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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ قُدُّوسِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ إِدْرِيسِيَّةٍ
¶ 5 · 90 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
فالمُسَمَّى مُحْدَثَاتٌ هِيَ العَلِيَّةُ لِذَاتِهَا وَلَيْسَتْ إِلَّا هُوَ فَهُوَ العَلِيُّ لَا عُلُوَّ إِضَافَةٍ لِأَنَّ الأَعْيَانَ الَّتِي لَهَا العَدَمُ الثَّابِتَةَ فِيهِ مَا شَمَّتْ رَائِحَةً مِنَ الوُجُودِ فَهِيَ عَلَى حَالِهَا مَعَ تَعْدَادِ الصُّوَرِ فِي المَوْجُودَاتِ وَالعَيْنُ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنَ المَجْمُوعِ فِي المَجْمُوعِ فَوُجُودُ الكَثْرَةِ فِي الأَسْمَاءِ وَهِيَ النِّسَبُ وَهِيَ أُمُورٌ عَدَمِيَّةٌ وَلَيْسَ إِلَّا العَيْنَ الَّذِي هُوَ الذَّاتُ فَهُوَ العَلِيُّ لِنَفْسِهِ لَا بِالإِضَافَةِ فَمَا فِي العَالَمِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الحَيْثِيَّةِ عُلُوُّ إِضَافَةٍ لَكِنَّ الوُجُوهُ الوُجُودِيَّةُ مُتَفَاضِلَةٌ فَعُلُوُّ الإِضَافَةِ مَوْجُودٌ فِي العَيْنِ الوَاحِدَةِ مِنْ حَيْثُ الوُجُوهُ الكَثِيرَةُ لِذَلكَ نَقُولُ فِيهِ هُوَ لَا هُوَ أَنتَ لَا أَنتَ
So that which is named 'temporally originated things' is high in its very self, and they are none other than He. So He is the High, not with a highness of relation, because the entities, which have nonexistence [as their state] and are fixed within it, have not smelled a whiff of existence; so they remain in their [original] state, notwithstanding the multiplicity of forms in the existents. And the entity is one, [taken] from the totality, within the totality. So the existence of multiplicity is in the names, and these are the relations, and these are nonexistent matters. And there is nothing but the entity, which is the Essence. So He is the High in Himself, not by relation. So in the cosmos, from this standpoint, there is no highness of relation; but the existential aspects are ranked in excellence above one another. So highness of relation exists within the one entity in respect of the many aspects. For that reason we say of it: He, not He; you, not you.
On the whole passage · 1 of 5
Only Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿فهو العلي لنفسه لا بالإضافة. فما في العالم من هذه الحيثية علو إضافة، لكن الوجوه الوجودية متفاضلة. فعلو الإضافة موجود في العين الواحدة من حيث الوجود الكثيرة. لذلك نقول فيه هو لا هو، أنت لا أنت. قال الخراز رحمه الله تعالى، وهو وجه من وجوه الحق و لسان من ألسنته ينطق عن نفسه بأن الله تعالى لا يعرف إلا بجمعه بين الأضداد في الحكم عليه بها. فهو الأول والآخر والظاهر والباطن. فهو عين ما ظهر، وهو عين ما بطن في حال ظهوره. و ما ثم من يراه غيره، و ما ثم من يبطن عنه، فهو ظاهر لنفسه باطن عنه. و هو المسمى أبا سعيد الخراز وغير ذلك من أسماء المحدثات.﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿فالمسمى محدثات هي العلية لذاتها وليست إلا هو.﴾
Jāmī
﴿فالمسمى بالمحدثات هي العلية لذاتها﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فالمسمى محدثات﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿هي العلية لذاتها وليست﴾
Words 6–54 · 2 of 5
وَلَيْسَتْ إِلَّا هُوَ فَهُوَ العَلِيُّ لَا عُلُوَّ إِضَافَةٍ لِأَنَّ الأَعْيَانَ الَّتِي لَهَا العَدَمُ الثَّابِتَةَ …Jāmī
﴿وليست إلا هو. فهو العلي لا علو إضافة، لأن الأعيان التي لها العدم الثابتة فيه ما شمت رائحة من الموجود، فهي على حالها مع تعداد الصور في الموجودات. والعين واحدة من المجموع في المجموع. فوجود الكثرة في الأسماء، وهي النسب، وهي أمور عدمية. وليس إلا العين الذي هو الذات.﴾
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﴿إلا هو فهو﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلا هو﴾
Words 9–13 · 2 of 5
فَهُوَ العَلِيُّ لَا عُلُوَّ إِضَافَةٍIbn Turka
﴿فهو العليّ - لا علوّ إضافة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿العلي لا علو إضافة﴾
Jāmī
﴿لا علو إضافة﴾
Words 14–18 · 3 of 5
لِأَنَّ الأَعْيَانَ الَّتِي لَهَا العَدَمُIbn Turka
﴿لأنّ الأعيان﴾
Jāmī
﴿لأن الأعيان التي لها العدم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لأن الأعيان التي لها العدم الثابتة فيه … ما شمت رائحة من الوجود﴾
Words 16–28 · 1 of 5
الَّتِي لَهَا العَدَمُ الثَّابِتَةَ فِيهِ مَا شَمَّتْ رَائِحَةً مِنَ الوُجُودِ فَهِيَ عَلَى حَالِهَاOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿التي لها العدم الثابتة فيه ، ما شمّت رائحة من الوجود ، فهي على حالها﴾
