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فَالَّذِي لِمُسَمَّى اللَّهِ هُوَ الَّذِي لِتِلْكَ الصُّورَةِ وَلَا يُقَالُ هِيَ هُوَ وَلَا هِيَ غَيْرُهُ وَقَدْ أَشَارَ أَبُو القَاسِمِ بْنُ قَسِيٍّ فِي خَلْعِهِ إِلَى هَذَا بِقَوْلِهِ أَنَّ كُلَّ اسْمٍ إِلَهِيٍّ يَتَسَمَّى بِجَمِيعِ الأَسْمَاءِ الإِلَهِيَّةِ وَيُنْعَتُ بِهَا وَذَٰلِكَ هُنَاكَ أَنَّ كُلَّ اسْمٍ يَدُلُّ عَلَى الذَّاتِ وَعَلَى المَعْنَى الَّذِي سِيقَ لَهُ وَيَطْلُبُهُ فَمِنْ حَيْثُ دَلَالَتِهِ عَلَى الذَّاتِ لَهُ جَمِيعُ الأَسْمَاءِ وَمِنْ حَيْثُ دَلَالَتِهِ عَلَى المَعْنَى الَّذِي يَنْفَرِدُ بِهِ يَتَمَيَّزُ عَنْ غَيْرِهِ كَالرَّبِّ وَالخَالِقِ وَالمُصَوِّرِ إِلَى غَيْرِ ذَٰلِكَ

So what belongs to the One named "Allah" is what belongs to that form. And it is not said [of the form] that it is He, nor that it is other than He. Abū l-Qāsim ibn Qasī alluded to this in his Khalʿ [al-naʿlayn] when he said that every divine name is named by all the divine names and is qualified by them. That is because, there [in the divine presence], every name denotes the Essence and also the meaning for whose sake it was brought forth and which it demands. So inasmuch as it denotes the Essence, it has all the names; and inasmuch as it denotes the meaning to which it alone is specific, it is distinguished from the others, such as the Lord, the Creator, the Form-giver, and so on.

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Only Jāmī comments here.

Jāmī

﴿وقد أشار أبو القاسم بن قسي في خلعه إلى هذا بقوله: إن كل اسم إلهي يتسمى بجميع الأسماء الإلهية وينعت بها. وذلك أن كل اسم يدل على الذات و على المعنى الذي سيق له ويطلبه. فمن حيث دلالته على الذات له جميع الأسماء، ومن حيث دلالته على المعنى الذي ينفرد به، يتميز عن غيره كالرب والخالق والمصور إلى غير ذلك. فالاسم المسمى من حيث الذات، والاسم غير المسمى من حيث ما يختص به من المعنى الذي سيق له. فإذا فهمت أن العلي ما ذكرناه علمت أنه ليس علو المكان ولا علو المكانة، فإن علو المكانة يختص بولاة الأمر كالسلطان والحكام والوزراء والقضاة وكل ذي منصب سواء كانت فيه أهلية لذلك المنصب أو لم تكن، والعلو بالصفات ليس كذلك﴾

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قال الشيخ رضي الله عنه

the particular meaning for which it was coined and which it seeks. So, insofar as it indicates the Essence, it has all the Names; and insofar as it indicates the particular meaning proper to it, it is distinguished from other [Names]—like 'the Lord,' 'the Creator,' 'the Fashioner,' and so on. So the Name, insofar as it names, is from the standpoint of the Essence; and the Name, insofar as it does not name [the other Names], is from the standpoint of what it specifically signifies of the meaning for which it was coined. So when you understand that 'the Lofty' is what we have mentioned, you know that it is neither the loftiness of place nor the loftiness of station (makāna); for the loftiness of station is specific to those who hold authority, like the sultan, rulers, ministers, judges, and everyone holding a post—whether or not he has the fitness for that post—whereas loftiness by attributes is not so.] The Shaykh, may God be pleased with him, said:

al-Qayṣarī

﴿فالذي لمسمى الله هو الذي لتلك الصورة. ولا يقال، هي هو، ولا هي غيره﴾

أي، فالعلو الذي لمسمى الله هو العلو الذي لتلك الصورة، أي الاسم، وإن كان لا يقال، إن تلك الصورة هي مسمى الله، ولا يقال أيضا إنها غيره. فكل من الأسماء الإلهية عليه لذاته. قال رضي الله عنه

