Two treatises by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ghazzālī (1058-1111), one of the most prolific and authoritative Muslim scholars from Ṭus (Iran): 1. The last part of Iḥyāʼ ʻulūm al-dīn (Kitāb al-nīyah wa-al-ikhlāṣ wa-al-ṣidq, wa-huwa al-kitāb al-sābiʻ min rubʻ al-munjiyāt to the end of the work), (folios: 2a-109a). The first leaf is missing. The work is a famous treatise on Islamic doctrines, sufism and Islamic religious life. Copied on Monday 21 Shawwāl 850 (9 January, 1447) by Muḥammad ibn al-Imām Abī Bakr ibn al-Ḥarīrī al-Shāfiʻī and collated with several copies on 11 Dhū al-Qaʻdah, 850 (28 January, 1447). 2. Mihhāj al-ʻābidīn (folios: 110a-171b), also called "Minhāj al-ʻābidīn ilá jannat Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn," a treatise on Islamic religious life and sufism, considered to be al-Ghazzālī's last work. The treatise seems to be copied by the same scribe, probably also in 1447. Place of copying not mentioned.
Alternative Title:
Iḥyāʼ ʻulūm al-dīn. Selections, Kitāb Minhāj al-ʻābidīn., Minhāj al-ʻābidīn., إحياء علوم الدين. مختارات, إحياء علوم الدين، [1447] / لأبي حامد محمد بن محمد بن أحمد الغزالي., كتاب منهاج العابدين., and منهاج العابدين.
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18.5 x 27 cm; written surface: 12 x 17.3 cm, 27 lines per page., Bound., Colophon of Iḥyāʼ ʻulūm al-dīn: "Faragha min taʻlīqihi al-faqīr ilá raḥmat rabbihi Muḥammad ibn al-Imām Abī Bakr ibn al-Ḥarīrī al-Shāfiʻī ʻafá Allāh ʻanhum ajmaʻīn wa-dhālika yawm al-Ithnayn al-ḥādī wa-al-ʻishrīn min shahr Shawwāl sanat khamsīn wa-thamānimiʼah." "Balagha bi-ḥamd Allāh muqābalatan ʻalá nusakh ʻadīdah fa-ṣaḥḥa in shāʼa Allāh taʻālá bi-tārīkh ḥādī ʻashar min shahr Dhī al-Qaʻdah sanat khamsīn wa-thamānimiʼah wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabbi al-ʻĀlamīn.", Iḥyāʼ ʻulūm al-dīn ends with: "... fa-hādhihi al-aḥādīth wa-mā awradnāhu fī kitāb al-Iḥyāʼ yubashshiru bi-saʻat raḥmat Allāh ʻazza wa-jall fa-narjū min Allāh taʻālá an lā yuʻāmilanā bi-mā nastaḥiqquhu wa-yatafaḍḍala ʻalaynā bi-mā huwa ahluhu bi-mannihi wa-saʻat jūdihi wa-raḥmatih. Tamma al-kitāb wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn wa-al-ṣalāh wa-al-salām ʻalá ashraf al-mursalīn Muḥammad khātim al-nabīyīn wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallam wa-ḥasbunā Allāh wa-niʻma al-wakīl wa-lā ḥawla wa-lā qūwata illā billāh al-ʻalī al-ʻaẓīm.", In Arabic., In fair naskh script; markings and headings in red; some commentaries and notes on the margins; catchwords., Incipit of Minhāj al-ʻābidīn: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Allāhumma ṣalli ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-ʻalá āl Muḥammad wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallam taslīman. Ḥaddathanī al-Shaykh al-faqīh al-zāhid ʻAbd al-Malik ibn ʻAbd Allāh raḍiya Allāh ʻanhu qāl: 'Amlá ʻalayya shaykhī al-ajall al-imām al-zāhid al-muwaffaq Ḥijjat al-Islām Zayn al-Dīn sharaf al-aʼimmah Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazzālī hādhā al-kitāb wa-huwa ākhir kitāb ṣannafahu wa-lam yastamlīhi minhu illā khawāṣṣ aṣḥābihi wa-huwa: al-Ḥamdu lillāh al-malik al-ḥakīm al-jawwād al-karīm al-ʻazīz al-raḥīm alladhī faṭara al-samāwāt wa-al-arḍ bi-qudratihi wa-dabbara al-umūr fī al-dārayn bi-ḥikmatih wa-mā khalaqa al-jinn wa-al-ins illā li-ʻibādatih fa-al-ṭarīq wāḍiḥ lil-qāṣidīn wa-al-dalīl lāyiḥ lil-nāẓirīn ...", On folio 110a: "Kitāb Minhāj al-ʻābidīn mimmā amlāhu al-Shaykh al-Imām ʻalam al-aʻlām Shaykh