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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ مُهَيَّمِيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ إِبْرَاهِيمِيَّةٍ
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فَمَا شَاءَ فَمَا هَدَاهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ وَلَا يَشَاءُ وَكَذَٰلِكَ إِن يَشَأْ فَهَلْ يَشَاءُ هَذَا مَا لَا يَكُونُ فَمَشِيئَتُهُ أَحَدِيَّةُ التَّعَلُّقِ وَهِيَ نِسْبَةٌ تَابِعَةٌ لِلْعِلْمِ وَالعِلْمُ نِسْبَةٌ تَابِعَةٌ لِلْمَعْلُومِ وَالمَعْلُومُ أَنتَ وَأَحْوَالُكَ فَلَيْسَ لِلْعِلْمِ أَثَرٌ فِي المَعْلُومِ بَلْ لِلْمَعْلُومِ أَثَرٌ فِي العَالَمِ فَيُعْطِيهِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ مَا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ فِي عَيْنِهِ وَإِنَّمَا وَرَدَ الْخِطَابُ الإِلٰهِيُّ بِحَسَبِ مَا تَوَاطَأَ عَلَيْهِ المُخَاطَبُونَ وَمَا أَعْطَاهُ النَّظَرُ العَقْلِيُّ مَا وَرَدَ الْخِطَابُ عَلَى مَا يُعْطِيهِ الكَشْفُ وَلِذٰلِكَ كَثُرَ المُؤْمِنُونَ وَقَلَّ العَارِفُونَ أَصْحَابُ الكُشُوفِ
So He did not will [it], and so He did not guide them all; nor does He will [it]. Likewise [His words] "If He wills" [Q 6:133]: does He then will? This is something that does not happen. For His will is single in its connection, and it is a relation that follows knowledge; and knowledge is a relation that follows the object known; and the object known is you and your states. So knowledge has no effect upon the object known; rather, the object known has an effect upon the knower, for it gives him from itself what it is in its very self. The divine address has come only in accordance with what those addressed had agreed upon among themselves and what rational consideration yields; the address did not come in accordance with what unveiling yields. That is why the believers are many and the gnostics, the possessors of unveilings, are few.
On the whole passage · 1 of 6
Only Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿فمشيئته أحدية التعلق و هي نسبة تابعة للعلم والعلم نسبة تابعة للمعلوم و المعلوم أنت و أحوالك. فليس للعلم أثر في المعلوم، بل للمعلوم أثر في العلم فيعطيه من نفسه ما هو عليه في عينه. و إنما ورد الخطاب الإلهي بحسب ما تواطأ عليه المخاطبون و ما أعطاه النظر العقلي، ما ورد الخطاب على ما يعطيه الكشف. و لذلك كثر المؤمنون و قل العارفون أصحاب الكشوف. «و ما منا إلا له مقام معلوم»: و هو ما كنت به في ثبوتك ظهرت به في وجودك﴾
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Words 1–7 · 3 of 6
فَمَا شَاءَ فَمَا هَدَاهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ وَلَا يَشَاءُal-Qayṣarī
﴿فما شاء، فما هداهم أجمعين، ولا يشاء﴾
Jāmī
﴿فما شاء﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فما شاء … فما هدیهم اجمعين ولا يشاء﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فما هداكم أجمعين ولا يشاء﴾
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Words 6–10 · 2 of 6
وَلَا يَشَاءُ وَكَذَٰلِكَ إِن يَشَأْIbn Turka
﴿ولا يشاء وكذلك إن يشاء﴾
Words 8–16 · 2 of 6
وَكَذَٰلِكَ إِن يَشَأْ فَهَلْ يَشَاءُ هَذَا مَا لَا يَكُونُal-Qayṣarī
﴿وكذلك إن يشأ، فهل يشاء؟ فهذا ما لا يكون﴾
﴿إن يشأ﴾
Words 11–16 · 4 of 6
فَهَلْ يَشَاءُ هَذَا مَا لَا يَكُونُal-Qāshānī
﴿فهل يشاء هذا ما لا يكون﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فهل يشاء؟﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فهل يشاء ؟﴾
Jāmī
﴿فهل يشاء﴾
Words 13–19 · 3 of 6
هَذَا مَا لَا يَكُونُ فَمَشِيئَتُهُ أَحَدِيَّةُ التَّعَلُّقِIbn Turka
﴿هذا ما لا يكون﴾
Jāmī
﴿هذا ما لا يكون﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ما لا يكون فمشيئته أحدية التعلق﴾
Words 17–48 · 3 of 6
فَمَشِيئَتُهُ أَحَدِيَّةُ التَّعَلُّقِ وَهِيَ نِسْبَةٌ تَابِعَةٌ لِلْعِلْمِ وَالعِلْمُ نِسْبَةٌ تَابِعَةٌ لِلْمَعْلُومِ وَالمَعْلُومُ أَنتَ وَأَحْوَالُكَ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فمشيئته أحدية التعلق﴾
al-Jandī
﴿فمشيّته أحدية التعلَّق ، وهي نسبة تابعة للعلم ، والعلم نسبة تابعة للمعلوم ، والمعلوم أنت وأحوالك ، فليس للعلم أثر في المعلوم﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿فمشيئته أحدية التعلق. وهي نسبة تابعة للعلم، والعلم نسبة تابعة للمعلوم، والمعلوم أنت وأحوالك، فليس للعلم أثر في المعلوم، بل للمعلوم أثر في العالم،فيعطيه من نفسه ما هو عليه في عينه﴾
Words 20–40 · 4 of 6
