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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ قُدُّوسِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ إِدْرِيسِيَّةٍ
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فَلَا بُدَّ مِنْ عَدَدٍ وَمَعْدُودٍ وَلَا بُدَّ مِنْ وَاحِدٍ يُنْشِئُ ذَلكَ فَيُنْشَأُ بِسَبَبِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ كُلُّ مَرْتَبَةٍ مِنَ العَدَدِ حَقِيقَةً وَاحِدَةً كَالتِّسْعَةِ مِثْلًا وَالعَشَرَةِ إِلَى أَدْنَى أَوْ إِلَى أَكْثَرَ إِلَى غَيْرِ نِهَايَةٍ مَا هِيَ مَجْمُوعٌ وَلَا يَنْفَكُّ عَنْهَا اسْمُ جَمْعِ الآحَادِ فَإِنَّ الاثْنَيْنِ حَقِيقَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ حَقِيقَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ بَالِغًا مَا بَلَغَتْ هَذِهِ المَرَاتِبُ وَإِن كَانَتْ وَاحِدَةً فَمَا عَيْنٌ وَاحِدَةٌ مِّنْهُنَّ عَيْنَ مَا بَقِيَ فَالجَمْعُ يَأْخُذُهَا فَيَقُولُ بِهَا مِنهَا وَيَحْكُمُ بِهَا عَلَيْهَا قَدْ ظَهَرَ فِي هَذَا القَوْلِ عِشْرُونَ مَرْتَبَةً فَقَدْ دَخَلَهَا التَّرْكِيبُ فَمَا تَنْفَكُّ تُثْبِتُ عَيْنَ مَا هُوَ مَنْفِيٌّ عِندَكَ لِذَاتِهِ
So there must be number and the numbered, and there must be a one that brings that into being, and so [the one] is brought forth by reason of it. Now, if each rank of number is a single reality (like nine, for example, and ten, [going] down to what is lower or up to what is more, without end), then it is not a sum, and yet the name 'aggregate of ones' does not detach from it. For two is a single reality and three is a single reality, however far these ranks reach, even though they are [each] one. So no single entity among them is the very entity of what remains. Thus aggregation takes them up: it affirms them by means of them, [deriving them] from them, and it passes judgement by them upon them. Twenty ranks have appeared in this statement, and composition has entered into them; so you never cease affirming the very entity of what is, in your view, negated in itself.
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al-Tilimsānī
﴿بها منها، وتحكم بها عليها، قد ظهر في هذا القول عشرون مرتبة، فقد دخلها التركيب فما تنفك تثبت عين ما هو متفى عندك لذاته. ومن عرف ما قررناه في الأعداد ، وأن نفيها عين إثباتها، علم أن الحق المنزه هو الخلق المشبه، وإن كان قد تميز الخلق من الخالق. فالأمر الخالق المخلوق، والأمر المخلوق الخالق. كل ذلك من عين واحدة، لا، بل هو العين الواحدة وهو العيون الكثيرة. فانظر ماذا ترى﴾
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Jāmī
﴿إلى غير نهاية، ما هي مجموع، ولا ينفك عنها اسم جمع الآحاد. فإن الاثنين حقيقة واحدة و الثلاثة حقيقة واحدة ، بالغا ما بلغت هذه المراتب، و إن كانت واحدة. فما عين واحدة منهن عين ما بقي. فالجمع يأخذها فنقول بها منها، ونحكم بها عليها. قد ظهر في هذا القول عشرون مرتبة، فقد دخلها التركيب فما تنفك تثبت عين ما هو منفي عندك لذاته. ومن عرف ما قررناه في الأعداد، وأن نفيها عين إثباتها ،علم أن الحق المنزه هو الخلق المشبه.﴾
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Words 1–12 · 4 of 7
فَلَا بُدَّ مِنْ عَدَدٍ وَمَعْدُودٍ وَلَا بُدَّ مِنْ وَاحِدٍ يُنْشِئُ ذَلكَ فَيُنْشَأُal-Qayṣarī
﴿فلا بد من عدد ومعدود، ولابد من واحد ينشئ ذلك فينشأ بسببه﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فلا بدّ من عدد ومعدود﴾
Jāmī
﴿فلا بد … من عدد﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فلا بد من عدد﴾
Words 6–13 · 3 of 7
وَلَا بُدَّ مِنْ وَاحِدٍ يُنْشِئُ ذَلكَ فَيُنْشَأُ بِسَبَبِهِal-Qāshānī
﴿ولا بد من واحد ينشئ ذلك فينشأ بسببه﴾
Jāmī
﴿ولا بد﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ولا بد من واحد ينشئ﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ينشئ ذلك … فينشأ بسببه﴾
Words 14–52 · 6 of 7
فَإِنْ كَانَ كُلُّ مَرْتَبَةٍ مِنَ العَدَدِ حَقِيقَةً وَاحِدَةً كَالتِّسْعَةِ مِثْلًا وَالعَشَرَةِ إِلَى أَدْنَى أَوْ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فإن كان لكل مرتبة من العدد حقيقة واحدة كالتسعة مثلا والعشرة إلى أدنى … وإلى أكثر إلى غير نهاية ما هي مجموع﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿فإن كان﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فإن كان كل مرتبة من العدد حقيقة واحدة كالتسعة، مثلا، والعشرة إلى أدنى وإلى أكثر إلى غير نهاية ما هي مجموع ولا ينفك عنها اسم جمع الآحاد، فإن الاثنين حقيقة واحدة والثلاثة حقيقة واحدة بالغا ما بلغت هذه المراتب﴾