al-Islām Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazzālī al-Shāfiʻī raḍiya Allāh ʻanhu wa-arḍāh wa-jaʻala al-jannah mathwāh bi-faḍlihi wa-karamih.", On folio 1a an endowment note in the name of Bayram Bik., Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005., The last folio of Minhāj al-ʻābidīn that has the last few lines of the treatise and the colophon is missing. The text ends with: "... wa-naḥnu nastaghfiru Allāh taʻālá min kull mā zallat bi-hi al-qadam aw ṭaghá bi-hi al-qalam wa-nastaghfiruhu min aqwālinā allatī lā tuwāfiqu aʻmālanā wa-nastaghfiruhu min bāb iddaʻaynāhu wa-aẓharnāhu min al-ʻilm bi-dīn Allāh taʻālá maʻa al-taqṣīr fīhi wa-nastaghfiruhu min kull khaṭratin daʻatnā ilá taṣannuʻ wa-tazayyun fī kitāb saṭṭarnāh wa-kalām naẓamnāh aw ʻilm afdnāh wa-nasʼaluhu an yajʻalanā wa-īyākum maʻshar al-ikhwān bi-mā ʻalimnāhu ʻāmilīn [wa]-li-wajhihi bi-hi murīdīn wa-an lā yajʻalahu wabālan ʻalaynā wa-an yaḍaʻahu fī ...", The present part of Iḥyāʼ ʻulūm al-dīn "Bayān sirr qawl al-Nabī ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallam: 'Nīyat al-muʼmin khayr min ʻamalih'" with: "... wajhī, thumma yunādī al-malāʼikah uktubū la-hu kadhá wa-kadhá, uktubū la-hu kadhá wa-kadhá, fa-yaqūlūn yā Rabbanā innahu lam yaʻmal shayʼan min dhālika, fa-yaqūlu Allāh tabāraka wa-taʻālá innahu nawāh, innahu nawāh ...", الورقة الأخيرة من منهاج العابدين المحتوية على الأسطر القليلة الأخيرة من المخطوط والخاتمة مفقودة. ينتهي النص بـ : "... ونحن نستغفر الله تعالى من كل ما زلّت به القدم أو طغى به القلم ونستغفره من أقوالنا التي لا توافق أعمالنا ونستغفره من باب ادعيناه وأظهرناه من العلم بدين الله تعالى مع التقصير فيه ونستغفره من كل خطرةٍ دعتنا إلى تصنّع وتزيّن في كتاب سطرناه وكلام نظمناه أو علم أفدناه ونسأله أن يجعلنا وإياكم معشر الإخوان بما علمناه عاملين [و]لوجهه به مريدين وأن لا يجعله وبالًا علينا وأن يضعه في ...", بداية منهاج العابدين: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد وعلى آل محمد وصحبه وسلم تسليمًا. حدثني الشيخ الفقيه الزاهد عبد الملك بن عبد الله رضي الله عنه قال: 'أملى علي شيخي الأجل الإمام الزاهد الموفق حجة الإسلام زين الدين شرف الأئمة أبو حامد محمد ابن محمد ابن محمد الغزالي هذا الكتاب وهو آخر كتاب صنفه ولم يستمليه منه إلّا خواصّ أصحابه وهو': الحمد لله الملك الحكيم الجواد الكريم العزيز الرحيم الذي فطر السماوات والأرض بقدرته ودبّر الأمور في الدارين بحكمته وما خلق الجن والإنس إلّا لعبادته فالطريق واضح للقاصدين والدليل لايح للناظرين ...", خاتمة إحياء علوم الدين: "فرغ من تعليقه الفقير إلى رحمة ربه محمد بن الإمام أبي بكر بن الحريري الشافعي عفى الله عنهم أجمعين وذلك يوم الاثنين الحادي والعشرين من شهر شوّال سنة خمسين وثمانمائة." "بلغ بحمد الله مقابلةً على نسخ عديدة فصحّ إن شاء الله تعالى بتاريخ حادي عشر من شهر ذي القعدة سنة خمسين وثمانمائة والحمد لله رب العالمين.", على وجه الورقة 1: "وقف بيرم بك.", على وجه الورقة 110: "كتاب منهاج العابدين ممّا أملاه الشيخ الإمام علم الأعلام شيخ الإسلام أبو حامد محمد بن محمد بن محمد الغزالي الشافعي رضي الله عنه وأرضاه وجعل الجنة مثواه بفضل وكرمه.", يبدأ هذا الجزء من إحياء علوم الدين "بيان سرّ قول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: 'نية المؤمن خير من عمله'" بـ : "... وجهي، ثم ينادي الملائكة اكتبوا له كذى وكذى، اكتبوا له كذى وكذى، فيقولون يا ربّنا إنه لم يعمل شيئًا من ذلك، فيقول الله تبارك وتعالى إنه نواه، إنه نواه ...", and ينتهي إحياء علوم الدين بـ : "... فهذه الأحاديث وما أوردناه في كتاب الإحياء يبشّر بسعة رحمة الله عز وجل فنرجو من الله تعالى أن لا يعاملنا بما نستحقه ويتفضّل علينا بما هو أهله بمنّه وسعة جوده ورحمته. تمّ الكتاب والحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على أشرف المرسلين محمد خاتم النبيين وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله العلي العظيم."
