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Fragment of an unidentified collection of invocations : manuscript

Title
Fragment of an unidentified collection of invocations : manuscript.
Production
Place not identified, 18th century.
Physical Description
1 volume (12 leaves) ; 13 cm
Language
Arabic
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Incipit: The beginning is missing. Text starts as follows: "... lakum fīhā naḥnu mutawajjihūka ilayka bi-kullīyatinā fa-lā taruddanā wa-istajib lanā kamā waʻadtanā. Ilāhī ayna al-mafarru minka wa-Anta al-muḥīṭu bi-al-akwān, wa-kayfa al-barāḥu ʻanka wa-Anta alladhī qayydtanā bi-laṭāʼif al-iḥsān ..."
البداية مفقودة. يبدأ النص كما يلي: "... لكم فيها نحن متوجّهوك إليك بكلّيّتنا فلا تردّنا واستجب لنا كما وعدتنا. إلهي أين المفرّ منك وأنت المحيط بالأكوان، وكيف البراح عنك وأنت الذي قيّدتنا بلطائف الإحسان ..."
Secundo folio: Ilāhī bi-ḥaqqi ḥaqīqatika allatī lā tudrikuhā al-ḥaqāʼiq.
بداية الورقة الثانية: إلهي بحقّ حقيقتك التي لا تدركها الحقائق.
9 x 12.5 cm; written surface: 5.5 x 12.5 cm; 7 lines per page.
Binding: Unbound.
In large clear naskh script, in black ink, on thick white paper; text fully vocalized; some leaves seem to be missing; catchwords.
Colophon: No colophon. Text ends abruptly, as follows: "... wa-ighfir lī innaka ʻalá kull shayʼ qadīr. Yā Allāh, Yā Mālik, Yā wahhāb, hab lanā niʻmāka mā ʻalimta lanā fīhi riḍāka, wa-iksinā kiswatan taqīnā bihā min al-fitan fī jamīʻ ʻaṭāyāka, wa-qad sanā bihā ʻan kull waṣf yūjibu naqṣan mimmā ..."
الخاتمة: لا يوجد خاتمة. ينتهي النصّ فجأةً، كما يلي: "... واغفر لي إنّك على كل شيء قدير. يا الله، يا مالك، يا وهّاب، هب لنا نعماك ما علمت لنا فيه رضاك، واكسنا كسوةً تقينا بها من الفتن في جميع عطاياك، وقد سنا بها عن كل وصف يوجب نقصًا مما ..."
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
Fragment of an unidentified collection of invocations. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
January 29, 2024
References
Fragment of an unidentified collection of invocations. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Fragment of an unidentified collection of invocations. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Arabic - 18th century.
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