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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ مُهَيَّمِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ إِبْرَاهِيمِيَّةٍ
¶ 3 · 57 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
وَإِنْ كَانَ الخَلْقُ هُوَ الظَّاهِرُ فَالحَقُّ مَسْتُورٌ بَاطِنٌ فِيهِ فَالْحَقُّ سَمْعُ الخَلْقِ وَبَصَرُهُ وَيَدُهُ وَرِجْلُهُ وَجَمِيعُ قُوَاهُ كَمَا وَرَدَ فِي الْخَبَرِ الصَّحِيحِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الذَّاتَ لَوْ تَعَرَّتْ عَنْ هَذِهِ النِّسَبِ لَمْ تَكُنْ إِلٰهًا وَهَذِهِ النِّسَبُ أَحْدَثَتْهَا أَعْيَانُنَا فَنَحْنُ جَعَلْنَاهُ بِمَأْلُوهِيَّتِنا إِلٰهًا فَلَا يُعْرَفُ حَتَّى نُعْرَفَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ مَن عَرَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَرَفَ رَبَّهُ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ الخَلْقِ بِاللَّهِ
And if creation is the manifest, then the Real is veiled [and] nonmanifest within it; so the Real is the hearing of creation, its sight, its hand, its foot, and all its faculties, as has come in the sound report [ḥadīth]. Moreover, were the Essence stripped of these relations, It would not be a god. And these relations, our entities brought them about: so we, through our being objects of divinity [maʾlūhiyya], have made Him a god. Thus He is not known until we are known. He—upon him be peace—said: "Whoever knows himself knows his Lord" [ḥadīth]; and he is the most knowing of creation concerning God.
On the whole passage · 1 of 6
Only al-Qāshānī comments here.
al-Qāshānī
﴿ثم إن الذات لو تعرت عن هذه النسب لم يكن إلها ، وهذه النسب أحدثتها أعياننا فنحن جعلناه بمألوهيتنا إلها فلا يعرف حتى نعرف ، قال عليه الصلاة والسلام « من عرف نفسه فقد عرف ربه» وهو أعلم الخلق باللَّه﴾
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Words 1–9 · 4 of 6
وَإِنْ كَانَ الخَلْقُ هُوَ الظَّاهِرُ فَالحَقُّ مَسْتُورٌ بَاطِنٌ فِيهِal-Qāshānī
﴿وإذا كان الخلق هو الظاهر ، فالحق مستور وباطن فيه﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وإن كان الخلق هو الظاهر﴾
Jāmī
﴿وإن كان الخلق﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وإذا كان الخلق هو الظاهر فالحي مستور وباطن فيه … فالحق يكون سمع الخلق وبصره ويده ورجله وجميع قواه﴾
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Jāmī
﴿هو الظاهر﴾
Words 6–22 · 2 of 6
فَالحَقُّ مَسْتُورٌ بَاطِنٌ فِيهِ فَالْحَقُّ سَمْعُ الخَلْقِ وَبَصَرُهُ وَيَدُهُ وَرِجْلُهُ وَجَمِيعُ قُوَاهُ كَمَا وَرَدَ …Ibn Turka
﴿فالحقّ مستور باطن فيه فالحقّ سمع الخلق وبصره ويده ورجله وجميع قواه - كما ورد في الخبر الصحيح﴾
Jāmī
﴿فالحق مستور باطن فيه﴾
Words 10–18 · 1 of 6
فَالْحَقُّ سَمْعُ الخَلْقِ وَبَصَرُهُ وَيَدُهُ وَرِجْلُهُ وَجَمِيعُ قُوَاهُ كَمَاOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿فالحق سمع الخلق وبصره و یده ورجله وجميع قواه﴾
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Words 18–22 · 2 of 6
كَمَا وَرَدَ فِي الْخَبَرِ الصَّحِيحِJāmī
﴿كما ورد في الخبر الصحيح﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿كما ورد في الخبر الصحيح﴾
Words 23–45 · 5 of 6
ثُمَّ إِنَّ الذَّاتَ لَوْ تَعَرَّتْ عَنْ هَذِهِ النِّسَبِ لَمْ تَكُنْ إِلٰهًا وَهَذِهِ النِّسَبُ أَحْدَثَتْهَا …al-Jandī
﴿ثم إنّ الذات لو تعرّت عن هذه النسب ، لم تكن إلها . وهذه النسب أحدثتها أعياننا ، فنحن جعلناه بألوهيّتنا إلها ، فلا يعرف حتى نعرف﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿ثم، إن الذات لو تعرت عن هذه النسب لم تكن إلها﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ثمّ إنّ الذات لو تعرّت عن هذه النسب لم تكن إلها ، هذه النسب أحدثتها أعياننا ، فنحن جعلناه - بمألوهيّتنا - إلها﴾
Jāmī
﴿ثم إن الذات لو تعرت عن هذه النسب لم تكن إلها. وهذه النسب أحدثتها أعياننا: فنحن جعلناه بمألوهيتنا إلها، … ثم إن الذات … لو تعرت﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ثم إن الذات لو تعرت عن هذه النسب لم تكن إلها﴾
Words 34–37 · 4 of 6
وَهَذِهِ النِّسَبُ أَحْدَثَتْهَا أَعْيَانُنَاal-Qayṣarī
﴿وهذه النسب أحدثتها أعياننا﴾
Jāmī
﴿وهذه النسب أحدثتها أعياننا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وهذه النسب﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿أحدثتها أعياننا﴾
Words 38–41 · 3 of 6
فَنَحْنُ جَعَلْنَاهُ بِمَأْلُوهِيَّتِنا إِلٰهًاal-Qayṣarī
﴿فنحن جعلناه بمألوهيتنا إلها﴾
Jāmī
﴿فنحن جعلناه بمألوهيتنا إلها﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فنحن جعلناه بمالوهيتنا إلها﴾
Words 42–73 · 2 of 6
فَلَا يُعْرَفُ حَتَّى نُعْرَفَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ مَن عَرَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَرَفَ رَبَّهُ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ …Ibn Turka
﴿فلا يعرف … حتّى نعرف … قال عليه السّلام : « من عرف نفسه عرف ربّه » - وهو أعلم الخلق باللَّه﴾
Jāmī
﴿فلا يعرف حتى نعرف. قال عليه السلام: «من عرف نفسه عرف ربه» وهو أعلم الخلق بالله. فإن بعض الحكماء وأبا حامد ادعوا أنه يعرف الله من غير نظر في العالم وهذا غلط.﴾
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Words 46–54 · 1 of 6
قَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ مَن عَرَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَرَفَ رَبَّهُ وَهُوَOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿قال عليه السلام: فمن عرف نفسه فقد عرف ربه﴾
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Words 48–57 · 2 of 6
السَّلاَمُ مَن عَرَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَرَفَ رَبَّهُ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ الخَلْقِ بِاللَّهِal-Qayṣarī
﴿من عرف نفسه، فقد عرف ربه.﴾
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﴿من عرف نفسه، فقد عرف ربه﴾
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Jāmī
﴿قال : من عرف نفسه عرف ربه وهو أعلم الخلق بالله.﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وهو أعلم الخلق بالله﴾
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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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