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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ قُدُّوسِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ إِدْرِيسِيَّةٍ
¶ 4 · 65 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَعُمَّ مَعَ اشْتِرَاكِهِمْ فِي حَدِّ المَلَكِيَّةِ عَرَفْنَا أَنَّ هَذَا عُلُوُّ المَكَانَةِ عِندَ اللَّهِ وَكَذَلكَ الخُلَفَاءُ مِنَ النَّاسِ لَوْ كَانَ عُلُوهُمْ بِالخِلَافَةِ عُلُوًّا ذَاتِيًّا لَكَانَ لِكُلِّ إِنسَانٍ فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَعُمَّ عَرَفْنَا أَنَّ ذَلكَ العُلُوَّ لِلْمَكَانَةِ ومن أسمائهِ الحسنى العَلِيُّ على مَن وَمَا ثَمَّ إِلَّا هُوَ فَهُوَ العَلِيُّ لِذَاتِهِ أَوْ عَنْ مَا ذَا وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَعُلُوهُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَهُوَ مِنْ حَيْثُ الوُجُودُ عَيْنُ المَوْجُودَاتِ
So since it does not include all of them, even though they share in the definition of angelhood, we knew that this is the highness of rank with God. Likewise the vicegerents among humankind: were their highness through vicegerency an essential highness, it would belong to every human being. So since it does not include all, we knew that that highness belongs to rank. And among His most beautiful Names is the High (al-ʿAlī). [High] over whom, when there is nothing there but He? So He is the High through His Essence. Or [high] above what, when it is nothing but He? So His highness is through Himself. And He, in respect of existence, is the very entity of the existents.
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al-Qāshānī
﴿ومن أسمائه العلى على من وما ثم إلا هو فهو العلى لذاته ، أو عما ذا وما هو إلا هو فعلوّه لنفسه ، فهو من حيث الوجود عين الموجودات ، فالمسمى محدثات هي العلية لذاتها وليست إلا هو فهو العلى لا علو إضافة ، لأن الأعيان التي لها العدم الثابتة فيه ما شمت رائحة من الوجود فهي على حالها مع تعداد الصور في الموجودات ، والعين واحدة من المجموع في المجموع﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿ومن أسمائه الحسنى « العليّ » . عمّن وما ثمّ إلَّا هو ؟ فهو العليّ لذاته . أو عمّا ذا وما هو إلَّا هو ؟ فعلوّه لنفسه ، وهو من حيث الوجود عين الموجودات ، فالمسمّى محدثات هي العليّة لذاتها ، وليست إلَّا هو ، فهو العليّ لا علوّ إضافة ، لأنّ الأعيان التي لها العدم الثابتة فيه ما شمّت رائحة الوجود ، فهي على حالها مع تعداد الصور في الموجودات . والعين واحدة من المجموع في المجموع فوجود الكثرة في الأسماء ، وهي النسب ، وهي أمور عدمية ، وليس إلَّا العين الذي هو الذات ، فهو العليّ لذاته لا بالإضافة.﴾
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Words 1–19 · 1 of 6
فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَعُمَّ مَعَ اشْتِرَاكِهِمْ فِي حَدِّ المَلَكِيَّةِ عَرَفْنَا أَنَّ هَذَا عُلُوُّ المَكَانَةِ عِندَ …Only Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿فلمّا لم يعمّ - مع اشتراكهم في حدّ الملائكة - عرفنا أنّ هذا علوّ المكانة عند الله ، وكذلك الخلفاء من الناس﴾
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Jāmī
﴿مع اشتراكهم﴾
Jāmī
﴿الخلفاء من الناس﴾
Words 20–36 · 2 of 6
لَوْ كَانَ عُلُوهُمْ بِالخِلَافَةِ عُلُوًّا ذَاتِيًّا لَكَانَ لِكُلِّ إِنسَانٍ فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَعُمَّ عَرَفْنَا أَنَّ …Ibn Turka
﴿لو كان علوّهم بالخلافة علوّا ذاتيّا لكان لكلّ إنسان ، فلمّا لم يعمّ ،عرفنا أنّ ذلك العلوّ للمكانة﴾
Jāmī
﴿لو كان علوهم بالخلافة علوا ذاتيا﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿علوا ذاتيا﴾
Words 26–38 · 3 of 6
لَكَانَ لِكُلِّ إِنسَانٍ فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَعُمَّ عَرَفْنَا أَنَّ ذَلكَ العُلُوَّ لِلْمَكَانَةِ ومن أسمائهِal-Qayṣarī
﴿لكان لكل إنسان. فلما لم يعم، عرفنا أن ذلك العلو للمكانة﴾
Jāmī
﴿لكل إنسان فلما لم يعم ذلك العلو عرفنا أن ذلك العلو للمكانة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لكل إنسان﴾
Words 29–36 · 1 of 6
فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَعُمَّ عَرَفْنَا أَنَّ ذَلكَ العُلُوَّ لِلْمَكَانَةِOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿فلما لم يعم عرفنا أن ذلك العلو للمكانة﴾
Words 37–46 · 3 of 6
ومن أسمائهِ الحسنى العَلِيُّ على مَن وَمَا ثَمَّ إِلَّا هُوَIbn Turka
﴿ومن أسمائه الحسنى « العليّ » ، على من ؟﴾
Jāmī
﴿ومن أسمائه الحسنى﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ومن أسمائه الحسنى العلي على من ؟ وما ثمه إلا هو.﴾
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Words 41–45 · 2 of 6
على مَن وَمَا ثَمَّ إِلَّاal-Qayṣarī
﴿على من وما ثم إلاهو﴾
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Jāmī
﴿على من﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وما ثمّ إلَّا هو ، فهو العليّ لذاته﴾
Jāmī
﴿إلا هو﴾
Words 47–50 · 3 of 6
فَهُوَ العَلِيُّ لِذَاتِهِ أَوْal-Qayṣarī
﴿فهو العلي لذاته﴾
Jāmī
﴿فهو العلي لذاته﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فهو العلي لذاته أو﴾
Words 52–59 · 1 of 6
مَا ذَا وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَعُلُوهُ لِنَفْسِهِOnly al-Qayṣarī comments here.
al-Qayṣarī
﴿وعن ماذا؟ وما هو إلا هو فعلوه لنفسه﴾
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Words 54–58 · 3 of 6
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَعُلُوهُIbn Turka
﴿وما هو إلَّا هو فعلوّه﴾
Jāmī
﴿وما هو﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وما هو﴾
Words 58–62 · 2 of 6
فَعُلُوهُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَهُوَ مِنْ حَيْثُJāmī
﴿فعلوه لنفسه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فعلوه لنفسه وهو … من حيث الوجود عين الموجودات﴾
Words 60–97 · 3 of 6
وَهُوَ مِنْ حَيْثُ الوُجُودُ عَيْنُ المَوْجُودَاتِal-Qayṣarī
﴿وهو من حيث الوجود عين الموجودات، فالمسمى محدثات هي العلية لذاتها،وليست إلا هو، فهو العلى لا علو إضافة، لأن الأعيان التي لها العدم الثابتة فيه ماشمت رائحة من الوجود، فهي على حالها مع تعداد الصور في الموجودات﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وهو من حيث الوجود عين الموجودات ، فالمسمّى « محدثات » هي العليّة لذاتها ، وليست إلَّا هو﴾
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Jāmī
﴿من حيث الوجود﴾
Jāmī
﴿عين الموجودات﴾
Sources: where each commentator's text comes from
- 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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