The Meccan Revelations

Manuscript volume 27 · Page 210

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Arabic

وعلم الحدود؛ وعلم الطاعة والمعصية؛ وعلم الشهادات والأقضية.

(العشائر والمعاشرة والصحبة)

وعلم العشائر وهي الجماعة التي ترجع إلى عقد واحد كعقد العشرة، ولهٰذا سمي الزوج بالعشير لأن اجتماع الزوجين كان عن عقد، والمعاشرة (هي) الصحبة، فالعشائر الأصحاب، والمرء على دين خليله؛ فقد عقد معه على ما هو عليه وحينئذ يكون قد عاشره.

قال تعالى: ﴿وعاشِرُوهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ﴾ [النساء: ١٩] أي صاحبوهن بما يعرف أنه تدوم بينكما الصحبة به والمعاشرة؛ وعلم العزة والمنع؛ وعلم صنوف التجارات؛ وعلم فضل الرجل على المرأة بماذا كان وما الكمال الذي تشارك فيه المرأة الرجل؟

(الإيمان والعناية ومراتب الخلفاء)

وعلم أصحاب الحقوق؛ وعلم التقديس؛ وعلم العناية الإلهية؛ وعلم مراتب الخلفاء؛ وعلم ما حقيقة الإيمان؛ وعلم المعيات[93]؛ وعلم ما يرغب فيه ويتمنى تحصيله؛ وعلم الموت؛ وعلم ما هو لله وللخلق.

وعلم الفرق بين نصيب الحسنة ونصيب السيئة؛ وعلم التوقيت وما يوقت مما لا يدخله التوقيت؛ وعلم حرمة المؤمن ومكانته؛ وعلم الهجرة؛

Notes

[93]

(وردت «المعيبات» بالعين، وأُبقيت كما هي.)

English

knowledge of limits; knowledge of obedience and disobedience; and knowledge of testimonies and judgments.

(Clans, Association, and Companionship)

Knowledge of clans, ʿashaʾir: a group referring back to a single knot, like the knot of ten, ʿashara. Hence a spouse is called ʿashīr, for the spouses’ union arose from a contract, ʿaqd. Association, muʿāshara, is companionship, so clans are companions. A person follows the religion of his intimate friend: he has bound himself to him according to what he is upon, and only then has he associated with him.

He Most High said, “Associate with them according to recognized good” [al-Nisa 4:19]: that is, keep company with them through what is known to make companionship and association between you endure. Knowledge of might and prevention; knowledge of kinds of commerce; and knowledge of what gives man superiority over woman, and what perfection woman shares with man.

(Faith, Providential Care, and the Ranks of Vicegerents)

Knowledge of those possessing rights; knowledge of sanctification; knowledge of divine providential care; knowledge of the ranks of vicegerents; knowledge of the reality of faith; knowledge of withnesses[93]; knowledge of what is desired and wished to be attained; knowledge of death; and knowledge of what belongs to God and to creation.

Knowledge of the difference between the portion of a good deed and the portion of an evil deed; knowledge of assigning times, and of what is timed as distinct from what admits no timing; knowledge of the believer’s inviolability and standing; knowledge of emigration;

Notes

[93]

(The reading maʿībāt, “blemishes,” with the letter ʿayn, occurs and has been retained as it stands.)

Translator’s note: The supplied body text reads maʿiyyāt, “withnesses,” while the original editorial note quotes a different spelling. Both have been retained.

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