Words 29–31 · 3 of 5
مَعَ تَعْدَادِ الصُّوَرِal-Qayṣarī
﴿مع تعداد الصور … ما شمت﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿مع تعداد الصور﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿مع تعداد الصور﴾
Words 34–39 · 3 of 5
وَالعَيْنُ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنَ المَجْمُوعِ فِي المَجْمُوعِal-Qayṣarī
﴿والعين واحدة من المجموع في المجموع﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿واحدة من المجموع في المجموع﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿واحدة من المجموع﴾
Jāmī
﴿من المجموع﴾
Jāmī
﴿في المجموع﴾
Words 40–70 · 5 of 5
فَوُجُودُ الكَثْرَةِ فِي الأَسْمَاءِ وَهِيَ النِّسَبُ وَهِيَ أُمُورٌ عَدَمِيَّةٌ وَلَيْسَ إِلَّا العَيْنَ الَّذِي هُوَ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فوجود الكثرة في الأسماء هي النسب وهي أمور عدمية ، وليس إلا العين الذي هو الذات فهو العلى لنفسه لا بالإضافة ، فما في العالم من هذه الحيثية علو إضافة لكن الوجوه الوجودية﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فوجود الكثرة في الأسماء هي النسب، وهي أمور عدمية﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فوجود الكثرة﴾
Jāmī
﴿فوجود الكثرة … في الأسماء﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فوجود الكثرة في الأسماء﴾
Words 43–49 · 1 of 5
الأَسْمَاءِ وَهِيَ النِّسَبُ وَهِيَ أُمُورٌ عَدَمِيَّةٌ وَلَيْسَOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿الأسماء ، وهي النسب ، وهي أمور عدميّة ، وليس﴾
Words 49–67 · 4 of 5
وَلَيْسَ إِلَّا العَيْنَ الَّذِي هُوَ الذَّاتُ فَهُوَ العَلِيُّ لِنَفْسِهِ لَا بِالإِضَافَةِ فَمَا فِي العَالَمِ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿وليس إلا العين الذي هو الذات﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿إلَّا العين الذي هو الذات ، فهو العليّ لنفسه - لا بالإضافة - فما في العالم من هذه الحيثيّة علوّ إضافة﴾
Jāmī
﴿إلا العين … الذي هو الذات﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿إلا العين الذي هو الذات﴾
Words 55–67 · 2 of 5
فَهُوَ العَلِيُّ لِنَفْسِهِ لَا بِالإِضَافَةِ فَمَا فِي العَالَمِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الحَيْثِيَّةِ عُلُوُّ إِضَافَةٍal-Qayṣarī
﴿فهو العلى بنفسه لا بالإضافة فما في العالم من هذه الحيثية علو إضافة﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿العلي لنفسه لا بالإضافة﴾
Words 60–67 · 2 of 5
فَمَا فِي العَالَمِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الحَيْثِيَّةِ عُلُوُّ إِضَافَةٍJāmī
﴿فما في العالم … من هذه الحيثية﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فما في العالم من هذه الحيثية علو إضافة﴾
Jāmī
﴿علو إضافة﴾
Words 68–81 · 4 of 5
لَكِنَّ الوُجُوهُ الوُجُودِيَّةُ مُتَفَاضِلَةٌ فَعُلُوُّ الإِضَافَةِ مَوْجُودٌ فِي العَيْنِ الوَاحِدَةِ مِنْ حَيْثُ الوُجُوهُ الكَثِيرَةُal-Qayṣarī
﴿لكن الوجوه الوجودية متفاضلة، فعلو الإضافة موجودة في العين الواحدة من حيث الوجوه الكثيرة﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿ولكن الوجوه الوجوديّة متفاضلة ، فعلوّ الإضافة موجود في العين الواحدة من حيث الوجوه الكثيرة﴾
Jāmī
﴿لكن الوجوه الوجودية﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لكن الوجوه الوجودية متفاضلة﴾
Words 71–85 · 3 of 5
مُتَفَاضِلَةٌ فَعُلُوُّ الإِضَافَةِ مَوْجُودٌ فِي العَيْنِ الوَاحِدَةِ مِنْ حَيْثُ الوُجُوهُ الكَثِيرَةُ لِذَلكَ نَقُولُ فِيهِ …al-Qāshānī
﴿متفاضلة فعلو الإضافة موجود في العين الواحدة من حيث الوجوه الكثيرة ولذلك تقول فيه هو﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فعلو الإضافة موجود في العين الواحدة من حيث الوجوه الكثيرة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فعلو الإضافة موجود في العين الواحدة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿من حيث الوجوه الكثيرة﴾
Words 82–90 · 3 of 5
لِذَلكَ نَقُولُ فِيهِ هُوَ لَا هُوَ أَنتَ لَا أَنتَal-Qayṣarī
﴿لذلك نقول فيه: هو لا هو، أنت لا أنت﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿لذلك يقول فيه : هو لا هو﴾
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Jāmī
﴿نقول فيه﴾
Words 88–102 · 4 of 5
أَنتَ لَا أَنتَal-Qāshānī
﴿أنت لا أنت ، قال الخراز رحمه الله وهو وجه من وجوه الحق ولسان من ألسنته﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿أنت لا أنت﴾
Jāmī
﴿لا أنت﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لا أنت﴾
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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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