Subkī, Tāj al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʻAlī, ca. 1327-1370
Call Number:
Landberg MSS 323
Image Count:
564
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
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Copied in A.H. 816 (A.D. 1413). Leaves 247 verso-275 verso copied in A.H. 851 (A.D. 1447 or 8)., Followed by 1 leaf of notes., and Principles of Shafiʻi law.
Alternative Title:
Ashbāh wa-al-naẓāʾir
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Hasty naskhī; leaves 1-5 supplied (with lacuna) by a later hand., Islamic binding, in red, with flap., and Marginalia.
Illuminated, especially leaves 1 verso-2 verso., Purchased from McBlain Books in 1986 on the Edwin J. Beinecke fund., Some pages stuck together., and Some repairs done poorly, resulting in loss of text.
Followed by 1 leaf of notes. and Tract in proof of the proposition that the advent of the Prophet is foretold in the Old Testament.
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Copied in the 15th(?) century., Fair naskhī, in red and black., The author was a Jewish convert to Islam., The date A.H. 720 at end is the date of composition., and With: 5 other titles.
Johannes, de Rupescissa, ca. 1300-ca. 1365 Křišt̕an z Prachatic, ca. 1366-1439 Wenceslas, Emperor of Germany, 1361-1419
Published / Created:
[ca. 1440]
Call Number:
Mellon MS 9
Image Count:
671
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of the compilation of a physician interested in medicine, alchemy, and herbs. Includes three texts by Krisean z Prachatic, a physician, herbalist, and teacher of Prague University; Albicus, De regimine sanitatis, a treatise on the treatment of paralysis and the plague; Albicus, Regimen for King Wenceslaus of Bohemia (1361-1419); several alphabets of general scientific terms in Latin with Czech and/or German equivalents; Latin names of herbs with Czech and sometimes Polish equivalents; John of Rupescissa, De consideratione quinte essentie; and hundreds of medical and alchemical recipes.
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Binding: Probably original. Brown calf, the covers ruled with triple parallel lines to a pattern of four rectangles within a rectangle, the larger rectangle crossed with similar ruling; indications of five center and corner pieces on each cover, possibly of iron and certainly fastened with iron nails, now lost; indications of two missing clasps and catches at the fore-edges of the covers; heavily repaired at fore-edges, hinges, and backstrip, the original back divided into four compartments by five heavy double bands, a modern morocco label in the second compartment from the top gold-stamped between double gold rules top and bottom: "ALCHEMICAL-MEDICAL | MISCELLANY | - | MANUSCRIPT | MIDDLE EUROPE | XVTH CENTURY"., Headings, foliation, rubrics, and capital strokes in red., Pagination refers to openings, i.e. facing pages., and Script: The greater part of the manuscript (except the unnumbered quires 15-19) written by a single hand in a clear, round, and steady Gothica cursiva. Quires 15-19 written in a similar but more pointed and flowing hand, sometimes more condensed, similarly decorated.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy--Early works to 1800, Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc, Herbs--Early works to 1800, Latin language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medicine, Medieval, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library