That is, the exaltedness that belongs to the one named "God" is the exaltedness that belongs to that form, that is, the name—even though one does not say that form is the one named "God," nor does one say that it is other than Him. So each of the divine names is exalted for its own sake. He, may God be pleased with him, said:

Ibn Turka

﴿فالذي لمسمّى « الله »﴾

من الجمعيّة والكمال

of comprehensiveness (jamʿiyya) and perfection

Jāmī

﴿فالذي لمسمى الله﴾

من العلم الذاتي والكمال المستغرق

of essential knowledge and encompassing perfection

Bālī Zāde

﴿فالذي لمسمى الله﴾

من العلو الذاتي (هو الذي تلك الصورة) التي هي عين مسمى الله

of essential exaltedness (is that which belongs) to that form

Ibn Turka

﴿هو الذي لتلك الصورة﴾

من الإحاطة الاستوائيّة المستقيمة التي لا ينحرف ميزان استقامته بتميّز أحد المتقابلين ، ورجحان إحدى كفّتيه - من العينيّة والغيريّة . وملخّص هذا الكلام : أنّ العلوّ الذاتي إمّا أن يكون لمسمّى « الله » خاصّة ، أو لغير مسمّى « الله » خاصّة ، والذي لغير مسمّى الله خاصّة إمّا أن يكون باعتبار كونه غيرا - كما هو موطن إدراك العقل - وذلك موطن التفاضل ، الذي يأباه العلوّ الذاتي والكمال العيني - كما أشار إليه إيماء أوّلا - بل من حيث الجمعيّة الذاتيّة التي هي مشهد الذوق ، وذلك موطن الإحاطة والشمول ، الذي يلزمه العلوّ الذاتي ، فيكون العين والغير. ولذلك قال رضي الله عنه

of the equilibrating, encompassing all-inclusiveness that is upright, whose balance of rectitude is not deflected by the distinction of either of the two opposites or by the preponderance of either of its two pans—namely, identity (ʿayniyya) and otherness (ghayriyya). The summary of this discourse is: that essential loftiness (al-ʿuluww al-dhātī) belongs either to the one named "Allah" exclusively, or to other than the one named "Allah" exclusively. That which belongs to other than the one named Allah exclusively is either by virtue of its being "other"—as is the station of rational apprehension—and that is the station of disparity (tafāḍul), which essential loftiness and entitative perfection reject, as was indicated at first by allusion; or rather it belongs by virtue of essential comprehensiveness (al-jamʿiyya al-dhātiyya), which is the witnessing of tasting (dhawq), and that is the station of encompassment and inclusiveness, which essential loftiness necessarily entails, so that it is both identity and otherness. Hence he, may God be pleased with him, said

Jāmī

﴿هو الذي لتلك الصورة ولكن لا يقال هي﴾

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أي تلك الصورة الاسمية (هو) ، أي مسمى لمغايرتها له في التعقل

— that is, that nominal form — (is He) — that is, the Named One — on account of its otherness from Him in intellection,

al-Qāshānī

﴿ولا يقال هي هو﴾

باعتبار تعينها وخصوصيتها

Considered in respect of its entification (taʿayyun) and particularity

al-Jandī

﴿ولا يقال : هي هو ، ولا : هي غيره﴾

يعني : أنّ هذه الصورة صورة للذات المسمّاة بـ « الله » تعالى ، وصورة الشيء ليست هي المتصوّرة بتلك الصورة ، فالصورة لا تعطي إلَّا مدلول لفظ " الصورة " وإن كانت صورة أحدية جمعية ، فإنّ العقل يفرّق بين الصورة وبين ذي الصورة . ولا يقال أيضا :إنّها غيره من جميع الوجوه ، فإنّها صورة ذاتية ، لا تنفكّ عن مسمّى الله تعالى . قال رضي الله عنه : « وقد أشار أبو القاسم بن قسيّ في خلعه إلى هذا بقوله

