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قال الخَرَّازُ وَهُوَ وَجْهٌ مِنْ وُجُوهِ الحَقِّ وَلِسَانٌ مِنْ أَلْسِنَتِهِ يَنطِقُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُعْرَفُ إِلَّا بَجَمْعِهِ بَيْنَ الأَضْدَادِ فِي الحُكْمِ عَلَيْهِ بِهَا فَهُوَ الأوَّلُ وَالآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالبَاطِنُ فَهُوَ عَيْنُ مَا ظَهَرَ وَهُوَ عَيْنُ مَا بَطَنَ فِي حَالِ ظُهُورِهِ وَمَا ثَمَّ مَنْ يَرَاهُ غَيْرُهُ وَمَا ثَمَّ مَنْ يَبْطُنُ عَنْهُ فَهُوَ ظَاهِرٌ لِنَفْسِهِ بَاطِنٌ عَنْهُ وَهُوَ المُسَمَّى أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الخَرَّازِ وَغَيْرَ ذَلكَ مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ المُحْدَثَاتِ فَيَقُولُ البَاطِنُ لَا إِذَا قَالَ الظَّاهِرُ أَنَا وَيَقُولُ الظَّاهِرُ لَا إِذَا قَالَ البَاطِنُ أَنَا
Al-Kharrāz said (and he is one face among the faces of the Real and one tongue among His tongues, speaking about Himself) that God is not known except through His bringing together of opposites, in that they are [all] predicated of Him. So *He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Nonmanifest* [Q 57:3]. He is the very self of what is manifest, and He is the very self of what is nonmanifest in the state of His manifestation. There is no one there who sees Him other than He, and there is no one there from whom He is nonmanifest. So He is manifest to Himself and nonmanifest from Himself. And He is the one named Abū Saʿīd al-Kharrāz, and [bearer of] the other names of temporally originated things. So the Nonmanifest says 'No' when the Manifest says 'I', and the Manifest says 'No' when the Nonmanifest says 'I'.
On the whole passage · 3 of 6
al-Qāshānī
﴿ينطق عن نفسه بأن الله 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 ، وما ثم من يراه غيره وما ثم من يبطن عنه ، فهو ظاهر لنفسه باطن عنه ، وهو المسمى أبا سعيد الخراز وغير ذلك من أسماء المحدثات﴾
﴿فيقول الباطن لا إذا قال الظاهر أنا ، ويقول الظاهر لا إذا قال الباطن أنا ، وهذا في كل ضد والمتكلم واحد ، وهو عين السامع بقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم « وما حدثت به أنفسها » فهي المحدثة والسامعة حديثها ، العالمة بما حدثت به أنفسها ، والعين واحدة وإن اختلفت الأحكام ولا سبيل إلى جهل مثل هذا ، فإنه يعلم كل إنسان من نفسه وهو صورة الحق﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿قال الخرّاز وهو وجه من وجوه الحق ، ولسان من ألسنته ، ينطق عن نفسه : بأنّ الله لا يعرف إلَّا بجمعه بين الأضداد في الحكم عليه بها ، فهو الأوّل والآخر ، والظاهر والباطن . فهو عين ما ظهر ، وهو عين ما بطن في حال ظهوره ، وما ثمّ من يراه غيره ، وما ثمّ من يبطن عنه ، فهو ظاهر لنفسه ، باطن عنه ، وهو المسمّى أبا سعيد الخرّاز وغيره من أسماء المحدثات﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿أن الله لا يعرف إلا بجمعه بين الأضداد في الحكم عليه بها: وهو الأول والآخر والظاهر والباطن. فهو عين ما ظهر في حال بطونه، وهو عين ما بطن في حال ظهوره وما ثم من يراه غيره، وما ثم من يبطن عنه، فهو ظاهر لنفسه باطن عنه. وهو المسمى أبا سعيد الخراز وغير ذلك من أسماء المحدثات﴾
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Words 1–25 · 2 of 6
قال الخَرَّازُ وَهُوَ وَجْهٌ مِنْ وُجُوهِ الحَقِّ وَلِسَانٌ مِنْ أَلْسِنَتِهِ يَنطِقُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ بِأَنَّ …Ibn Turka
﴿قال الخرّاز - وهو وجه من وجوه الحقّ ولسان من ألسنته ينطق عن نفسه - بأنّ الله لا يعرف إلَّا بجمعه بين الأضداد في الحكم عليه بها﴾
Jāmī
﴿قال الخراز﴾
Words 3–10 · 2 of 6
وَهُوَ وَجْهٌ مِنْ وُجُوهِ الحَقِّ وَلِسَانٌ مِنْ أَلْسِنَتِهِal-Qayṣarī
﴿وهو وجه من وجوه الحق ولسان من ألسنته﴾
Jāmī
﴿وهو وجه من وجوه الحق﴾
Jāmī
