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Adʻiyah wa-ṣalawāt : manuscript

Title
Adʻiyah wa-ṣalawāt : manuscript.
أدعية وصلوات : مخطوطة.
Production
Place not identified, 18th century.
Physical Description
1 leaf ; 17 cm
Language
Arabic
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger (based on context).
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Text starts at the back of the leaf with "Duʻāʼ Sūrat al-Qadr", as follows: "Taqraʼu Sūrat al-Qadr alf marrah fī makān khālī min al-nās, wa-anta ḥāḍir al-qalb maʻa Allāh taʻālá, wa-baʻda farāghika min al-qirāʼh faqra [fa-iqraʼ] al-asmāʼ al-ātī dhikruhā ʻalá niṣfayn ..."
يبدأ النص على ظهر الورقة بـِ "دعاء سورة القدر"، كما يلي: "تقرأ سورة القدر ألف مرة في مكان خالي من الناس، وأنت حاضر القلب مع الله تعالى، وبعد فراغك من القراءة فقر [فاقرأ] الأسماء الآتي ذكرها على نصفين ..."
Text ends abruptly with "Duʻāʼ Alam nashraḥ", as follows: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Allāhumma innī asʼaluka, Yā Ilāh al-awwalīn wa-al-ākhirīn bi-'A-lam nashraḥ laka ṣadrak' an tashraḥa liya qalbī bi-al-ism alladhī sharaḥta qalba Sayyidinā Muḥammad, ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallam, 'Wa-waḍʻnā ʻanka wizraka', Yā Wazīra man lā wazīra la-hu. Yā Allāh, Yā Allāh, Yā Allāh, asʼaluka ..."
ينتهي النض فجأةً بـِ "دعاء ألم نشرح"، كما يلي: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. اللهمّ انّي أسألك، يا إله الأولين والآخرين بـِ'ألم نشرح لك صدرك' أن تشرح لي قلبي بالاسم الذي شرحت قلب سيدنا محمد، صلى الله عليه وسلم، 'ووضعنا عنك وزرك'، يا وزير من لا وزير له. يا الله، يا الله، يا الله، أسألك ..."
11.5 x 16.5 cm; written surface: 7.5 x 13 cm; 16 lines per page.
In fair naskh script, in black ink, on cream color paper.
At the head of folio 1a: "bi-kalāmika al-qadīm allladh[ī]."
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
A leaf from an unidentified collection of "adʻiah wa-ṣalawāt" (invocations and prayers). Starts with "Duʻāʼ Sūrat al-Qadr" (Invocation of Sūrat al-Qadr: Qurʼān: Chapter 97) and ends with "Duʻāʼ A-lam nashraḥ" (Invocation of "A-lam Nashraḥ": Qurʼān: Chapter 94). Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 16, 2023
References
Adʻiyah wa-ṣalawāt. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Adʻiyah wa-ṣalawāt. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Arabic - 18th century.
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