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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ مُهَيَّمِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ إِبْرَاهِيمِيَّةٍ
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فَإِنَّ بَعْضَ الحُكَمَاءِ وَأَبَا حَامِدٍ ادَّعَوْا إِنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ اللَّهَ مِنْ غَيْرِ نَظَرٍ فِي العَالَمِ وَهَذَا غَلَطٌ نَعَمْ تُعْرَفُ ذَاتٌ قَدِيمَةٌ أَزَلِيَّةٌ لَا يُعْرَفُ أَنَّهَا إِلٰهٌ حَتَّى يُعْرَفَ المَأْلُوهُ فَهُوَ الدَّلِيلُ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ بَعْدَ هَذَا فِي ثَانِي حَالٍ يُعْطِيكَ الكَشْفُ أَنَّ الحَقَّ نَفْسَهُ كَانَ عَيْنَ الدَّلِيلِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَعَلَى أُلُوهَتِهِ وَأَنَّ العَالَمَ لَيْسَ إِلَّا تَجَلِّيْهِ فِي صُورِ أَعْيَانِهِمْ الثَّابِتَةِ الَّتِي يَسْتَحِيلُ وُجُودُهَا بِدُونِهِ وَأَنَّهُ يَتَنَوَّعُ وَيَتَصَوَّرُ بِحَسَبِ حَقَائِقِ هَذِهِ الأَعْيَانِ وَأَحْوَالِهَا وَهَذَا بَعْدَ العِلْمِ بِهِ مِنَّا أَنَّهُ إِلٰهٌ لَنَا
For some of the sages, and Abū Ḥāmid [al-Ghazālī], claimed that God is known without reflection upon the cosmos, and this is an error. Yes, an eternal, beginningless Essence is known, [but] it is not known that it is a god until that which is god-ed over (al-maʾlūh) is known. So it [the one god-ed over] is the evidence pointing to Him. Then, after this, in a second state, unveiling gives you [to know] that the Real Himself was the very self of the evidence for Himself and for His divinity, and that the cosmos is nothing but His self-disclosure in the forms of their fixed entities, whose existence is impossible without Him, and that He diversifies and takes on forms in accordance with the realities of these entities and their states. And this [comes] after our knowledge of Him that He is a god for us.
On the whole passage · 2 of 6
al-Jandī
﴿ثمّ بعد هذا في ثاني حال يعطيك الكشف أنّ الحق نفسه كان عين الدليل على نفسه وعلى ألوهيته ، وأنّ العالم ليس إلَّا تجلَّيه في صور أعيانهم الثابتة التي يستحيل وجودها بدونه وأن يتنوّع ويتصوّر بحسب حقائق هذه الأعيان وأحوالها ، وهذا بعد العلم به منّا أنّه إله لنا﴾
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Jāmī
﴿و هذا بعد العلم به منا أنه إله لنا. ثم يأتي الكشف الآخر فيظهر لك صورنا فيه، فيظهر بعضنا لبعض في الحق، فيعرف بعضنا بعضا، و يتميز بعضنا عن بعض. فمنا من يعرف أن في الحق وقعت هذه المعرفة لنا بنا، و منا من يجهل الحضرة التي وقعت فيها هذه المعرفة بنا: أعوذ بالله أن أكون من الجاهلين. و بالكشفين معا ما يحكم علينا إلا بنا،﴾
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Words 1–31 · 5 of 6
فَإِنَّ بَعْضَ الحُكَمَاءِ وَأَبَا حَامِدٍ ادَّعَوْا إِنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ اللَّهَ مِنْ غَيْرِ نَظَرٍ فِي العَالَمِ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فإن بعض الحكماء وأبا حامد ادعوا أنه يعرف الله من غير نظر في العالم وهذا غلط ، نعم تعرف ذات قديمة أزلية لا تعرف أنها إله حتى يعرف المألوه ، فهو الدليل عليه﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فإن بعض الحكماء وأبا حامد ادعوا أنه يعرف الله من غير نظر في العالم وهذا غلط.﴾
﴿بعض الحكماء﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فإنّ بعض الحكماء﴾
Jāmī
﴿فإن بعض الحكماء وأبا حامد … ادعوا أنه يعرف ألله من غير نظر في العالم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فإن بعض الحكماء﴾
Words 4–14 · 2 of 6
وَأَبَا حَامِدٍ ادَّعَوْا إِنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ اللَّهَ مِنْ غَيْرِ نَظَرٍ فِي العَالَمِIbn Turka
﴿وأبا حامد ادّعوا أنّه يعرف الله من غير نظر في العالم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وأبا حامد﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ادعوا أنه﴾
Words 8–21 · 1 of 6
يَعْرِفُ اللَّهَ مِنْ غَيْرِ نَظَرٍ فِي العَالَمِ وَهَذَا غَلَطٌ نَعَمْ تُعْرَفُ ذَاتٌ قَدِيمَةٌ أَزَلِيَّةٌOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿بعرف الله من غير نظر إلى العالم وهذا غلط نعم نعرف ذات قديمة أزلية﴾
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Words 15–28 · 1 of 6
وَهَذَا غَلَطٌ نَعَمْ تُعْرَفُ ذَاتٌ قَدِيمَةٌ أَزَلِيَّةٌ لَا يُعْرَفُ أَنَّهَا إِلٰهٌ حَتَّى يُعْرَفَ المَأْلُوهُOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿وهذا غلط نعم ، تعرف ذات قديمة أزليّة لا يعرف أنّها إله ، حتّى يعرف المألوه﴾
