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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ قُدُّوسِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ إِدْرِيسِيَّةٍ
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قَالَ تَعَالَى وَأَنتُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَوْنَ وَٱللَّهُ مَعَكُمْ فِي هَذَا العُلُوِّ وَهُوَ يَتَعَالى عَنْ المَكَانِ لَا عَنْ المَكَانَةِ وَلَمَّا خَافَتْ نُفُوسُ العُمَّالِ مِنَّا أَتْبَعَ المَعِيَّةَ بِقَوْلِهِ وَلَن يَتِرَكُمْ أَعْمَـٰلَكُمْ فَالْعَمَلُ يُطْلُبُ المَكَانَ وَالعِلْمُ يُطْلُبُ المَكانَةَ فَجَمَعَ لَنَا بَيْنَ الرِّفْعَتَيْنِ عُلُوُّ المَكَانِ بِالْعَمَلِ وَعُلُوُّ المَكانَةِ بِالْعِلْمِ ثُمَّ قَالَ تَنْزِيهًا لِلْاِشْتِرَاكِ بِالْمَعِيَّةِ سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى عَنْ هَذَا الاِشْتِرَاكِ المَعْنَوِيِّ ومن أَعْجَبِ الأُمُورِ كَوْنِ الإِنسَانِ أَعْلَى المَوْجُودَاتِ أَعْنِي الإِنسَانَ الكَامِلَ وَمَا نُسِبَ إِلَيْهِ العُلُوُّ إِلَّا بِالتَّبَعِيَّةِ إِمَّا إِلَى المَكَانِ وَإِمَّا إِلَى المَكَانَةِ وَهِيَ المَنْزِلَةُ
He, exalted is He, said: "You are the uppermost, and God is with you" [Q 47:35], in this highness, while He is exalted above place, not above station. And since the souls of the workers among us became fearful, He followed the withness with His words: "and He will never deprive you of [the reward of] your works" [Q 47:35]. For work seeks place and knowledge seeks station; so He combined for us the two elevations: highness of place through work and highness of station through knowledge. Then He said, declaring [Him] incomparable with respect to the sharing [implied] by the withness: "Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High" [Q 87:1], [that is,] above this sharing in meaning. And among the most wondrous of matters is that the human being is the highest of existents, I mean the perfect human, and yet highness is attributed to him only derivatively, either through place or through station, which is rank.
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Only Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿"والله معكم" في هذا العلو، وهو يتعالى عن المكان لا عن المكانة. ولما خافت نفوس العمال منا أتبع المعية بقوله «ولن يتركم أعمالكم»: فالعمل يطلب المكان و العلم يطلب المكانة، فجمع لنا بين الرفعتين علو المكان بالعمل و علو المكانة بالعلم. ثم قال تنزيها للاشتراك بالمعية «سبح اسم ربك الأعلى» عن هذا الاشتراك المعنوي. و من أعجب الأمور كون الإنسان أعلى الموجودات، أعني الإنسان الكامل،﴾
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Words 3–22 · 3 of 7
وَأَنتُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَوْنَ وَٱللَّهُ مَعَكُمْ فِي هَذَا العُلُوِّ وَهُوَ يَتَعَالى عَنْ المَكَانِ لَا عَنْ المَكَانَةِ …al-Jandī
﴿وَأَنْتُمُ الأَعْلَوْنَ وَالله مَعَكُمْ﴾
﴿وَأَنْتُمُ الأَعْلَوْنَ﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿وأنتم الأعلون﴾
al-Tilimsānī
﴿وأنتم الأعلون والله معكم» (محمد: 35) في هذا العلو، وهو يتنزه عن علو المكان لا عن علو المكانة. ومعنى قوله تعالى:﴾
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﴿وأنتم الأعلون﴾
Words 5–6 · 3 of 7
وَٱللَّهُ مَعَكُمْBālī Zāde
﴿والله معكم﴾
﴿والله معكم﴾
﴿والله معكم﴾
Jāmī
﴿في هذا العلو﴾
Words 10–16 · 2 of 7
وَهُوَ يَتَعَالى عَنْ المَكَانِ لَا عَنْ المَكَانَةِal-Qayṣarī
﴿وهو يتعالى عن المكان لا عن المكانة﴾
Jāmī
﴿يتعالی عن المكان لا عن المكانة﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿لا عن المكانة﴾
Words 17–43 · 3 of 7
وَلَمَّا خَافَتْ نُفُوسُ العُمَّالِ مِنَّا أَتْبَعَ المَعِيَّةَ بِقَوْلِهِ وَلَن يَتِرَكُمْ أَعْمَـٰلَكُمْ فَالْعَمَلُ يُطْلُبُ المَكَانَ …al-Qāshānī
﴿ولما خافت نفوس العمال منا أتبع المعية بقوله : " ولَنْ يَتِرَكُمْ أَعْمالَكُمْ " فالعمل يطلب المكان والعلم يطلب المكانة ، فجمع لنا بين الرفعتين : علو المكان بالعمل وعلو المكانة بالعلم﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿ولمّا خافت نفوس العمّال منّا﴾
Jāmī
﴿خافت نفوس العمال منا﴾
Words 22–27 · 3 of 7
أَتْبَعَ المَعِيَّةَ بِقَوْلِهِ وَلَن يَتِرَكُمْ أَعْمَـٰلَكُمْIbn Turka
﴿أتبع المعيّة بقوله : " وَلَنْ يَتِرَكُمْ أَعْمالَكُمْ "﴾
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Jāmī