- he means: that this form is a form for the Essence named 'God,' Most High, and the form of a thing is not identical with that which is formed by that form. The form gives only what is denoted by the word 'form,' even if it is a unitary, all-comprehensive form, for the intellect distinguishes between the form and the possessor of the form. Nor is it said either that it is other than Him from every respect, for it is an essential form that is never separate from the one named God, Most High. He (may God be pleased with him) said: 'And Abū al-Qāsim ibn Qasī alluded to this in his Khalʿ (Doffing) when he said:'

al-Qayṣarī

﴿ولا يقال هي هو، ولا هي غيره﴾

وما نقل عن (أبى القاسم) يدل على أن المراد بالصورة، هن (الاسم). أو نقول، المراد بالمجلى هو الاسم، وبالصورة الصفة. لكن الأول أنسب. والحاصل، أن غير مسمى الله إما مجالي ومظاهر، أو أسماء. فإن كان من المجالي، فلا بد أن يقع بينهما التفاضل في مراتب العلو، وإن كان من الأسماء، فله ذلك الكمال الذاتي لاشتماله على الذات، أو لكون الاسم عين المسمى. وإليه الإشارة بقوله

And what has been transmitted from Abū al-Qāsim indicates that what is meant by "form" here is the "name." Or we may say that what is meant by "locus of disclosure" is the name, and by "form" is the attribute. But the first is more fitting. The upshot is that what is other than the one named "God" is either loci of disclosure and manifestations, or names. If it is among the loci of disclosure, then differentiation must occur between them in the ranks of exaltedness; and if it is among the names, then it possesses that essential perfection, due to its encompassing the Essence, or due to the name being identical with the named. This is what is indicated by his saying,

Ibn Turka

﴿ولا يقال : « هي هو »﴾

باعتبار خصوصيّتها الصوريّة

by virtue of its formal particularity

al-Qāshānī

﴿ولا هي غيره﴾

باعتبار حقيقتها . قال رضي الله عنه

Considered in respect of its true reality. He said, may God be pleased with him

Ibn Turka

﴿ولا : « هي غيره »﴾

باعتبار أنّها هي العين الشاملة الكاملة المحيطة بالكل . قال الشيخ رضي الله عنه : ( وقد أشار أبو القاسم بن قسي في خلعه - أي في كتابه المسمّى : بـ « خلع النعلين » -

by virtue of its being the comprehensive, perfect entity encompassing the whole. The Shaykh, may God be pleased with him, said: (And Abū al-Qāsim ibn Qasī alluded—in his Khalʿ, that is, in his book entitled "Khalʿ al-Naʿlayn" (The Removal of the Two Sandals)—

Jāmī

﴿ولا هي غيره﴾

لاتحادهما في التحقق والوجود. قال الشيخ الأكبر رضي الله عنه

on account of their unity in realization and existence. The Greatest Shaykh, may God be pleased with him, said:

al-Qāshānī

﴿وقد أشار أبو القاسم بن قسى﴾

بفتح القاف وتخفيف السين وتشديد الياء

with a fatḥa on the qāf, a light sīn, and a doubled yāʾ

al-Qayṣarī

﴿وقد أشار أبو القاسم بن قسى في خلعه﴾

أي، في كتابه المسمى ب (خلع النعلين). وذكر في فتوحاته أنه فتح له على يدي خليل من أهل (أبله) وهو من كبار القوم. " قال الشيخ رضي الله عنه في الفتوحات المكية الجزء الرابع الباب اربعمائة وأربعة ما نصه : وعليك بالعدل في الحكم وأطفئ النار إذا فرغت من حاجتك إليها وعليك باستعمال الحبة السوداء وهو الشونيز فإنها شفاء من كل داء إلا السام والسام الموت ولقد ابتلي عندنا رجل من أعيان الناس بالجذام وقال الأطباء بأجمعهم لما أبصروه وقد تمكنت العلة منه ما لهذا المرض دواء فرآه رجل من أهل الحديث من بنى عفير "من أهل أبلة" يقال له سعد السعود وكان عنده إيمان بالحديث عظيم يقطع به . فقال له يا هذا لم لا تطب نفسك فقال له الرجل إن الأطباء قالوا ليس لهذه العلة دواء فقال كذبت الأطباء والنبي صَلَّى اللهُ عَليهِ وسَلَّم أصدق منهم وقد قال في الحبة السوداء إنها شفاء من كل داء وهذا الداء الذي نزل بك من جملة ذلك ثم قال علي بالحبة السوداء والعسل فخلط هذا بهذا وطلي بهما بدنه كله ورأسه ووجهه إلى رجليه وألعقه من ذلك وتركه ساعة ثم إنه غسل ذلك عنه فانسلخ من جلده ونبت له جلد آخر ونبت ما كان قد سقط من شعره وبري ء وعاد إلى ما كان عليه في حال عافيته فتعجب الأطباء والناس من قوة إيمانه بحديث رسول الله صَلَّى اللهُ عَليهِ وسَلَّم وكان رحمه الله يستعمل الحبة السوداء في كل داء يصيبه حتى في الرمد إذا رمد عينه اكتحل بها فيبرأ من ساعته"أهـ

