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فَصُّ حِكْمَةٍ حَقِّيَّةٍ فِي كَلِمَةٍ إِسْحَاقِيَّةٍ
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فَمِنْ حَيْثُ الحِفْظُ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا الحَقُّ وَلَكِنَّ مَا حِفْظُهُ لَهَا لَيْسَ حِفْظَ الحَقِّ وَقَدْ بَيَّنَّا الفَرْقَ وَمِنْ حَيْثُ مَا غَفَلَ عَنْ صُورَةٍ مَا وَحَضْرَتِهَا فَقَدْ تَمَيَّزَ العَبْدُ مِنَ الحَقِّ وَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ يَتَمَيَّزَ مَعَ بَقَاءِ الحِفْظِ لِجَمِيعِ الصُّوَرِ بِحِفْظِهِ صُورَةً وَاحِدَةً مِنْهَا فِي الحَضْرَةِ الَّتِي مَا غَفَلَ عَنْهَا فَهَذَا حِفْظٌ بِالتَّضَمُّنِ وَحِفْظُ الحَقِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ بَلْ حِفْظُهُ لِكُلِّ صُورَةٍ عَلَى التَّعْيِينِ وَهَذِهِ مَسْأَلَةٌ أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّهُ مَا سَطَرَهَا أَحَدٌ فِي كِتَابٍ لَا أَنَا وَلَا غَيْرِي إِلَّا فِي هَذَا الكِتَابِ فَهِيَ يَتِيمَةُ الوَقْتِ فَرِيدَتُهُ
So, insofar as [there is] the preserving of what has been created [by him], it is his [right] to say "I am the Real" (anā al-ḥaqq). But his preserving of them is not the Real's preserving; we have already made the difference clear. And insofar as he has been heedless of some form and its presence, the servant has become distinct from the Real. And he must inevitably become distinct, while the preserving of all the forms nonetheless remains through his preserving of a single one of them in the presence of which he has not been heedless. This is preserving by implication (bi-l-taḍammun). The Real's preserving of what He has created is not like that; rather, His preserving is of each form specifically and individually. This is a question about which I was informed that no one has set it down in a book, neither I nor anyone else, except in this book. So it is the orphan pearl of the time, its unique gem.
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al-Qāshānī
﴿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 غيرى إلا في هذا الكتاب ، فهي يتيمة الوقت﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿وهذه مسألة أخبرت أنه ما سطرها أحد في كتاب لا أنا ولا غيري إلا في هذا الكتاب: فهي يتيمة الدهر وفريدته. فإياك أن تغفل عنها فإن تلك الحضرة التي يبقي لك الحضور فيها مع الصورة، مثلها مثل الكتاب الذي قال الله فيه «ما فرطنا في الكتاب من شيء» [الأنعام: 38]. فهو الجامع للواقع وغير قرآنا في نفسه فإن المتقي الله «يجعل له فرقانا»﴾
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Words 1–10 · 1 of 5
فَمِنْ حَيْثُ الحِفْظُ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا الحَقُّOnly Jāmī comments here.
Jāmī
﴿فمن حيث الحفظ لما خلق له أن يقول: أنا الحق﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿له أن يقول: أنا الحق﴾
Words 11–18 · 4 of 5
وَلَكِنَّ مَا حِفْظُهُ لَهَا لَيْسَ حِفْظَ الحَقِّ وَقَدْal-Qayṣarī
﴿ولكن ما حفظه لها حفظ الحق المبين﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿ولكن ما حفظه لها حفظ الحقّ ، وقد بيّنا الفرق … ومن حيث ما غفل عن صورة ما وحضرتها﴾
Jāmī
﴿ولكن ما حفظه لها﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿ولكن ما حفظه﴾
Jāmī
﴿حفظ الحق … وقد بينا الفرق … من حيث ما غفل العبد﴾
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Words 18–33 · 2 of 5
وَقَدْ بَيَّنَّا الفَرْقَ وَمِنْ حَيْثُ مَا غَفَلَ عَنْ صُورَةٍ مَا وَحَضْرَتِهَا فَقَدْ تَمَيَّزَ العَبْدُ …al-Qāshānī
﴿وقد بينا الفرق ، ومن حيث ما غفل عن صورة ما وحضرتها فقد تميز العبد من الحق﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿وقد بينا الفرق﴾
