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Fragments of an unidentified collection of panegyrical poems in praise of the Prophet Muḥammad : manuscript

Title
Fragments of an unidentified collection of panegyrical poems in praise of the Prophet Muḥammad : manuscript.
Production
Place not identified, 18th century.
Physical Description
1 volume (3 leaves) ; 26 cm
Language
Arabic
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Incipit: The beginning is missing. Text starts with: "... fa-kam karbun la-hu minka injilāʼ. Wa-kam laka Yā Rasūla Allāhi faḍlun // taḍīqu al-arḍu ʻanhu wa-al-samāʼu. Aqilnī min dhunūbin athqalatnī // fa-anta li-ʻillatī niʻma al-dawāʼu. Wa-khudh bi-yadī fa-innī ʻabdu sūʼin // ʻalá kasbi al-dhunūbi liya ijtirāʼu ..."
البداية مفقودة. يبدأ النص كما يلي: "... فكم كربٍ له منك انجلاء. وكم لك يا رسول الله فضلٌ // تضيق الأرض عنه والسماءُ. أقلني من ذنوبٍ أثقلتني // فأنت لعلّتي نعم الدواءُ. وخذ بيدي فإنّي عبد سوءٍ // على كسب الذنوب لي اجتراءُ ..."
Secundo folio: Qaraʼnā fī al-ḍuḥá wa-la-sawfa yuʻṭá // fa-sarra qulūbanā hādhā al-duʻāʼu.
بداية الورقة الثانية: قرأنا في الضحى ولسوف يعطى // فسر قلوبنا هذا الدعاءُ.
17.5 x 25.5 cm; written surface: 9.5 x 20 cm; 11 lines per page.
Binding: Unbound (loose leaves).
Script: In large good naskh script, in black ink, on thick white paper; text fully vocalized; headings and markings in red; some notes and corrections on the margins; catchwords.
Colophon: No colophon. Text ends abruptly with verses from the "Bāʼīyah Qaṣīdah", as follows: "... Nabīyu Allāhi khayru al-khalqi ṭurran // la-hu aʻlá al-manāṣibi wa-al-marātib. La-hu al-jāhu al-rafīʻu la-hu al-maʻālī // la-hu al-sharafu al-muʼayyadu wa-al-manāqib. Fa-law annā saʻaynā kulla yawmin // ʻalá al-aqdāmi lā fawqa al-najāʼib. Wa-law ..."
الخاتمة: لا يوجد خاتمة. ينتهي النص فجأة بأبيات من "قصيده بائية"، كما يلي: "... نبيّ الله خير الخلق طرًّا // له أعلى المناصب والمراتب. له الجاه الرفيع له المعالي // له الشرف المؤيّد والمناقب. فلو أنّا سعينا كل يومٍ // على الأقدام لا فوقَ النجائب. ولو ..."
In Arabic.
Forms part of the Hartford Seminary Collection. For a description of the collection, search by call number: Hartford Seminary.
Provenance
Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Fragments of an unidentified collection of panegyrical poems in praise of the Prophet Muḥammad. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
January 08, 2024
References
Fragments of an unidentified collection of panegyrical poems in praise of the Prophet Muḥammad. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Fragments of an unidentified collection of panegyrical poems in praise of the Prophet Muḥammad. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Arabic - 18th century.
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