that is, in his book entitled (Khalʿ al-Naʿlayn / The Removal of the Two Sandals). And he [Ibn ʿArabī] mentioned in his Futūḥāt that an opening was granted to him at the hands of Khalīl, one of the people of (Abla), who was one of the great ones of the folk. The Shaykh, may God be pleased with him, said in al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya, volume four, chapter four hundred and four, the text of which is: 'Observe justice in judgment, and extinguish the fire once you have finished your need of it, and make use of the black seed, which is the shūnīz (black cumin), for it is a cure for every disease except death, and death is death itself. A man of note among us was afflicted with leprosy, and when the physicians all saw him and observed how the illness had taken hold of him, they said unanimously: "This disease has no cure." Then a man of the people of Hadith from the Banū ʿUfayr, from the people of Abla, called Saʿd al-Suʿūd, who had a mighty faith in the Hadith by which he was wholly convinced, saw him and said to him: "O you, why do you not seek a cure for yourself?" The man replied: "The physicians have said there is no cure for this disease." He said: "The physicians have lied, and the Prophet, God's blessing and peace be upon him, is more truthful than they, for he said of the black seed that it is a cure for every disease, and this disease that has befallen you is among that totality." Then he said: "Bring me the black seed and honey," and he mixed the one with the other and anointed his entire body with it—his head, his face, down to his feet—and gave him some to lick, and left it a while. Then he washed it off him, whereupon his skin peeled away and another skin grew in its place, and the hair that had fallen out grew back, and he was cured and returned to the state of health he had been in before. The physicians and the people were amazed at the strength of his faith in the hadith of the Messenger of God, God's blessing and peace be upon him. And he, may God have mercy on him, used to employ the black seed for every ailment that befell him, even for ophthalmia—when his eye was inflamed he would apply it as a collyrium and would be cured at once.' End of citation.

Jāmī

﴿وقد أشار أبو القاسم ابن قسي﴾

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بفتح الفاء وتخفيف السين وتشديد الياء من أكابر شيوخ المغرب مشهور و معتبر

— with fatḥa on the fāʾ, a light sīn, and a doubled yāʾ — one of the great masters of the Maghrib, well-known and esteemed.

Bālī Zāde

﴿وقد أشار أبو القاسم بن قسي﴾

بفتح القاف وهو من كبار الأولياء

with a fatḥa on the qāf, one of the great saints (awliyāʾ)

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فِي خَلْعِهِ

al-Qāshānī

﴿في خلعه﴾

أي في كتابه المسمى بخلع النعلين

that is, in his book named 'The Removal of the Two Sandals' (Khalʿ al-Naʿlayn)

Jāmī

﴿في خلعه﴾

وهو كتاب من تصانيفه سماه خلع النعلين شرحه الشيخ رضي الله عنه . قال الشيخ رضي الله عنه

This is a book among his compositions which he entitled 'Khalʿ al-Naʿlayn' (Removing the Two Sandals); the Shaykh, may God be pleased with him, commented on it. The Shaykh, may God be pleased with him, said

Bālī Zāde

﴿في خلعه﴾

وهو الكتاب المسمی بخلع النعلين

namely the book entitled "Khalʿ al-Naʿlayn" (The Removal of the Two Sandals)

al-Qāshānī

﴿إلى هذا بقوله : إن كل اسم إلهى يتسمى بجميع الأسماء الإلهية وينعت بنعتها ، وذلك هنالك أن كل اسم يدل على الذات وعلى المعنى الذي سيق له ويطلبه﴾

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أي سيق ذلك الاسم لذلك المعنى . أي صيغ وأطلق على الذات باعتبار ذلك المعنى ، ويطلب في ذلك المعنى ذلك الاسم ، أي يقتضيه ذلك ويطلب ذلك المعنى لأنه حقيقة الاسم. قال رضي الله عنه

