيقع التفاضل لا بد من ذلك﴾
Ibn Turka
Words 65–85 · 4 of 6
وَإِنْ كَانَ صُورَةً فِيهِ فَلِتِلْكَ الصُّورَةِ عَيْنُ الكَمَالِ الذَّاتِيِّ لِأَنَّهَا عَيْنُ مَا ظَهَرَتْ فِيهِal-Jandī
﴿وإن كان صورة فيه ، فتلك الصورة عين الكمال الذاتي , لأنّها عين ما ظهرت فيه . فالذي يسمّى الله هو الذي لتلك الصورة﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وإن كان صورة فيه فلتلك الصورة عين الكمال الذاتي﴾
Jāmī
﴿وإن كان﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وإن كان صورة فيه فتلك الصورة﴾
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Words 67–73 · 1 of 6
صُورَةً فِيهِ فَلِتِلْكَ الصُّورَةِ عَيْنُ الكَمَالِ الذَّاتِيِّOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿صورة فيه فتلك الصورة عين الكمال الذاتي﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿عين الكمال الذاتي﴾
Words 74–80 · 4 of 6
لِأَنَّهَا عَيْنُ مَا ظَهَرَتْ فِيهِal-Qayṣarī
﴿لأنها عين ما ظهرت فيه﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿لأنّها عين ما ظهرت فيه﴾
Jāmī
﴿عين ما ظهرت تلك الصورة فيه﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿عين ما ظهرت﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فعلوه الذي لمسمى الله هو علوه الذي لتلك الصورة ولا يقال هي هو ولا هي غيره﴾
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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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- Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī (d. 673/1274), al-Fukūk fī asrār mustanadāt ḥikam al-Fuṣūṣ
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