Words 14–24 · 2 of 6
بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُعْرَفُ إِلَّا بَجَمْعِهِ بَيْنَ الأَضْدَادِ فِي الحُكْمِ عَلَيْهِJāmī
﴿بأن الله … لا يعرف﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿بأن الله لا يعرف إلا بجمع بين الأضداد في الحكم عليه﴾
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Words 25–41 · 3 of 6
بِهَا فَهُوَ الأوَّلُ وَالآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالبَاطِنُ فَهُوَ عَيْنُ مَا ظَهَرَ وَهُوَ عَيْنُ مَا بَطَنَ …Ibn Turka
﴿فهو الأوّل والآخر ،والظاهر والباطن ، فهو عين ما ظهر ،وهو عين ما بطن في حال ظهوره﴾
Jāmī
﴿ف " هو الأول والأخر والظاهر والباطن" فهو عين ما ظهر وهو عين ما بطن … في حال ظهوره﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿هو الأول والأخر والظاهر والباطن﴾
Words 31–41 · 2 of 6
فَهُوَ عَيْنُ مَا ظَهَرَ وَهُوَ عَيْنُ مَا بَطَنَ فِي حَالِ ظُهُورِهِal-Qayṣarī
﴿فهو عين ما ظهر %~% الخ﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فهو عين ما ظهر وهو عين ما بطن في حال ظهوره﴾
Words 42–46 · 2 of 6
وَمَا ثَمَّ مَنْ يَرَاهُ غَيْرُهُIbn Turka
﴿وما ثمّ من تراه غيره﴾
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Jāmī
﴿وما ثم من يراه غيره﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿من يراه غيره﴾
Words 50–61 · 2 of 6
يَبْطُنُ عَنْهُ فَهُوَ ظَاهِرٌ لِنَفْسِهِ بَاطِنٌ عَنْهُ وَهُوَ المُسَمَّى أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الخَرَّازِIbn Turka
﴿يبطن عنه ، فهو ظاهر لنفسه ، باطن عنه ، وهو المسمّى أبا سعيد الخرّاز﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿عنه فهو ظاهر لنفسه باطن عنه وهو المسمى أبو سعيد الخراز﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فهو ظاهر لنفسه﴾
Words 57–66 · 1 of 6
وَهُوَ المُسَمَّى أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الخَرَّازِ وَغَيْرَ ذَلكَ مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ المُحْدَثَاتِOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿وهو المسمى أبا سعيد الخراز وغير ذلك من أسماء المحدثات﴾
Words 62–66 · 2 of 6
وَغَيْرَ ذَلكَ مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ المُحْدَثَاتِIbn Turka
﴿وغير ذلك من أسماء المحدثات﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وغير ذلك من أسماء المحدثات﴾
Words 67–83 · 3 of 6
فَيَقُولُ البَاطِنُ لَا إِذَا قَالَ الظَّاهِرُ أَنَا وَيَقُولُ الظَّاهِرُ لَا إِذَا قَالَ البَاطِنُ أَنَاal-Qayṣarī
﴿فيقول: الباطن، لا إذاقال: الظاهر أنا، ويقول: الظاهر لا، إذا قال: الباطن أنا. وهذا في كل ضد.﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فيقول الباطن لا إذا قال الظاهر أنا، و يقول الظاهر لا إذا قال الباطن أنا. و هذا في كل ضد، و المتكلم واحد و هو عين السامع. يقول النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم: «و ما حدثت به أنفسها» فهي المحدثة السامعة حديثها، العالمة بما حدثت به أنفسها ، و العين واحدة و اختلفت الأحكام. و لا سبيل إلى جهل مثل هذا فإنه يعلمه كل إنسان من نفسه و هو صورة الحق. فاختلطت الأمور و ظهرت الأعداد بالواحد في المراتب المعلومة. فأوجد الواحد العدد، و فصل العدد الواحد. … فيقول الباطن لا إذا قال : الظاهر أنا ويقول : الظاهر لا إذا قال : الباطن أنا وهذا﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فيقول الباطن لا إذا قال الظاهر أنا ويقول الظاهر لا إذا قال الباطن أنا﴾
al-Jandī
﴿إذا قال الباطن : « أنا » . وهذا في كلّ ضدّ ، والمتكلَّم واحد وهو عين السامع . يقول النبيّ صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم :﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿وهذا الحكم في كل ضد و﴾
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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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