That is, that Name was coined for that meaning—i.e., it was formed and applied to the Essence considered in respect of that meaning—and that meaning seeks that Name, i.e., that meaning requires it and seeks it, because it is the reality of the Name. He said, may God be pleased with him

al-Qayṣarī

﴿إلى هذا بقوله: إن كل اسم إلهي يتسمى بجميع الأسماء الإلهية وينعت بها . وذلك هناك أن كل اسم يدل على الذات وعلى المعنى الذي سيق له.﴾

أي، وضع له الاسم . (ويطلبه) أي، ذلك الاسم. قال رضي الله عنه

that is, for which the name was coined. (and seeks it) that is, that name. He, may God be pleased with him, said:

Ibn Turka

﴿إلى هذا بقوله : إنّ كل اسم إلهي يتسمّى بجميع الأسماء الإلهيّة وينعت بها ، وذلك هناك أنّ كلّ اسم يدلّ على الذات وعلى المعنى الذي سيق﴾

ذلك الاسم من كنه البطون إلى مخارج الظهور ( له ) ، حسبما يسأله مما يظهر به ( ويطلبه ) مما يدلّ عليه . قال إبراهيم ابن قسي رضي الله عنه

that name was conducted from the inmost nonmanifestation to the outlets of manifestation (for Him), according to what it asks of Him in terms of what is manifested by it (and seeks) in terms of what it indicates. Ibrāhīm ibn Qasī, may God be pleased with him, said

Jāmī

﴿إلى هذا بقوله : إن كل اسم إلهي بنسمي بجميع الأسماء الإلهية وينعت بها وذلك﴾

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أي عموم المتسمي والنعت (هناك) ، أي بين الأسماء الإلهية من أجل أن

i.e., the generality of the naming and the description (there), that is, among the divine names, is in order that

Bālī Zāde

﴿إلى هذا﴾

أي كون الصفة و الاسم عين الذات من وجه وغيره من وجه

namely, that the attribute and the name are, from one aspect, identical with the Essence, and from another aspect, other than it

al-Jandī

﴿إنّ كل اسم إلهي يسمّى بجميع الأسماء الإلهيّة وينعت بها . وذلك هناك أنّ كلّ اسم يدلّ على الذات وعلى المعنى الذي سيق له ويطلبه ،فمن حيث دلالته على الذات له جميع الأسماء﴾

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يعني رضي الله عنه : أنّ الاسم من حيث ما يدلّ على الذات عينها فله مالها ، فيسمّى وينعت بجميعها ، كهي له ، هو هي من هذا الوجه . قال رضي الله عنه : « ومن حيث دلالته على المعنى الذي يتفرّد به ، يتميّز عن غيره ، كالربّ والخالق والمصوّر إلى غير ذلك . فالاسم المسمّى من حيث الذات ، والاسم غير المسمّى من حيث ما يختصّ به من المعنى الذي سيق له " . قال العبد : مذهب ابن القسيّ بفتح القاف وتخفيف السين وتشديد الياء من أكابر شيوخ المغرب مشهور معتبر ، كان قبل الشيخ رضي الله عنه :" أنّ أيّ اسم إلهي أخذت من الأسماء الإلهية كالربّ والخالق والهادي والمصوّر وغيرها فوضعته مبتدأ ، وأنّ الاسم « الله » وسائر الأسماء الإلهية تحمل عليه خبرا جمعا وفرادى ، كما ذكرنا ، فتذكَّر ". وخلعه كتاب من تصانيفه ، اسمه : « خلع النعلين » شرحه الشيخ "الأكبر" رضي الله عنه . وقال رضي الله عنه : " إذا فهمت أنّ العلي ما ذكرناه ، علمت أنّه ليس علوّ المكان ولا علوّ المكانة ، فإنّ علوّ المكانة يختصّ بولاة الأمر كالسلطان والحكَّام والوزراء والقضاة وكلّ ذي منصب ، سواء كانت فيه أهليّة ذلك المنصب أو لم تكن ، والعلوّ بالصفات ليس كذلك ، فإنّه قد يكون أعلم الناس يتحكَّم فيه من له منصب التحكَّم وإن كان أجهل الناس . فهذا عليّ بالمكانة بحكم التبع ، ما هو عليّ في نفسه ، فإذا عزل زالت رفعته ، والعالم ليس كذلك " . يعني رضي الله عنه : أنّ أعلى مراتب العلوّ هو العلوّ الذاتي كما مرّ ودونه علوّ الصفات ، كالعلم والقدرة وغيرهم . فمن كان أعلم ، فهو أعلى بصفة العلم ، وفي هذا العلوّ لا يكون الموصوف والظاهر به عليّا بالتبع ، بل بالصفة النفسية ، وقد يكون عليّا بالذات والصفة والمكانة والمكان ، ويختصّ به الربّ تعالى ، فإنّ له أعلى المكانات والمراتب وأعلى الأماكن كالعماء والعرش. وأعلى الصفات وهو الأحدية الجمعية الإلهية ، والإنسان الكامل منه أوفر حظَّ ونصيب ، كإدريس عليه السّلام مثلا ، فإنّه من أعلم العلماء ، وهو على الصورة الذاتية ، وله مكانة النبوّة وقد رفعه الله " مَكاناً عَلِيًّا " ، جعلنا الله وإيّاك ممّن جمعت له هذه الحقائق