al-Qayṣarī
﴿ومن حيث ما غفل عن صورة ما﴾
Words 25–28 · 2 of 5
عَنْ صُورَةٍ مَا وَحَضْرَتِهَاal-Qayṣarī
﴿عن صورة ما. وحضرتها﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿عن صورة ما وحضرتها﴾
Words 29–55 · 4 of 5
فَقَدْ تَمَيَّزَ العَبْدُ مِنَ الحَقِّ وَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ يَتَمَيَّزَ مَعَ بَقَاءِ الحِفْظِ لِجَمِيعِ الصُّوَرِ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿فقد تميز العبد من الحق، ولا بد أن يتميز مع بقاء الحفظ لجميع الصور لحفظه صورة واحدة منها في الحضرة التي ما غفل عنها. فهذا حفظ بالتضمن﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿فقد تميّز العبد من الحقّ﴾
Jāmī
﴿فقد تميز العبد من الحق﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿فقد تميز العبد من الحق﴾
Words 34–55 · 3 of 5
وَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ يَتَمَيَّزَ مَعَ بَقَاءِ الحِفْظِ لِجَمِيعِ الصُّوَرِ بِحِفْظِهِ صُورَةً وَاحِدَةً مِنْهَا فِي …Ibn Turka
﴿ولا بدّ أن يتميّز مع بقاء الحفظ لجميع الصور﴾
Jāmī
﴿ولا بد أن يتميز مع بقاء الحفظ لجميع الصور لحفظه صورة واحدة منها في الحضرة التي ما غفل عنها فهذا هو حفظه﴾
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Bālī Zāde
﴿ولا بد أن يتميز﴾
Words 38–51 · 1 of 5
مَعَ بَقَاءِ الحِفْظِ لِجَمِيعِ الصُّوَرِ بِحِفْظِهِ صُورَةً وَاحِدَةً مِنْهَا فِي الحَضْرَةِ الَّتِي مَا غَفَلَOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿مع بقاء الحفظ لجميع الصور بحفظ صورة واحدة منها في الحضرة التي ما غفل﴾
Words 44–67 · 1 of 5
صُورَةً وَاحِدَةً مِنْهَا فِي الحَضْرَةِ الَّتِي مَا غَفَلَ عَنْهَا فَهَذَا حِفْظٌ بِالتَّضَمُّنِ وَحِفْظُ الحَقِّ …Only Ibn Turka comments here.
Ibn Turka
﴿صورة واحدة منها في الحضرة التي ما غفل عنها فهذا حفظ بالتضمّن ، وحفظ الحقّ ما خلق ليس كذلك ، بل حفظه لكلّ صورة على التعيين﴾
Words 54–67 · 1 of 5
حِفْظٌ بِالتَّضَمُّنِ وَحِفْظُ الحَقِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ بَلْ حِفْظُهُ لِكُلِّ صُورَةٍ عَلَى التَّعْيِينِOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿حفظ بالتضمن وحفظ الحق ما خلق ليس كذلك بل حفظه لكل صورة على التعيين﴾
Words 56–70 · 2 of 5
وَحِفْظُ الحَقِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ بَلْ حِفْظُهُ لِكُلِّ صُورَةٍ عَلَى التَّعْيِينِ وَهَذِهِ مَسْأَلَةٌ …al-Qayṣarī
﴿وحفظ الحق ما خلق﴾
Jāmī
﴿وحفظ الحق ما خلق ليس كذلك بل حفظه لكل صورة على التعيين وهذه مسألة أخبرت﴾
Words 60–67 · 1 of 5
لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ بَلْ حِفْظُهُ لِكُلِّ صُورَةٍ عَلَى التَّعْيِينِOnly al-Qayṣarī comments here.
al-Qayṣarī
﴿ليس كذلك، بل حفظه لكل صورة على التعيين﴾
Words 70–93 · 2 of 5
أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّهُ مَا سَطَرَهَا أَحَدٌ فِي كِتَابٍ لَا أَنَا وَلَا غَيْرِي إِلَّا فِي هَذَا …al-Qayṣarī
﴿أنه ما سطرها أحد في كتاب، لا أنا ولا غيري، إلا في هذا الكتاب، فهي يتيمة الوقت و فريدته. فإياك أن تغفل عنها﴾
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Ibn Turka
﴿أخبرت أنّه ما سطرها أحد في كتاب - لا أنا ، ولا غيري - إلَّا في هذا الكتاب﴾
Words 72–85 · 1 of 5
مَا سَطَرَهَا أَحَدٌ فِي كِتَابٍ لَا أَنَا وَلَا غَيْرِي إِلَّا فِي هَذَا الكِتَابِ فَهِيَOnly Bālī Zāde comments here.
Bālī Zāde
﴿ما سطرها احد في كتاب لا أنا ولا غيري إلا في هذا الكتاب فهي﴾
Words 85–92 · 2 of 5
فَهِيَ يَتِيمَةُ الوَقْتِ فَرِيدَتُهُIbn Turka
﴿فهي يتيمة الوقت فريدته﴾
Bālī Zāde
﴿يتيمة الوقت وفريدته فإياك أن تغفل عنها﴾
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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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