Shams al-maʻārif wa-laṭāʼif al-ʻawārif, [17--?]
شمس المعارف ولطائف العوارف، [17--?]
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Description
- Title
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Shams al-maʻārif wa-laṭāʼif al-ʻawārif, [17--?]
شمس المعارف ولطائف العوارف، [17--?] - Alternative Title
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Shams al-maʻārif al-kubrá
شمس المعارف الكبرى - Creator
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Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225
بوني، أحمد بن علي، -1225 - Abstract
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Shams al-maʻārif wa-laṭāʼif al-ʻawārif (also called "Shams al-maʻārif al-kubrá" to distinguish it from the author's two other smaller treatises: al-wusṭa "the middle one" and al-ṣughrá "the little one"), a treatise on magic, alchemy, astrology, devination, Islamic occultism, the name of God and the magical use of the Arabic alphabet by Abū al-ʻAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Būnī (d. 1225), a famous sufi scholar from the city of Būnah (Bône) now ʻAnnābah (Annaba, Algeria), died in Cairo, Egypt. Name of copyist and place of copying are not mentioned; the date of copying is mentioned enigmatically in the 12th century H (18th century M).
- Description
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In Arabic.
Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā wa-Mawlānā Muḥammad wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallam. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī aḥāṭa bi-kull shayʼ ʻilman wa-ʻallam al-insān mā lam yaʻlam wa-ashhadu an lā ilāh illā Allāh waḥdah lā sharīka lah wa-ashhadu anna Muḥammadan rasūl Allāh ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallam, shahida Allāh an lā ilāh illā huwa shahādat azal, fa-min nūr hādhihi al-shahādah ightaraf al-muṣṭafūn ʻilman, fa-ifham dhālika. Wa-al-tartīb al-abadī fī al-shahādatayn al-muttaṣilatayn bi-al-malāʼikah al-kirām wa-ulī al-ʻilm fa-hādhihi shahādat al-abad, fa-man fahima sirra hātayn al-shahādatayn shāhada al-malakūtayn ..."
20 x 29 cm; written surface: 14 x 22 cm, ca. 30 lines per page.
Bound.
In fair naskh script, on yellowish paper; keywords and markings in red; some notes and corrections on the margins; magic squares and illustrations; text within double red frames; catchwords.
Includes table of contents at the beginning of the manuscript: "al-Faṣl al-awwal fī al-ḥurūf al-muʻjamah wa-mā yatarattabu fīhā min al-asrār wa-al-iḍmārāt. al-Faṣl al-thānī fī al-kasr wa-al-basṭ wa-tartīb al-aʻmāl min al-awqāt wa-al-sāʻāt. al-Faṣl al-thālith fī aḥkām manāzil al-qamar al-thamāniyah wa-ʻishrīn al-falakīyah ..."
Colophon: "... Wa-Allāh asʼalu an yulhima li-fahm mā ramaznāh wa-kashf mā satarnāh akh ṣadīq wa-khill ḥaqq [i.e. akhan ṣadīqan wa-khillan ḥaqqan]. Wa-fī hādhā al-qadr kifāyah li-man waffaqahu Allāh taʻālá wa-lā ḥawla wa-lā qūwata illā billāh al-ʻAlī al-ʻAẓīm wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-ṣaḥbihi ajmaʻīn wa-jamīʻ al-anbiyāʼ wa-al-mursalīn wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn. al-Tārīkh: Fī niṣf awwal min khums thālith min thulth awwal min niṣf thānī min suds thālith min niṣf awwal min khums thānī min ʻushr awwal min qarn thānī ʻashar min hijrat khayr al-bashar ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallama taslīman kathīran. Tamma wa-kamula." - Provenance
- Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005.
- Extent
- 1 30 cm v. ([375] leaves) :
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Arabic
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 93
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic 18th century
Arabic manuscripts - Material
- ill. ;
- Subject (Name)
- Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225.
- Subject (Topic)
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Alchemy
Arabic alphabet
Astrology
Divination
God (Islam)
Name
Islamic magic
Islamic occultism
Magic - Subjects
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Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225
Alchemy > Early works to 1800
Arabic alphabet > Early works to 1800
Astrology > Early works to 1800
Divination > Early works to 1800
God (Islam) > Name > Early works to 1800
Islamic magic > Early works to 1800
Islamic occultism > Early works to 1800
Magic > Early works to 1800
18th century
Arabic manuscripts
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- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Būnī, Shams al-maʻārif wa-laṭāʼif al-ʻawārif. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12178872
- Object ID (OID)
- 32259802