He (may God be pleased with him) means: that the Name, insofar as it indicates the very Essence itself, possesses what belongs to the Essence, and so is named and described by all of them, being as the Essence is to it—it is the Essence from this respect. He (may God be pleased with him) said: "And from the standpoint of its indication of the particular meaning which it alone bears, it is distinguished from others, like the Lord (al-Rabb), the Creator (al-Khāliq), the Fashioner (al-Muṣawwir), and so on. So the Name as Named is from the standpoint of the Essence, and the Name as not-the-Named is from the standpoint of what it is specifically characterized by of the meaning for which it was coined." The servant [i.e., the commentator] says: the doctrine of Ibn al-Qasīy (with fatḥa on the qāf, a light sīn, and doubled yāʾ)—one of the great masters of the Maghrib, well-known and respected, who preceded the Shaykh (may God be pleased with him)—was: "Whatever divine name you take from the divine names, such as the Lord, the Creator, the Guide, the Fashioner, and others, and set it as subject, then the name 'Allāh' and the rest of the divine names are predicated of it, both collectively and individually, as we have mentioned—so remember this." He derived this from a book among his writings called Khalʿ al-Naʿlayn ("The Removal of the Two Sandals"), which the Greatest Shaykh (may God be pleased with him) commented upon. He (may God be pleased with him) said: "If you understand that al-ʿAlī (the Most High) is what we have described, you will know that it is neither the highness of place nor the highness of rank/station, for highness of station is particular to those who hold authority—such as the sultan, rulers, ministers, judges, and everyone who holds office—whether or not they possess the fitness proper to that office; whereas highness through attributes is not so, for the most knowledgeable of people may be ruled over by one who holds the office of ruling even though he be the most ignorant of people. This one is 'high' in station by way of derivative attribution—not high in himself—so that when he is dismissed, his elevation vanishes; but the knower is not so." He (may God be pleased with him) means: that the highest degrees of highness is essential highness (al-ʿuluww al-dhātī), as mentioned before, and beneath it is highness of attributes, such as knowledge, power, and the rest. So whoever is more knowing is higher by the attribute of knowledge, and in this kind of highness, the one described and manifested by it is not high by derivative attribution, but rather by the attribute proper to the self (al-ṣifa al-nafsiyya). And one may be high by Essence, attribute, station, and place all together, and this is particular to the Lord, exalted is He, for He possesses the highest stations and degrees and the highest places, such as the Cloud (al-ʿamāʾ) and the Throne (al-ʿarsh), and the highest of attributes, which is the Divine Unity-of-Multiplicity (al-aḥadiyya al-jamʿiyya al-ilāhiyya). The Perfect Human (al-insān al-kāmil) has the fullest share and portion of this—like Enoch (Idrīs), peace be upon him, for example, who was among the most knowing of the knowers, and was upon the essential form (al-ṣūra al-dhātiyya), and possessed the station of prophethood, and God raised him to 'a high place' (makānan ʿaliyyan). May God make us, and you, among those for whom these realities have been gathered together.

Bālī Zāde

﴿بقوله إن كل اسم إلهي﴾

كالقادر والمريد وغير ذلك

such as the Powerful, the Willing, and so forth

Bālī Zāde

﴿يسمى بجميع الأسماء الإلهية﴾

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, كما أن مسمي الله يسمى بجميع الأسماء

just as the one named Allah is named by all the names

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وَيُنْعَتُ بِهَا

Only Bālī Zāde comments here.

