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Fragment of an unidentified treatise on Sufism : manuscript

Title
Fragment of an unidentified treatise on Sufism : manuscript.
Production
Place not identified, 18th century.
Physical Description
1 volume (34 leaves) ; 24 cm
Language
Arabic
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Incipit: The beginning is missing. Text starts with: "... yaqūlūna Rabbanā atmim lanā nūranā wa-ighfir lanā innaka ʻalá kull shayʼ qadīr, wa-qawluhu taʻālá: Wa-awfū bi-ʻahdi Allāhi idhā ʻāhadtum wa-lā tanquḍū al-aymāna baʻda tawkīdihā wa-qad jaʻaltumu Allāha ʻalaykum kafīlan inna Allāha yaʻlamu mā tafʻalūna ..."
البداية مفقودة. يبدأ النص كما يلي: "... يقولون ربّنا أتمم لنا نورنا واغفر لنا إنّك على كل شيء قدير، وقوله تعالى: وأوفوا بعهد الله إذا عاهدتم ولا تنقضوا الأيمان بعد توكيدها وقد جعلتم الله عليكم كفيلًا انّ الله يعلم ما تفعلون ..."
Secundo folio: wa-fī ṣalāt al-ḍuḥá wa-al-ishrāq.
بداية الورقة الثانية: وفي صلاة الضحى والإشراق.
17 x 23.5 cm; written surface: 9 x 15 cm; 15 lines per page.
Binding: Unbound (in 4 quires)
In fair naskh script, in black ink, on white paper; headings and marking in red; some leaves seem to be missing; catchwords.
Colophon. No colophon. Text ends abruptly as follows: "... fa-qad waqaʻa dhālika li-Sayyidī Abī al-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī, wa-li-Sayyidī Muḥammad Abī Maḥmūd al-Ḥanafī, wa-li-Sayyidī ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlī, wa-amthālihim, fa-suʼila Sayyidī ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlī man shaykhuka yā Sayyidī, fa-qāl ammā fīmā maḍá fa-kāna shaykhī Ḥammād al-Dabbāsī, wa-ammā al-ān fa-innī astaqī wa-artawī min baḥrayn, baḥr al-futūwah wa-baḥr al-nubūwah, fa-baḥr al-futūwah ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, wa-baḥr al-nubūwah al-Nabī, ṣallá Allāh ..."
الخاتمة. لا يوجد خاتمة. ينتهي النص فجأةً، كما يلي: فقد وقع ذلك لسيدي ابي الحسن الشاذلي، ولسيدي محمد أبي محمود الحنفي، ولسيدي عبد القادر الجيلي، وأمثالهم، فسئل سيدي عبد القادر الجيلي من شيخك يا سيدي، فقال أمّا فيما مضى فكان شيخي حماد الدبّاسي، وأمّا الآن فإنّي استقي وأرتوي من بحرين، بحر الفتوّة وبحر النبوّة، فبحر الفتوة علي بن أبي طالب، وبحر النبوّة النبي، صلى الله ..."
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 treatise on Sufism. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
April 05, 2024
References
Fragment of an unidentified treatise on Sufism. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Fragment of an unidentified treatise on Sufism. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Arabic - 18th century.
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