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Collection of invocations : manuscript

Title
Collection of invocations : manuscript.
Production
Place not identified, 18th century.
Physical Description
1 volume (8 leaves) ; 24 cm
Language
Arabic
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Incipit: The beginning is missing. Text starts with: "... kānū yusāriʻūna fī al-khayrāti wa-yadʻūnanā. al-Āyah. Wa-yustaḥabbu lil-dāʻī an lā yarfaʻa ṣawtahu bi-al-duʻāʼ jiddan, li-qawl Rasūl Allāh, ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallam: Irbaʻū bi-anfusikum fa-innakum lā tadʻūna aṣamman wa-lā ghāʼiban, wa-lākin tadʻūna samīʻan baṣīran. Wa-qad athná Allāh, ʻazza wa-jall, ʻalá Nabīyihi Zakarīyā, ʻalayhi al-salām, ḥīna asarra duʻāʼahau, fa-qāl: Dhikru raḥmati Rabbika ʻabdahu Zakarīyā. al-Āyah. Wa-yukrahu lil-dāʻī an yushīra bi-iṣbaʻayhi ʻinda al-duʻāʼ, wa-lā baʼsa an yushīra bi-iṣbiʻ wāḥid, in shāʼa ..."
البداية مفقودة. يبدأ النص كما يلي: "... كانوا يسارعون في الخيرات ويدعوننا. الآية. ويستحبّ للداعي ان لا يرفع صوته بالدعاء جدًّا، لقول رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم: اربَعوا بأنفسكم فإنّكم لا تدعون أصمًّا ولا غائبًا، ولكن تدعون سميعًا بصيرًا. وقد أثنى الله، عزّ وجلّ، على نبيّه زكريا، عليه السلام، حين أسرّ دعائَه، فقال: ذكر رحمة ربّك عبدَه زكريا. الآية. ويكره للداعي أن يشير بإصبعيه عند الدعاء، ولا بأس أن يشير بإصبع واحد، إن شاء ..."
Secundo folio: qāla Rasūl Allāh, ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallam.
بداية الورقة الثانية: قال رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم.
16.5 x 24 cm; written surface: 12 x 19 cm; 17 lines per page.
Binding: Unbound (loose leaves)
In large good naskh script, in black ink, on cream color paper; headings in red; some leaves seem to be missing; catchwords.
Colophon: No colophon. Text ends abruptly as follows: "... wa-kāna ʻAṭāʼ al-Sulamī yaqūlu fī duʻāʼihi: Ilahī irḥam ghurbatī fī al-dunyā, wa-maṣraʻī ʻinda al-mawt, wa-waḥdatī fī al-qabr, wa-maqāmī bayna yadayk. Wa-kāna Ibn al-Sammāk yaqūlu fī duʻāʼihi: Allāhumma ..."
الخاتمة: لا يوجد خاتمة. ينتهي النص فجأةً كما يلي: "... وكان عطاء السلمي يقول في دعائه: إلهي ارحم غربتي في الدنيا، ومصرعي عند الموت، ووحدتي في القبر، ومقامي بين يديك. وكان ابن السمّاك يقول في دعائه: اللهمّ ..."
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. It includes a chapter on the times and etiquettes of invocation. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
July 14, 2023
References
Collection of invocations. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
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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