وَهِيَ نِسْبَةٌ تَابِعَةٌ لِلْعِلْمِ وَالعِلْمُ نِسْبَةٌ تَابِعَةٌ لِلْمَعْلُومِ وَالمَعْلُومُ أَنتَ وَأَحْوَالُكَ فَلَيْسَ لِلْعِلْمِ أَثَرٌ …al-Qāshānī
﴿وهي نسبة تابعة للعلم ، والعلم نسبة تابعة للمعلوم ، والمعلوم أنت وأحوالك﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وهي نسبة تابعة للعلم . والعلم نسبة تابعة للمعلوم ، والمعلوم أنت وأحوالك ، فليس للعالم أثر في المعلوم ، بل للمعلوم أثر في العالم﴾
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Jāmī
﴿وهي نسبة﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿نسبة تابعة للعلم﴾
Jāmī
﴿تابعة للعلم﴾
Words 24–29 · 2 of 6
وَالعِلْمُ نِسْبَةٌ تَابِعَةٌ لِلْمَعْلُومِ وَالمَعْلُومُ أَنتَJāmī
﴿والعلم نسبة تابعة للمعلوم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿والعلم نسبة نابعة للمعلوم والمعلوم أنت﴾
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Jāmī
﴿والمعلوم أنت وأحوالك﴾
Words 30–40 · 4 of 6
وَأَحْوَالُكَ فَلَيْسَ لِلْعِلْمِ أَثَرٌ فِي المَعْلُومِ بَلْ لِلْمَعْلُومِ أَثَرٌ فِي العَالَمِal-Qāshānī
﴿فليس للعلم أثر في المعلوم﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿فليس للعلم أثر … والعلم نسبة تابعة للمعلوم﴾
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Jāmī
﴿فليس للعلم أثر في المعلوم بل للمعلوم أثر في العلم﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿وأحوالك فليس للعلم أثر للمعلوم﴾
Words 36–61 · 3 of 6
بَلْ لِلْمَعْلُومِ أَثَرٌ فِي العَالَمِ فَيُعْطِيهِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ مَا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ فِي عَيْنِهِ وَإِنَّمَا …al-Qāshānī
﴿بل للمعلوم أثر في العلم ، فيعطيه من نفسه ما هو عليه في عينه ، وإنما ورد الخطاب الإلهي بحسب ما تواطأ عليه المخاطبون ، وما أعطاه النظر العقلي﴾
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al-Jandī
﴿بل للمعلوم أثر في العلم فيعطيه من نفسه ما هو عليه في عينه﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿بل للمعلوم أثر﴾
Words 41–48 · 3 of 6
فَيُعْطِيهِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ مَا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ فِي عَيْنِهِIbn Turka
﴿فيعطيه من نفسه ما هو عليه في عينه … وإنما ورد الخطاب الإلهي﴾
Jāmī
﴿من نفسه ما هو عليه في عينه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿من نفسه﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ما هو عليه في عينه وإنما ورد الخطاب الإلهي بحسب ما تواطأ عليه المخاطبون و … ما أعطاه النظر العقلي﴾
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Words 49–75 · 3 of 6
وَإِنَّمَا وَرَدَ الْخِطَابُ الإِلٰهِيُّ بِحَسَبِ مَا تَوَاطَأَ عَلَيْهِ المُخَاطَبُونَ وَمَا أَعْطَاهُ النَّظَرُ العَقْلِيُّ مَا …al-Jandī
﴿وإنّما ورد الخطاب الإلهي بحسب ما تواطأ عليه المخاطبون وما أعطاه النظر العقلي ، ما ورد الخطاب على ما يعطيه الكشف . ولذلك كثر المؤمنون وقلّ العارفون أصحاب الكشوف﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿وإنما ورد الخطاب الإلهي بحسب ما تواطأ عليه المخاطبون وما أعطاه النظر العقلي ما ورد الخطاب على ما يعطيه الكشف. ولذلك كثر المؤمنون وقل العارفون وأصحاب الكشوف﴾
Jāmī
﴿وإنما ورد الخطاب الإلهي بحسب ما تواطأ … عليه المخاطبون﴾
Words 53–61 · 1 of 6
بِحَسَبِ مَا تَوَاطَأَ عَلَيْهِ المُخَاطَبُونَ وَمَا أَعْطَاهُ النَّظَرُ العَقْلِيُّOnly Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿بحسب ما تواطأ عليه المخاطبون ، وما أعطاه النظر العقليّ﴾
Jāmī
﴿ما أعطاه النظر العقلي ما ورد﴾
Words 61–68 · 3 of 6
العَقْلِيُّ مَا وَرَدَ الْخِطَابُ عَلَى مَا يُعْطِيهِ الكَشْفُal-Qāshānī
﴿ما ورد الخطاب على ما يعطيه الكشف﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ما ورد عليه الخطاب على ما يعطيه الكشف﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿ما ورد الخطاب على … ما يعطيه الكشف﴾
Jāmī
﴿ما يعطيه الكشف﴾
Words 69–75 · 4 of 6
وَلِذٰلِكَ كَثُرَ المُؤْمِنُونَ وَقَلَّ العَارِفُونَ أَصْحَابُ الكُشُوفِal-Qāshānī
﴿ولذلك كثر المؤمنون وقل العارفون أصحاب الكشوف﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ولذلك كثر المؤمنون﴾
Jāmī
﴿ولذلك كثر المؤمنون﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿كثر المؤمنون وقل العارفون أصحاب الكشوف﴾
Words 72–75 · 2 of 6
وَقَلَّ العَارِفُونَ أَصْحَابُ الكُشُوفِIbn Turka
﴿وقلّ العارفون - أصحاب الكشوف﴾
Jāmī
﴿وقل العارفون أصحاب الكشوف﴾
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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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