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هو الحب فاسلم بالحشا ما الهوى سهل

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39 · 12 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word

فَنَافِسْ بِبَذْلِ النَّفْسِ فِيهَا أَخَا الهَوَى فَإِنْ قَبِلَتْهَا مِنْكَ يَا حَبَّذَا البَذْلُ

So vie, by giving up your self for her, O brother of passion, / and if she accepts it from you, how excellent is the giving!

On the whole passage · 1 of 2

Only al-Nābulusī comments here.

al-Nābulusī

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 128 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 128, the commentary on this passage

Words 1–1 · 1 of 2

فَنَافِسْ

Only al-Būrīnī comments here.

al-Būrīnī

﴿فنافس﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 127 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 127, the commentary on this passage

Verses 39–40 are printed together, with one commentary on all of them; this gloss is on the words of this verse.

Words 4–6 · 1 of 2

فِيهَا أَخَا الهَوَى

Only al-Nābulusī comments here.

al-Nābulusī

﴿فيها﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 128 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 128, the commentary on this passage

Verses 39–40 are printed together, with one commentary on all of them; this gloss is on the words of this verse.

﴿أخا الهوى﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 128 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 128, the commentary on this passage

Verses 39–40 are printed together, with one commentary on all of them; this gloss is on the words of this verse.

al-Būrīnī

﴿فان قبلتها منك﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 127 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 127, the commentary on this passage

Verses 39–40 are printed together, with one commentary on all of them; this gloss is on the words of this verse.

al-Nābulusī

﴿فان قبلتها﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 128 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 128, the commentary on this passage

Verses 39–40 are printed together, with one commentary on all of them; this gloss is on the words of this verse.

al-Būrīnī

﴿فيا حبذا البذل﴾

Quotes words that differ from our text (wavy underline).

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 127 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 127, the commentary on this passage

Verses 39–40 are printed together, with one commentary on all of them; this gloss is on the words of this verse.

al-Nābulusī

﴿منك﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 128 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 128, the commentary on this passage

Verses 39–40 are printed together, with one commentary on all of them; this gloss is on the words of this verse.

﴿يا حبذا﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 128 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 128, the commentary on this passage

Verses 39–40 are printed together, with one commentary on all of them; this gloss is on the words of this verse.

Words 12–12 · 1 of 2

البَذْلُ

Only al-Nābulusī comments here.

al-Nābulusī

﴿البذل﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 128 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 128, the commentary on this passage

Verses 39–40 are printed together, with one commentary on all of them; this gloss is on the words of this verse.

Arabic of the commentaries from our collation of two OCRs of the printed edition, with disagreements settled by AI against the page image (each comment links to its page scan); passages matched to the commentators' quotations automatically.English translations of the commentaries and of the passage are AI (Claude) and marked. Differences are computed by comparing the words each commentator quotes with our working text; they may reflect a different manuscript reading, a paraphrase, or an alignment error. About this text.