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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ حَقِّيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ إِسْحَاقِيَّةٍ
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فَإِذَا غَفَلَ العَارِفُ عَنْ حَضْرَةٍ مَا أَوْ عَنْ حَضَرَاتٍ وَهُوَ شَاهِدُ حَضْرَةٍ مَا مِنَ الحَضَرَاتِ حَافِظٌ لِمَا فِيهَا مِنْ صُورَةِ خَلْقِهِ انْحَفَظَتْ جَمِيعُ الصُّوَرِ بِحِفْظِهِ تِلْكَ الصُّورَةَ الوَاحِدَةَ فِي الحَضْرَةِ الَّتِي مَا غَفَلَ عَنْهَا لِأَنَّ الغَفْلَةَ مَا تَعُمُّ قَطُّ لَا فِي العُمُومِ وَلَا فِي الخُصُوصِ وَقَدْ أَوْضَحْتُ هُنَا سِرًّا لَمْ يَزَلْ أَهْلُ اللَّهِ يَغَارُونَ عَلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا أَنْ يَظْهَرَ لِمَا فِيهِ مِنْ رَدِّ دَعْوَاهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ الحَقُّ فَإِنَّ الحَقَّ لَا يَغْفُلُ وَالعَبْدُ لَا بُدَّ لَهُ أَنْ يَغْفُلَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ دُونَ شَيْءٍ
So when the knower (ʿārif) becomes heedless of some presence, or of [several] presences, while he is witnessing some one of the presences, preserving the form of his creation that is in it, all the forms are preserved through his preserving that one form in the presence of which he was not heedless. For heedlessness is never all-encompassing, neither in general nor in particular. Here I have made plain a mystery whose disclosure the folk of God have ever been jealous to guard against, because it contains a refutation of their claim that they are the Real. For the Real is not heedless, whereas the servant cannot but be heedless of one thing rather than another.
On the whole passage · 2 of 6
al-Qāshānī
﴿وقد أوضحت هنا سرا لم تزل أهل الله يغارون على مثل هذا أن ينظر لما فيه من رد دعواهم أنهم الحق ، فإن الحق لا يغفل والعبد لا بد له أن يغفل عن شيء دون شيء فمن حيث الحفظ لما خلق له أن يقول له : أنا الحق ،ولكن ما حفظه لها حفظ الحق﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿وقد أوضحت هنا سرا لم تزل أهل الله يغارون على مثل هذا أن ينظر لما فيه من رد دعواهم أنهم الحق ، فإن الحق لا يغفل والعبد لا بد له أن يغفل عن شيء دون شيء فمن حيث الحفظ لما خلق له أن يقول له : أنا الحق ،ولكن ما حفظه لها حفظ الحق﴾
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Bālī Zāde's gloss, printed inside al-Qāshānī's commentary in the ibnalarabi.com text (line 3807); moved here
﴿وقد أوضحت هنا سرا لم تزل أهل الله يغارون على مثل هذا أن ينظر لما فيه من رد دعواهم أنهم الحق ، فإن الحق لا يغفل والعبد لا بد له أن يغفل عن شيء دون شيء فمن حيث الحفظ لما خلق له أن يقول له : أنا الحق ،ولكن ما حفظه لها حفظ الحق﴾
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Words 1–18 · 2 of 6
فَإِذَا غَفَلَ العَارِفُ عَنْ حَضْرَةٍ مَا أَوْ عَنْ حَضَرَاتٍ وَهُوَ شَاهِدُ حَضْرَةٍ مَا مِنَ …Jāmī
﴿فإذا غفل العارف عن حضرة ما أو عن حضرات وهو شاهد حضرة ما من الحضرات حافظ لما فيها﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فإذا غفل العارف عن حضرة ما أو عن حضرات وهو شاهد حضرة ما من الحضرات حافظ لما فيها من صور خلقه انحفظت جميع الصور بحفظه تلك الصورة الواحدة في الحضرة التي ما غفل … عنها لأن الغفلة ما تعم قط﴾
Words 10–45 · 1 of 6
وَهُوَ شَاهِدُ حَضْرَةٍ مَا مِنَ الحَضَرَاتِ حَافِظٌ لِمَا فِيهَا مِنْ صُورَةِ خَلْقِهِ انْحَفَظَتْ جَمِيعُ …Only al-Jandī comments here.