Words 17–31 · 2 of 6
نَعَمْ تُعْرَفُ ذَاتٌ قَدِيمَةٌ أَزَلِيَّةٌ لَا يُعْرَفُ أَنَّهَا إِلٰهٌ حَتَّى يُعْرَفَ المَأْلُوهُ فَهُوَ الدَّلِيلُ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿نعم، تعرف ذات قديمة أزلية لا تعرف أنها إله حتى يعرف المألوه، فهو الدليل عليه﴾
Jāmī
﴿نعم تعرف ذات قديمة أزلية لا يعرف أنها إله حتى يعرف المألوه. فهو الدليل عليه. ثم بعد هذا في ثاني حال يعطيك الكشف أن الحق نفسه كان عين الدليل على نفسه و على ألوهيته، و أن العالم ليس إلا تجليه في صور أعيانهم الثابتة التي يستحيل وجودها بدونه ، وأنه يتنوع و يتصور بحسب حقائق هذه الأعيان و أحوالها، … نعم تعرف﴾
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Words 19–29 · 1 of 6
ذَاتٌ قَدِيمَةٌ أَزَلِيَّةٌ لَا يُعْرَفُ أَنَّهَا إِلٰهٌ حَتَّى يُعْرَفَ المَأْلُوهُ فَهُوَOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿ذات قديمة أزلية لكن لا يعرف أنها إله حتى يعرف المألوه﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿لا يعرف انها إله حتى يعرف المألوه فهو … الدليل عليه﴾
Words 32–49 · 4 of 6
ثُمَّ بَعْدَ هَذَا فِي ثَانِي حَالٍ يُعْطِيكَ الكَشْفُ أَنَّ الحَقَّ نَفْسَهُ كَانَ عَيْنَ الدَّلِيلِ …al-Qāshānī
﴿ثم بعد هذ في ثاني حال يعطيك الكشف ، وأن الحق نفسه كان عين الدليل على نفسه وعلى ألوهيته ،﴾
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﴿ثم بعد هذا﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿ثم، بعد هذا في ثاني الحال، يعطيك الكشف أن الحق نفسه كان عين الدليل على نفسه وعلى ألوهيته﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿ثمّ بعد هذا ، في ثاني الحال﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ثم بعد هذا﴾
Words 35–49 · 1 of 6
فِي ثَانِي حَالٍ يُعْطِيكَ الكَشْفُ أَنَّ الحَقَّ نَفْسَهُ كَانَ عَيْنَ الدَّلِيلِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَعَلَى …Only Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿في ثاني حال يعطيك الكشف أن الحق نفسه كل عين الدليل على نفسه وعلى ألوهيته﴾
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Words 38–62 · 1 of 6
يُعْطِيكَ الكَشْفُ أَنَّ الحَقَّ نَفْسَهُ كَانَ عَيْنَ الدَّلِيلِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَعَلَى أُلُوهَتِهِ وَأَنَّ العَالَمَ …Only Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿يعطيك الكشف : أنّ الحقّ - نفسه - كان عين الدليل على نفسه وعلى الوهيّته ، وأنّ العالم ليس إلَّا تجلَّيه في صور أعيانهم الثابتة التي يستحيل وجودها بدونه﴾
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Jāmī
﴿أن الحق نفسه﴾
Jāmī
﴿كان عين الدليل على نفسه﴾
al-Qāshānī
﴿على نفسه وعلى ألوهيته﴾
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Words 50–77 · 4 of 6
وَأَنَّ العَالَمَ لَيْسَ إِلَّا تَجَلِّيْهِ فِي صُورِ أَعْيَانِهِمْ الثَّابِتَةِ الَّتِي يَسْتَحِيلُ وُجُودُهَا بِدُونِهِ وَأَنَّهُ …al-Qāshānī
﴿وأن العالم ليس إلا تجليه في صور أعيانهم الثابتة التي يستحيل وجودها بدونه ، وأنه يتنوع ويتصور بحسب حقائق هذه الأعيان وأحوالها ، وهذا بعد العلم به منا أنه إلهنا﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿وأن العالم ليس إلا تجليه في صور أعيانهم الثابتة التي يستحيل وجودها بدونه﴾
Jāmī
﴿وإن العالم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿أن العالم ليس إلا تجليه في صور أعيانهم الثابتة التي يستحيل وجودها﴾
Jāmī
﴿ليس إلا تجليه﴾
Words 55–61 · 1 of 6
فِي صُورِ أَعْيَانِهِمْ الثَّابِتَةِ الَّتِي يَسْتَحِيلُ وُجُودُهَاOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿في صور أعيانهم الثابتة التي يستحيل وجودها﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿وأنه يتنوع ويتصور﴾
Words 66–71 · 4 of 6
بِحَسَبِ حَقَائِقِ هَذِهِ الأَعْيَانِ وَأَحْوَالِهَا وَهَذَاal-Qayṣarī
﴿بحسب حقائق هذه الأعيان وأحوالها﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿بحسب حقائق هذه الأعيان وأحوالها﴾
Jāmī
﴿حقائق هذه الأعيان﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿بحسب حقائق هذه الأعيان وأحوالها وهذا﴾
Words 71–79 · 4 of 6
وَهَذَا بَعْدَ العِلْمِ بِهِ مِنَّا أَنَّهُ إِلٰهٌ لَنَاal-Qayṣarī
﴿وهذا بعد العلم به منا أنه إله لنا﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وهذا بعد العلم به منّا : أنّه إله لنا﴾
Jāmī
﴿بعد العلم به سبحانه منا أنه إله لنا﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿بعد العلم به﴾
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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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