﴿فإن لكل مرتبة من العدد حقيقة﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فإنّ لكلّ مرتبة من العدد حقيقة واحدة ، كالتسعة - مثلا - والعشرة إلى أدنى وإلى أكثر - إلى غير نهاية -﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فإن كان كل مرتبة من … العدد حقيقة واحدة كالتسعة مثلا والعشرة إلى أدنى﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فإن كان : كل مرتبة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿العدد حقيقة واحدة﴾
Words 33–41 · 2 of 7
مَا هِيَ مَجْمُوعٌ وَلَا يَنْفَكُّ عَنْهَا اسْمُ جَمْعِ الآحَادِal-Qayṣarī
﴿ما هي مجموع﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ما هي المجموع ، ولا ينفكّ عنها اسم جميع الآحاد﴾
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Words 36–41 · 3 of 7
وَلَا يَنْفَكُّ عَنْهَا اسْمُ جَمْعِ الآحَادِal-Qāshānī
﴿ولا ينفك عنها اسم جميع الآحاد﴾
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Jāmī
﴿ولا ينفك عنها﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ولا ينفك عنها﴾
Words 42–63 · 4 of 7
فَإِنَّ الاثْنَيْنِ حَقِيقَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ حَقِيقَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ بَالِغًا مَا بَلَغَتْ هَذِهِ المَرَاتِبُ وَإِن كَانَتْ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فإن الاثنين حقيقة واحدة والثلاثة حقيقة واحدة ، بالغا ما بلغت هذه المراتب وإن كانت واحدة﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فإنّ الاثنين حقيقة واحدة ، والثلاثة حقيقة واحدة - بالغا ما بلغت هذه المراتب - وإن كانت واحدة فما عين واحدة منهنّ عين ما بقي﴾
Jāmī
﴿فإن الإثنين حقيقة واحدة والثلاثة حقيقة واحدة … بالغة ما بلغت هذه المراتب﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فإن الاثنين حقيقة واحدة والثلاثة حقيقة واحدة بالغة ما بلغت هذه المراتب﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿حقيقة واحدة﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿بالغا ما بلغت﴾
Words 54–63 · 3 of 7
وَإِن كَانَتْ وَاحِدَةً فَمَا عَيْنٌ وَاحِدَةٌ مِّنْهُنَّ عَيْنَ مَا بَقِيَal-Qayṣarī
﴿وإن كانت واحدة، فما عين واحدة منهن عين ما بقى﴾
Jāmī
﴿وإن كانت … حقيقة واحدة فما عين واحدة﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿وإن كانت﴾
Words 57–64 · 2 of 7
فَمَا عَيْنٌ وَاحِدَةٌ مِّنْهُنَّ عَيْنَ مَا بَقِيَ فَالجَمْعُal-Qāshānī
﴿فما عين واحدة منهن عين ما بقي﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿عين واحدة منهن هین ما بقي﴾
Jāmī
Words 64–71 · 3 of 7
فَالجَمْعُ يَأْخُذُهَا فَيَقُولُ بِهَا مِنهَا وَيَحْكُمُ بِهَا عَلَيْهَاal-Qāshānī
﴿فالجمع يأخذها﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فالجمع يأخذها فيقول بها منها ويحكم بها عليها﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فالجمع يأخذها﴾
Words 66–68 · 4 of 7
فَيَقُولُ بِهَا مِنهَاal-Qāshānī
﴿فيقول بها منها﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿بها منها﴾
Jāmī
﴿فيقول بها﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فيقول بها﴾
Words 72–81 · 5 of 7
قَدْ ظَهَرَ فِي هَذَا القَوْلِ عِشْرُونَ مَرْتَبَةً فَقَدْ دَخَلَهَا التَّرْكِيبُal-Qāshānī
﴿وقد ظهر في هذا القول عشرون مرتبة﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿وقد ظهر في هذا القول عشرون مرتبة، فقد دخلها التركيب﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وقد ظهر في هذا القول﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فقد ظهر في هذا القول﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿قد ظهر في هذا القول﴾
Words 77–78 · 3 of 7
عِشْرُونَ مَرْتَبَةًIbn Turka
﴿عشرون مرتبة﴾
Jāmī
﴿عشرون مرتبة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿عشرون مرتبة﴾
Words 79–81 · 3 of 7
فَقَدْ دَخَلَهَا التَّرْكِيبُIbn Turka
﴿فقد دخلها التركيب﴾
Jāmī
﴿فقد دخلها﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فقد دخلها التركيب﴾
Words 82–90 · 5 of 7
فَمَا تَنْفَكُّ تُثْبِتُ عَيْنَ مَا هُوَ مَنْفِيٌّ عِندَكَ لِذَاتِهِal-Qāshānī
﴿فما تنفك تثبت عين ما هو منفى عندك لذاته﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فما تنفك تثبت عين ما هو منفى عندك لذاته﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فما تنفكّ تثبت عين ما هو منفي عندك لذاته﴾
Jāmī
﴿فما تنفك﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فما تنفك … تثبت عين ما … هو منفي عندك لذاته﴾
Jāmī
﴿عين ما هو منفي … عندك لذاته﴾
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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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