al-Jandī
﴿-وهو شاهد حضرة ما من الحضرات ، حافظ لما فيها من صور خلقه - انحفظت جميع الصور بحفظ تلك الصورة الواحدة في الحضرة التي ما غفل عنها ، لأنّ الغفلة ما تعمّ قطَّ لا في العموم ولا في الخصوص﴾
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Jāmī
﴿انحفظت جميع الصور﴾
Words 25–34 · 2 of 6
بِحِفْظِهِ تِلْكَ الصُّورَةَ الوَاحِدَةَ فِي الحَضْرَةِ الَّتِي مَا غَفَلَ عَنْهَاal-Qayṣarī
﴿تلك الصورة﴾
Jāmī
﴿بحفظ تلك الصورة الواحدة في الحضرة التي ما غفل عنها﴾
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Words 35–45 · 2 of 6
لِأَنَّ الغَفْلَةَ مَا تَعُمُّ قَطُّ لَا فِي العُمُومِ وَلَا فِي الخُصُوصِal-Qayṣarī
﴿لأن الغفلة ما تعم قط، لا في العموم ولا في الخصوص﴾
Jāmī
﴿لأن الغفلة ما تعم﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿ما تعمّ قطَّ لا في العموم﴾
Words 40–45 · 2 of 6
لَا فِي العُمُومِ وَلَا فِي الخُصُوصِJāmī
﴿لا في العموم﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿لا في العموم ولا في الخصوص﴾
Words 46–60 · 4 of 6
وَقَدْ أَوْضَحْتُ هُنَا سِرًّا لَمْ يَزَلْ أَهْلُ اللَّهِ يَغَارُونَ عَلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا أَنْ يَظْهَرَ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿وقد أوضحت هنا سرا لم يزل أهل الله يغارون على مثل هذا أن يظهر﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿وقد أوضحت هنا سرّا لم يزل أهل الله يغارون على مثل هذا أن يظهر﴾
Jāmī
﴿وقد أوضحت هنا سرا لم يزل أهل الله يغارون على مثل هذا أن يظهر لما فيه من رد دعواهم أنهم الحق، فإن الحق لا يغفل والعبد لا بد له أن يغفل عن شيء دون شيء. فمن حيث الحفظ لما خلق له أن يقول «أنا الحق»، ولكن ما حفظه لها حفظ الحق: وقد بينا الفرق. ومن حيث ما غفل عن صورة ما وحضرتها فقد تميز العبد من الحق. ولا بد أن يتميز مع بقاء الحفظ لجميع الصور بحفظه صورة واحدة منها في الحضرة التي ما غفل عنها. فهذا حفظ بالتضمن، وحفظ الحق ما خلق ليس كذلك بل حفظه لكل صورة على التعيين. وهذه مسألة أخبرت أنه ما سطرها أحد في كتاب لا أنا ولا غيري إلا في هذا الكتاب … وقد أوضحت هنا سر﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿وقد أوضحت هنا سرا لم يزل أهل الله يغارون على مثل هذا أن يظهر لما فيه من رد دعواهم أنهم الحق، فإن الحق لا يغفل والعبد لا بد له أن يغفل عن شيء دون شيء. فمن حيث الحفظ لما خلق له أن يقول «أنا الحق»، ولكن ما حفظه لها حفظ الحق: وقد بينا الفرق. ومن حيث ما غفل عن صورة ما وحضرتها فقد تميز العبد من الحق. ولا بد أن يتميز مع بقاء الحفظ لجميع الصور بحفظه صورة واحدة منها في الحضرة التي ما غفل عنها. فهذا حفظ بالتضمن، وحفظ الحق ما خلق ليس كذلك بل حفظه لكل صورة على التعيين. … وقد أوضحت هنا سر لم يزل أهل الله تعالى بغارون على مثل هذا أن يظهروا﴾
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Jāmī
﴿لم يزل أهل الله يغارون على مثل هذا … أن يظهر لما فيه﴾
Words 60–68 · 2 of 6
لِمَا فِيهِ مِنْ رَدِّ دَعْوَاهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ الحَقُّ فَإِنَّ الحَقَّal-Qayṣarī
﴿لما فيه﴾
Ibn Turka
﴿لما فيه من ردّ دعواهم أنهم الحقّ فإنّ الحق﴾
Words 62–66 · 2 of 6
مِنْ رَدِّ دَعْوَاهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ الحَقُّal-Qayṣarī
﴿من دعواهم أنهم الحق﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿من رد دعواهم أنهم الحق﴾
Words 67–86 · 2 of 6
فَإِنَّ الحَقَّ لَا يَغْفُلُ وَالعَبْدُ لَا بُدَّ لَهُ أَنْ يَغْفُلَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ دُونَ شَيْءٍal-Qayṣarī
﴿فإن الحق لا يغفل، والعبد لا بد له أن يغفل عن شئ دون شئ، فمن حيث الحفظ لما خلق﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿فإن الحق لا يغفل … والعبد لا بد له أن يغفل عن شيء دون شيء فمن حيث الحفظ لما خلق له أن يقول أنا الحق﴾
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Words 71–90 · 2 of 6
وَالعَبْدُ لَا بُدَّ لَهُ أَنْ يَغْفُلَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ دُونَ شَيْءٍIbn Turka
﴿لا بدّ له أن يغفل عن شيء دون شيء ، فمن حيث الحفظ لما خلق ، له أن يقول : « أنا الحقّ »﴾
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Jāmī
﴿والعبد لا بد له أن يغفل عن شيء دون شيء﴾
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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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