Author
Ibn al-'Arabī, 1165-1240
Author Original
Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240, ابن العربي.
Publication Date
1666
Publication Place
-
[1666]
Subject
Sufism—Doctrines—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Type
kitap
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
128
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9950153473506421
Record ID
bz60cz88q
Library Location
HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 362Y, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 362Y, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date
1666-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1666
Notes
A treatise in the precepts of Islamic mysticism composed in 1199 in Almeria and written in the form of advice to Ibn al-ʻArabī's disciple ʻAlī bin Badr al-Ḥabashī, to whom it is dedicated. | Ms. codex., Title from fol. 1a., 19 lines per page. Written in a casual medium, small naskh in black ink with use of red. Glazed European paper. Catchwords on the verso of each folio. Foliation in pencil in Western numerals. Title on lower edge of text block: Mawāqiʻ al-nujūm. Ownership statement, accompanied by a seal, in the name of al-Sayyid Aḥmad Nūrī on fol. 1a., Incipit: Praise be to God, the Ever-Living, the Ever-Living, divided by the locations of the stars... As for what comes after me, the one with the sound mind and endowed with the descriptions of perfection and completion, Explicit: The white pearl that brings us to these high and holy stations through submission and delegation to the resources of the Judge and to His good and pure God. Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and there is no power or strength except in God, the Most High, the Great. The sites and readings have been completed with the help of God Almighty. Half leather with envelope flap. Spine and fore-edge flap in brown leather. Covers and envelope flap in glazed orange paper embossed in floral pattern over pasteboard. End leaves in blue and black marbled paper. Lining to the fore-edge flap in blue paper. Label on upper cover: "Taṣawwuf 6". | Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942. | Mach, R. Yahuda, 2712., Brockelmann, C. Gal, I, 574 (18), Brockelmann, C. Gal, SI, 795 (19)