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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ حَقِّيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ إِسْحَاقِيَّةٍ
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فِدَاءُ نَبِيٍّ ذَبْحٌ ذِبْحٍ لِقُرْبَانٍ وَأَيْنَ ثَواجُ الكَبْشِ مِنْ نُوسِ إِنْسَانِ وَعَظَّمَهُ اللَّهُ العَظِيمُ عِنَايَةً بِنا أَوْ بِهِ لَا أَدْرِ مِنْ أَيِّ مِيزَانِ وَلَا شَكَّ أَنَّ البُدْنَ أَعْظَمُ قِيمَةً وَقَدْ نَزَلَتْ عَنْ ذَبْحِ كَبْشٍ لِقُرْبَانِ فَيَا لَيْتَ شَعْرِي كَيْفَ نَابَ بِذَاتِهِ شُخَيْصُ كُبَيْشٍ عَنْ خَلِيفَةِ رَحْمَانِ أَلَمْ تَدْرِ أَنَّ الأَمْرَ فِيهِ مُرَتَّبٌ وَفَاءٌ لِإِرْبَاحٍ وَنَقْصٌ لِخُسْرَانِ
The ransom of a prophet is the slaughter of a victim for an offering; yet how far is the bleating of the ram from the [voice and stirring] of a human being! And God, the Mighty, made it mighty [cf. Q 37:107, 'a mighty sacrifice'], out of solicitude for us or for him; I do not know by which scale. There is no doubt that sacrificial camels are greater in value, yet they fall below the slaughter of a ram for an offering. Would that I knew how, by its very self, the slight little form of a little ram could stand in for the vicegerent of the All-Merciful! Do you not know that the matter in it is ordered [by rank]: full measure for gains, and shortfall for loss?
On the whole passage · 2 of 5
Jāmī
﴿وعظمه الله العظيم عناية %~% بنا أو به لا أدر من أي ميزان ولا شك أن البدن أعظم قيمة %~% وقد نزلت عن ذبح كبش لقربان فيا ليت شعري كيف ناب بذاته %~% شخيص كبيش عن خليفة رحمان ألم تدر أن الأمر فيه مرتب %~% وفاء لإرباح ونقص لخسران؟ فلا خلق أعلى من جماد وبعده %~% نبات على قدر يكون وأوزان﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿و لا شك أن البدن أعظم قيمة %~% و قد نزلت عن ذبح كبش لقربان فيا ليت شعري كيف ناب بذاته %~% شخيص كبيش عن خليفة رحمان ألم تدر أن الأمر فيه مرتب ... وفاء لإرباح و نقص لخسران؟ فلا خلق أعلى من جماد و بعده %~% نبات على قدر يكون و أوزان و ذو الحس بعد النبت والكل عارف %~% بخلاف كشفا و إيضاح برهان﴾
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Words 1–24 · 5 of 5
فِدَاءُ نَبِيٍّ ذَبْحٌ ذِبْحٍ لِقُرْبَانٍ وَأَيْنَ ثَواجُ الكَبْشِ مِنْ نُوسِ إِنْسَانِ وَعَظَّمَهُ اللَّهُ العَظِيمُ …al-Qāshānī
﴿فداء نبي ذبح ذبح لقربان %~% وأين ثؤاج الكبش من نوس إنسان﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿فداء نبي ذبح ذبح لقربان %~% وأين ثواج الكبش من نوس إنسان﴾
﴿فداء نبي﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فداء نبيّ ذبح ذبح لقربان﴾
Jāmī
﴿فداء نبي ذبح لقربان %~% و أين ثؤاج الكبش من نوس إنسان﴾
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﴿فداء نبي﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فداء نبي ذبح لقربان %~% و أين ثؤاج الكبش من نوس إنسان و عظمه الله العظيم عناية ... بنا أو به لا أدر من أي ميزان﴾
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﴿فداء نبي ذبح ذبح لقربان %~% وأين ثؤاج الكبش من نوس إنسان﴾
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Bālī Zāde's gloss, printed inside al-Qāshānī's commentary in the ibnalarabi.com text (line 3331); moved here
Jāmī
﴿ذبح ذبح﴾
Words 6–11 · 2 of 5
وَأَيْنَ ثَواجُ الكَبْشِ مِنْ نُوسِ إِنْسَانِIbn Turka
﴿وأين ثؤاج الكبش من نوس إنسان﴾
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Jāmī
﴿وأين ثواج الكبش﴾
Words 12–23 · 5 of 5
وَعَظَّمَهُ اللَّهُ العَظِيمُ عِنَايَةً بِنا أَوْ بِهِ لَا أَدْرِ مِنْ أَيِّ مِيزَانِal-Qāshānī
