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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ قُدُّوسِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ إِدْرِيسِيَّةٍ
¶ 14 · 90 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
فَالْاسْمُ المُسَمَّىٰ مِنْ حَيْثُ الذَّاتِ وَالْاسْمُ غَيْرُ المُسَمَّىٰ مِنْ حَيْثُ مَا يَخْتَصُّ بِهِ مِنَ المَعْنَى الَّذِي سِيقَ لَهُ فَإِذَا فَهِمْتَ أَنَّ العَلِيَّ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عُلُوَّ المَكَانِ وَلَا عُلُوَّ المَكَانَةِ فَإِنَّ عُلُوَّ المَكَانَةِ يَخْتَصُّ بِوُلاَةِ الأَمْرِ كَالسُّلطَانِ وَالحُكَّامِ وَالْوُزَرَاءِ وَالقُضَاةِ وَكُلِّ ذِي مَنْصِبٍ سَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ فِيهِ أَهْلِيَّةُ ذَٰلِكَ المَنْصِبِ أَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ وَالعُلُوُّ بِالْصِّفَاتِ لَيْسَ كَذَٰلِكَ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ يَكُونُ أَعْلَمَ النَّاسِ يَتَحَكَّمُ فِيهِ مَنْ لَهُ مَنْصِبُ التَّحَكُّمِ وَإِن كَانَ أَجْهَلَ النَّاسِ فَهَذَا عَلِيٌّ بِالمَكَانَةِ بِحُكْمِ التَّبَعِ مَا هُوَ عَلِيٌّ فِي نَفْسِهِ فَإِذَا عُزِلَ زَالَتْ رَفْعَتُهُ وَالعَالِمُ لَيْسَ كَذَٰلِكَ
So the name is the named with respect to the Essence, and the name is other than the named with respect to the meaning specific to it, for the sake of which it was brought forth. So when you have understood that the High (al-ʿAlī) is what we have mentioned, you know that it is not highness of place nor highness of rank (makāna). For highness of rank is specific to those charged with authority (wulāt al-amr), such as the sultan, the governors, the ministers, the judges, and everyone holding an office, whether or not he has the qualification for that office. But highness through the attributes is not like that. For the most knowledgeable of people may be subject to the ruling of one who holds the office of ruling, even if he is the most ignorant of people. This one, then, is high in rank by way of what follows [from the office]; he is not high in himself. So when he is dismissed, his elevation vanishes, whereas the knower is not like that.
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Only al-Qāshānī comments here.
al-Qāshānī
﴿فإن علو المكانة يختص بولاية الأمر كالسلطان والحكام والوزراء والقضاة وكل ذى منصب ، سواء كانت فيه أهلية ذلك المنصب أو لم تكن ، والعلو بالصفات ليس كذلك فإنه قد يكون أعلم الناس يتحكم فيه من له منصب التحكم وإن كان أجهل الناس ، فهذا أعلى المكانة بحكم التبع ما هو علىّ في نفسه ، فإذا عزل زالت رفعته والعالم ليس كذلك﴾
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Words 19–32 · 4 of 5
فَإِذَا فَهِمْتَ أَنَّ العَلِيَّ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عُلُوَّ المَكَانِ وَلَا عُلُوَّ المَكَانَةِal-Qāshānī
﴿فإذا فهمت أن العلى ما ذكرناه ، علمت أنه ليس علو المكان ولا علو المكانة﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فإذا علمت أن العلى ما ذكرناه﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فإذا فهمت أنّ « العليّ » ما ذكرناه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فإذا فهمت أن العلي ما ذكرناه﴾
Jāmī
﴿ما ذكرناه﴾
Words 25–32 · 4 of 5
عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عُلُوَّ المَكَانِ وَلَا عُلُوَّ المَكَانَةِal-Qayṣarī
﴿علمت أنه﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿علمت أنّه ليس علوّ المكان ولا علوّ المكانة﴾
Jāmī
﴿علمت أنه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿علمت أنه﴾
Words 27–52 · 2 of 5
لَيْسَ عُلُوَّ المَكَانِ وَلَا عُلُوَّ المَكَانَةِ فَإِنَّ عُلُوَّ المَكَانَةِ يَخْتَصُّ بِوُلاَةِ الأَمْرِ كَالسُّلطَانِ وَالحُكَّامِ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿ليس علو المكان ولا علو المكانة، فإن علو المكانة يختص بولاة الأمر، كالسلطان والحكام والوزراء والقضاء وكل ذي منصب عال، سواء كانت فيه أهلية ذلك المنصب﴾
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Jāmī
﴿ليس علو المكان … ولا علو المكانة﴾
Words 33–58 · 3 of 5
فَإِنَّ عُلُوَّ المَكَانَةِ يَخْتَصُّ بِوُلاَةِ الأَمْرِ كَالسُّلطَانِ وَالحُكَّامِ وَالْوُزَرَاءِ وَالقُضَاةِ وَكُلِّ ذِي مَنْصِبٍ سَوَاءٌ …Ibn Turka
﴿فإنّ علوّ المكانة يختصّ بولاة الأمر ، كالسلطان والحكَّام والوزراء والقضاة وكلّ ذي منصب - سواء كانت فيه أهليّة ذلك المنصب أو لم تكن - والعلوّ بالصفات ليست كذلك﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فإن علو المكانة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فإن علو المكانة﴾
Words 36–51 · 2 of 5
يَخْتَصُّ بِوُلاَةِ الأَمْرِ كَالسُّلطَانِ وَالحُكَّامِ وَالْوُزَرَاءِ وَالقُضَاةِ وَكُلِّ ذِي مَنْصِبٍ سَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ فِيهِ أَهْلِيَّةُ …Jāmī
﴿يختص بولاة الأمر﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿بولاة الأمر كالسلطان والحكام والوزراء والقضاة وكل ذي منصب سواء كانت فيه أهلية ذلك المنصب﴾
Words 39–51 · 1 of 5
كَالسُّلطَانِ وَالحُكَّامِ وَالْوُزَرَاءِ وَالقُضَاةِ وَكُلِّ ذِي مَنْصِبٍ سَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ فِيهِ أَهْلِيَّةُ ذَٰلِكَ المَنْصِبِOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿كالسلطان والحكام والوزراء والقضاة وكل ذي منصب سواء كانت فيه أهلية ذلك المنصب﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿أو لم تكن﴾
Words 55–58 · 2 of 5
وَالعُلُوُّ بِالْصِّفَاتِ لَيْسَ كَذَٰلِكَal-Qayṣarī
﴿والعلو بالصفات ليس كذلك﴾
Jāmī
﴿والعلو بالصفات﴾
Jāmī
﴿ليس كذلك﴾
Words 59–90 · 4 of 5
فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ يَكُونُ أَعْلَمَ النَّاسِ يَتَحَكَّمُ فِيهِ مَنْ لَهُ مَنْصِبُ التَّحَكُّمِ وَإِن كَانَ أَجْهَلَ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿فإنه قد يكون أعلم الناس يتحكم فيه من له منصب التحكم، وإن كان أجهل الناس.﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿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﴾
Jāmī
﴿فإنه قد يكون أعلم الناس يتحكم فيه من له منصب التحكم وإن كان أجهل الناس. فهذا علي بالمكانة بحكم التبع ما هو علي في نفسه. فإذا عزل زالت رفعته والعالم ليس كذلك.﴾
﴿فإنه قد يكون أعلم الناس يتحكم فيه من له منصب التحكم مع كونه أجهل الناس فهذا﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فإنه قد يكون أعلم الناس يتحكم فيه من له منصب التحكم وإن كان أجهل الناس فهذا علي بالمكانة بحكم التبع ما هو علي في نفسه﴾
Words 74–90 · 2 of 5
فَهَذَا عَلِيٌّ بِالمَكَانَةِ بِحُكْمِ التَّبَعِ مَا هُوَ عَلِيٌّ فِي نَفْسِهِ فَإِذَا عُزِلَ زَالَتْ رَفْعَتُهُ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿فهذا على بالمكانة، بحكم التبع، ما هو على في نفسه، فإذا عزل زالت رفعته، والعالم ليس كذلك﴾
Jāmī
﴿علي بالمكانة﴾
Jāmī
﴿بحكم التبع ما هو علي في﴾
Words 84–90 · 2 of 5
فَإِذَا عُزِلَ زَالَتْ رَفْعَتُهُ وَالعَالِمُ لَيْسَ كَذَٰلِكَJāmī
﴿فإذا عزل زالت رفعته والعلم ليس كذلك﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فإذا عزل … زالت رفعته والعالم ليس كذلك﴾
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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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