﴿اتبع المعية بقوله : "ولن يتركم"﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿اتبع المعية بقوله ولن يتركم أعمالكم﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فالعمل يطلب المكان﴾
Words 31–33 · 2 of 7
وَالعِلْمُ يُطْلُبُ المَكانَةَIbn Turka
﴿والعلم يطلب المكانة﴾
Jāmī
﴿والعلم يطلب المكانة﴾
Words 34–56 · 3 of 7
فَجَمَعَ لَنَا بَيْنَ الرِّفْعَتَيْنِ عُلُوُّ المَكَانِ بِالْعَمَلِ وَعُلُوُّ المَكانَةِ بِالْعِلْمِ ثُمَّ قَالَ تَنْزِيهًا لِلْاِشْتِرَاكِ …Ibn Turka
﴿فجمع لنا بين الرفعتين : علوّ المكان - بالعمل - وعلوّ المكانة - بالعلم - ثمّ قال تنزيها للاشتراك بالمعيّة : " سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى " [ 87 / 1 ] عن هذا الاشتراك المعنويّ﴾
Jāmī
﴿فجمع لنا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لنا بين الرفعتين بالنص على المكان بالعمل وعلو المكانة بالعلم﴾
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Jāmī
﴿وعلو المكانة﴾
Words 43–56 · 3 of 7
بِالْعِلْمِ ثُمَّ قَالَ تَنْزِيهًا لِلْاِشْتِرَاكِ بِالْمَعِيَّةِ سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى عَنْ هَذَا الاِشْتِرَاكِ المَعْنَوِيِّal-Qāshānī
﴿ثم قال تنزيها لاشتراك المعية " سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى " عن هذا الاشتراك المعنوي﴾
Jāmī
﴿ثم قال تعالى تنزيها للاشتراك بالمعية﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿ثم قال تنزيها للاشتراك بالمعية "سبح أسم ربك الأعلى " عن هذا الاشتراك المعنوي﴾
Words 49–52 · 6 of 7
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَىal-Qāshānī
﴿سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى﴾
al-Jandī
﴿سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ﴾
al-Tilimsānī
﴿سبح اسم ربك الأعلى﴾
Jāmī
﴿سبح اسم ربك الأعلى﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿سبح اسم ربك الأعلى﴾
Words 52–99 · 2 of 7
ٱلْأَعْلَى عَنْ هَذَا الاِشْتِرَاكِ المَعْنَوِيِّ ومن أَعْجَبِ الأُمُورِ كَوْنِ الإِنسَانِ أَعْلَى المَوْجُودَاتِ أَعْنِي الإِنسَانَ …al-Tilimsānī
﴿(الأعلى: 1) عن هذا الاشتراك المعنوي. قال الشيخ، رضي الله عنه: ومن أعجب الأمور كون الإنسان الكامل أعلى الموجودات وما نسب إليه العلو إلا بالتبعية، إما إلى المكان وإما إلى المكانة وهي المنزلة الرفيعة. فما كان علوه لذاته فهو العلى بعلو المكان وبعلو المكانة , فالعلو لهما. فعلو المكان ك﴾
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Jāmī
﴿عن هذا الاشتراك المعنوي﴾
Words 57–92 · 5 of 7
ومن أَعْجَبِ الأُمُورِ كَوْنِ الإِنسَانِ أَعْلَى المَوْجُودَاتِ أَعْنِي الإِنسَانَ الكَامِلَ وَمَا نُسِبَ إِلَيْهِ العُلُوُّ …al-Qāshānī
﴿ومن أعجب الأمور كون الإنسان أعلى الموجودات ، أعنى الإنسان الكامل ، وما نسب إليه العلو إلا بالتبعية ، إما إلى المكان وإما إلى المكانة وهي المنزلة ، فما كان علوه لذاته فهو العلى بعلو المكان وبعلو المكانة فالعلو لهما﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿ومن أعجب الأمور﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ومن أعجب الأمور كون الإنسان - أعني الإنسان الكامل - أعلى الموجودات ، وما نسب إليه العلوّ إلَّا بالتبعيّة ، إمّا إلى المكان وإمّا إلى المكانة - وهي المنزلة -﴾
Jāmī
﴿ومن أعجب الأمور كون الإنسان أعلا الموجودات أعني الإنسان الكامل﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿ومن أعجب الأمور كون الإنسان أعلى الموجودات اعني الإنسان الكامل﴾
Words 66–73 · 2 of 7
الكَامِلَ وَمَا نُسِبَ إِلَيْهِ العُلُوُّ إِلَّا بِالتَّبَعِيَّةِ إِمَّاJāmī
﴿و ما نسب إليه العلو إلا بالتبعية، إما إلى المكان و إما إلى المكانة و هي المنزلة. فما كان علوه لذاته. فهو العلي بعلو المكان و بعلو المكانة. فالعلو لهما. فعلو المكان. كـ «الرحمن على العرش استوى» وهو أعلى الأماكن. وعلو المكانة «كل شيء هالك إلا وجهه»، و«إليه يرجع الأمر كله»، «أإله مع الله». ولما قال الله تعالى «و رفعناه مكانا عليا» فجعل «عليا» نعتا للمكان، «و إذ قال ربك للملائكة إني جاعل في الأرض خليفة»، فهذا علو المكانة. … وما نسب إليه﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿وما نسب إليه العلو إلا بالتبعية أما﴾
Words 70–76 · 1 of 7
العُلُوُّ إِلَّا بِالتَّبَعِيَّةِ إِمَّا إِلَى المَكَانِ وَإِمَّاOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿العلو إلا بالتبعية … إما إلى المكان وإما إلى المكانة وهي﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿المكانة وهي المنزلة﴾
Jāmī
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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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