﴿وعظمه الله العظيم عناية %~% به أو بنا لم أدر من أي ميزان﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿وعظمه الله العظيم عناية به أو بنا، لم أدر من أي ميزان﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿وعظَّمه الله العظيم﴾
Jāmī
﴿الله العظيم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وعظمه الله العظيم عناية %~% به أو بنا لم أدر من أي ميزان﴾
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Bālī Zāde's gloss, printed inside al-Qāshānī's commentary in the ibnalarabi.com text (line 3345); moved here
﴿وعظمة الله العظيم﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿عناية بنا﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿أو به﴾
Words 19–23 · 3 of 5
لَا أَدْرِ مِنْ أَيِّ مِيزَانِal-Qayṣarī
﴿لم أدر من أي ميزان﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿لا أدر﴾
Jāmī
﴿لا أدر﴾
Words 24–35 · 5 of 5
وَلَا شَكَّ أَنَّ البُدْنَ أَعْظَمُ قِيمَةً وَقَدْ نَزَلَتْ عَنْ ذَبْحِ كَبْشٍ لِقُرْبَانِal-Qāshānī
﴿ولا شك أن البدن أعظم قيمة %~% وقد نزلت عن ذبح كبش لقربان﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿ولا شك أن البدن أعظم قيمة %~% وقد نزلت عن ذبح كبش لقربان﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ولا شكّ أنّ البدن أعظم قيمة %~% وقد نزلت عن ذبح كبش لقربان﴾
Jāmī
﴿ولا شك أن البدن﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ولا شك أن البدن أعظم قيمة %~% وقد نزلت عن ذبح كبش لقربان﴾
Bālī Zāde's gloss, printed inside al-Qāshānī's commentary in the ibnalarabi.com text (line 3357); moved here
﴿ولا شك أن البدن﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿أعظم قيمة﴾
Jāmī
﴿وقد نزلت﴾
Jāmī
﴿عن ذبح كبش القربان﴾
Words 36–46 · 5 of 5
فَيَا لَيْتَ شَعْرِي كَيْفَ نَابَ بِذَاتِهِ شُخَيْصُ كُبَيْشٍ عَنْ خَلِيفَةِ رَحْمَانِal-Qāshānī
﴿فيا ليت شعري كيف ناب بذاته %~% شخيص كبيش عن خليقة رحمن﴾
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al-Qayṣarī
﴿فياليت شعري كيف ناب بذاته %~% شخيص كبيش عن خليفة رحمان﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿فيا ليت شعري كيف ناب بذاته %~% شخيص كبيش عن خليفة رحمان﴾
Jāmī
﴿فيا ليت شعري كيف نابت بذاته شخيص إلى كبش﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فيا ليت شعري كيف ناب بذاته %~% شخيص كبيش عن خليقة رحمن﴾
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Bālī Zāde's gloss, printed inside al-Qāshānī's commentary in the ibnalarabi.com text (line 3362); moved here
﴿فيا ليت شعري كيف ناب بذاته ، شخيص الكبش … عن خليفة رحمان﴾
Words 47–56 · 5 of 5
أَلَمْ تَدْرِ أَنَّ الأَمْرَ فِيهِ مُرَتَّبٌ وَفَاءٌ لِإِرْبَاحٍ وَنَقْصٌ لِخُسْرَانِal-Qāshānī
﴿ألم تدر أن الأمر فيه مرتب %~% وفاء لإرباح ونقص لخسران﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿ألم تدر أن الأمر فيه مرتب %~% وفاء لإرباح ونقص لخسران؟﴾
﴿ألم تدر﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ألم تدر أن الأمر فيه مرتّب %~% وفاء لإرباح ونقص لخسران﴾
Jāmī
﴿ألم تدر أن الأمر، أي أمر الوجود فيه﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿ألم تدر أن الأمر فيه مرتب %~% وفاء لإرباح ونقص لخسران﴾
Bālī Zāde's gloss, printed inside al-Qāshānī's commentary in the ibnalarabi.com text (line 3373); moved here
﴿ألم تدر﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ونقص لخسران﴾
Sources: where each commentator's text comes from
- 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
Digital text: OpenITI barzakh, 0751DawudQaysari.MatlacKhususKalam.IAC00085-ara1 (commit 6b19bdc)
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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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