Publication Date
1490
Subject
Hekdesh, Qur'an Hermeneutics, Waqf
Type
Other
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
University of La Laguna Library
Record ID
cdi_europeana_collections_318_marc_nli_003256147
Date
1490
Notes
It contains three chapters on the reason for its revelation, its virtues, and the interpretation of its meanings. Some of them presented it to King Al-Ashraf Qaytbay, probably around the year 895. An illuminated copy written around the year 895, drawn by Sultan Al-Malik Al-Ashraf Abu Al-Nasr Qaytbay. 44 oriental paper, 164:247 mm; Quad notebooks. The first is: “... Praise be to God who honored existence with the presence of the most honorable kings, who lived... the ways of conduct, and destroyed... the likeness of the people of doubt... and built upon him the pillars of time, etc.”; Page 3b: “The first chapter is about mentioning the reason for its revelation, and it contains the first aspects: that it was revealed because of the questioning of the polytheists, etc.”; Page 6a: “The second chapter is about its virtues and names. As for its virtues, what was narrated on the authority of Abu Saeed Al-Khudri, etc.” Page 11b: “Chapter Three: In a small statement from the words of the people of interpretation. In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The scholars said... Alba... relates to an implicit verb, etc.”; And the end of it is in prayer for the honorable king. E1a: King Al-Ashraf Qaitbay’s endowment of this book to students of knowledge in his school that he established in Al-Sakhra in Jerusalem (it is the Ashrafi school in the Holy Mosque, the architecture of which was completed in the year 887, see: Al-Ans Al-Jalil 656:2-658) - its architecture was completed in the year 887) written on 26 Dhul-Hijjah 895 by the hand of Sharif Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Ali Al-H (?) as a witness and he testified with him. Muhammad bin Hassan al-Rahbi (?) and Abd al-Razzaq bin Ahmad al-Baqqi (li), who died after the year 890 (Nasa 192:4). See also: Share Share: Share