Bālī Zāde

﴿وينعت بها﴾

كما ينعت مسمى الله بها

just as that which is named "Allah" is described by them

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وَذَٰلِكَ هُنَاكَ

Only Bālī Zāde comments here.

Bālī Zāde

﴿وذلك هناك﴾

أي وقال في بيان هذا الكلام في ذلك مقام

i.e., he said, in explaining this discourse, in that station

Jāmī

﴿كل اسم … يدل على الذوات وعلى المعنى الذي سبق له﴾

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أي وضع الاسم له. قال الشيخ رضي الله عنه : (ويطلبه) ذلك الاسم ليتميز به عن سائر الأسماء

i.e., that for which the name was coined. The Shaykh, may God be pleased with him, said: ('and that name seeks it') in order to be distinguished thereby from the rest of the names

Bālī Zāde

﴿إن كل اسم يدل على الذات وعلى المعنى الذي سبق له﴾

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أي وضع ذلك الاسم لهذا المعنى (ويطلبه) أي يطلب ذلك الاسم هذا المعنى الموضوع له الاسم

that is, this name was coined for this meaning, (and it seeks) that is, that name seeks this meaning for which the name was coined

al-Qāshānī

﴿فمن حيث دلالته على الذات له جميع الأسماء ،ومن حيث دلالته على المعنى الذي ينفرد به يتميز عن غيره كالرب والخالق والمصور إلى غير ذلك ،فالاسم عين المسمى من حيث الذات والاسم غير المسمى من حيث ما يختص به من المعنى الذي سيق له﴾

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ظاهر غنى عن الشرح. قال رضي الله عنه

This is evident and needs no commentary. He said, may God be pleased with him

al-Qayṣarī

﴿فمن حيث دلالته على الذات له جميع الأسماء، ومن حيث دلالته على المعنى الذي ينفرد به، يتميز عن غيره، كالرب والخالق والمصور إلى غير ذلك﴾

قال رضي الله عنه

He, may God be pleased with him, said:

Ibn Turka

﴿فمن حيث دلالته على الذات له جميع الأسماء ، ومن حيث دلالته على المعنى الذي ينفرد به ، يتميّز عن غيره - كالربّ ، والخالق ، والمصوّر ، إلى غير ذلك - فالاسم ، المسمّى من حيث الذات ، والاسم ، غير المسمّى من حيث ما يختصّ به من المعنى الذي سيق له﴾

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العليّ من هو قال الشيخ رضي الله عنه

al-ʿAliyy (the Exalted) was conducted. The Shaykh, may God be pleased with him, said

Jāmī

﴿من حيث دلالته على الذات له جميع الأسماء ومن حيث دلالته على المعنى … الذي ينفرد به يتميز عن غيره﴾

من الأسماء ك الرب والخالق والمصور إلى غير ذلك من الأسماء. قال الشيخ رضي الله عنه

of the names, such as the Lord (al-Rabb), the Creator (al-Khāliq), the Fashioner (al-Muṣawwir), and other than these among the names. The Shaykh, may God be pleased with him, said

Bālī Zāde

﴿فمن حيث دلالته على الذات له جميع الأسماء ومن حيث دلالته على المعنى الذي ينفرد به يتميز عن غيره كالرب والخالق والمصور إلى غير ذلك فالاسم عين المسمى من حيث الذات والاسم غير المسمى من حيث ما يختص به من المعنى الذي سبق له﴾

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فعلم منه أن الصفات عين الأسماء

From this it is known that the Attributes are identical with the Names

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ذَٰلِكَ

al-Qayṣarī

﴿فالإسم عين المسمى من حيث الذات، والاسم غير المسمى من حيث مما يختص به من المعنى الذي سيق له﴾

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ظاهر مما مر مرارا. قال رضي الله عنه

This is evident from what has preceded repeatedly. He, may God be pleased with him, said:

Jāmī

﴿فالاسم عين المسمى من حيث الذات والاسم غير المسمى من حيث ما يختص به من المعنى الذي سبق له فإذا فهمت أن العلي﴾

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العلو الذاتي

] essential loftiness (al-ʿuluww al-dhātī)

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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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