al-Kashf wa-al-bayān ʿammā yataʿallaq bi-al-nisyān Revealing and clarifying what is related to forgetfulness al-Nābulusī, ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʿīl Al-Nabulsi, Abd al-Ghani ibn Ismail
( الكشف والبيان عما يتعلق بالنسيان النابلسي، عبد الغني ابن اسماعيل)

Title	al-Kashf wa-al-bayān ʿammā yataʿallaq bi-al-nisyān Revealing and clarifying what is related to forgetfulness al-Nābulusī, ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʿīl Al-Nabulsi, Abd al-Ghani ibn Ismail
Title Original	الكشف والبيان عما يتعلق بالنسيان النابلسي، عبد الغني ابن اسماعيل
Publication Date:	18th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	1
Physical Dimensions	162 x 104 mm
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	Or 11888
Record ID	vdc_100080715982.0x000001
Library Location	British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date	18th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	The Damascene litterateur ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʿīl al-Nābulusī (عبد الغني ابن اسماعيل النابلسي, b. 1641, d.1731) composed this short treatise on forgetfulness ( الكشف والبيان عما يتعلق بالنسيان, f. 1r, line 1 and f. 3r, line 2) following his Ḥajj journey of 1694. A carefully-organised compilation of previous writing on forgetfulness, the five chapters survey its definitions, causes and consequences, and the spiritual and medical remedies for memory-loss. The concluding section discusses forgetfulness as a natural human phenomenon, from which even prophets suffered. The present copy reproduces the authorial colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 20v, lines 1-9) without adding a scribal one. It seems that the date was copied incorrectly, with the word given as 'the year' سنة) 1100) hijrī, being a scribal error for the word 'six' (ستة). Other manuscript copies (e.g. MS Sarajevo, Ghazi Husruv-begova Biblioteka, 3357: al-Nābulusī's own copy) and other historical evidence testify that this work was originally composed in the year 1106 hijrī. The first and last foliated pages of this copy (ff. 1r and 20v) have been written out in a different hand and pasted on top of the original pages (see Physical Description). Divisions of the text: Introduction (ff. 1r- 3v, line 15); Chapter 1 (f. 3v, line 15- 5v, line 6); Chapter 2 (f. 5v, line 6- f. 8v, line 1); Chapter 3 (f. 8v, line 1- f. 13r, line 12); Chapter 4 (f. 13r, line 12- f. 15v, line 4); Chapter 5 (f. 15v, line 4- f. 17v, line 13); Conclusion (f. 17v, line 13- f. 20v, line 9). Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-5): الحمد لله الذي خلق الإنسان وطبعه على النسيان وعلّم آدم الأسماء وقال في حقّه فنسي ولم نجد له عزماً حتى قيل إن النسيان من كمال الخلقة ... Ends (f. 20r, lines 13- 20v, line 1): ... قال المؤلف نفعنا الله به وهذا آخر ما قصدنا إيراده في هذه الرسالة بحسب الإمكان وبالله المستعان ونسأله سبحانه أن يديم بها الإفادة ويعين الإخوان على حفظ العلوم الموصلة الى حصول السّعادة والتمتع بمقام الحسن وزيادة تمت Authorial colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 20v, lines 1-9): قال المؤلف وكان التأليف لهذه الرسالة في مجلسين آخرهما يوم الخميس الثامن من شهر ربيع الاول سنة (!) مائة والف
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Edinme Kaynağı	Unknown; British Museum foliation note indicates an acquisition date of 21 April 1950.
Köken	Inscription 'From my father's books' (من كتب والدي), without date (flyleaf xxxiv-r [i.e. first historic front flyleaf]); Numerous ownership inscriptions and seals visible but illegible on ff. 1r and 20v under overlaid paper.
Seçilmiş kaynakça	Edition: Nābulusī, ‘Abd al-Ghanī ibn Ismā‘īl, al-kashf wa-al-bay ān fīmā yataʿallaq bi-al-nisyān , ed. by Khālid Muḥammad Maḥmūd (al-Qāhirah: Maktabat al-Qāhirah, 2000). Study: Shaﬁr, Nir, 'The Art of Forgetfulness: ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī on Memory and Morality' in Early Modern Trends in Islamic Theology: ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī and his Network of Scholarship , ed. by Lejla Demiri and Samuela Pagani (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018).

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al-Kashf wa-al-bayān ʿammā yataʿallaq bi-al-nisyān Revealing and clarifying what is related to forgetfulness al-Nābulusī, ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʿīl Al-Nabulsi, Abd al-Ghani ibn Ismail

( الكشف والبيان عما يتعلق بالنسيان النابلسي، عبد الغني ابن اسماعيل)

Publication Date 18th century (CE, Gregorian)

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 1

Physical Dimensions 162 x 104 mm

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID Or 11888

Record ID vdc_100080715982.0x000001

Library Location British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Date 18th century (CE, Gregorian)

Notes The Damascene litterateur ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʿīl al-Nābulusī (عبد الغني ابن اسماعيل النابلسي, b. 1641, d.1731) composed this short treatise on forgetfulness ( الكشف والبيان عما يتعلق بالنسيان, f. 1r, line 1 and f. 3r, line 2) following his Ḥajj journey of 1694. A carefully-organised compilation of previous writing on forgetfulness, the five chapters survey its definitions, causes and consequences, and the spiritual and medical remedies for memory-loss. The concluding section discusses forgetfulness as a natural human phenomenon, from which even prophets suffered. The present copy reproduces the authorial colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 20v, lines 1-9) without adding a scribal one. It seems that the date was copied incorrectly, with the word given as 'the year' سنة) 1100) hijrī, being a scribal error for the word 'six' (ستة). Other manuscript copies (e.g. MS Sarajevo, Ghazi Husruv-begova Biblioteka, 3357: al-Nābulusī's own copy) and other historical evidence testify that this work was originally composed in the year 1106 hijrī. The first and last foliated pages of this copy (ff. 1r and 20v) have been written out in a different hand and pasted on top of the original pages (see Physical Description). Divisions of the text: Introduction (ff. 1r- 3v, line 15); Chapter 1 (f. 3v, line 15- 5v, line 6); Chapter 2 (f. 5v, line 6- f. 8v, line 1); Chapter 3 (f. 8v, line 1- f. 13r, line 12); Chapter 4 (f. 13r, line 12- f. 15v, line 4); Chapter 5 (f. 15v, line 4- f. 17v, line 13); Conclusion (f. 17v, line 13- f. 20v, line 9). Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-5): الحمد لله الذي خلق الإنسان وطبعه على النسيان وعلّم آدم الأسماء وقال في حقّه فنسي ولم نجد له عزماً حتى قيل إن النسيان من كمال الخلقة ... Ends (f. 20r, lines 13- 20v, line 1): ... قال المؤلف نفعنا الله به وهذا آخر ما قصدنا إيراده في هذه الرسالة بحسب الإمكان وبالله المستعان ونسأله سبحانه أن يديم بها الإفادة ويعين الإخوان على حفظ العلوم الموصلة الى حصول السّعادة والتمتع بمقام الحسن وزيادة تمت Authorial colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 20v, lines 1-9): قال المؤلف وكان التأليف لهذه الرسالة في مجلسين آخرهما يوم الخميس الثامن من شهر ربيع الاول سنة (!) مائة والف

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Edinme Kaynağı Unknown; British Museum foliation note indicates an acquisition date of 21 April 1950.

Köken Inscription 'From my father's books' (من كتب والدي), without date (flyleaf xxxiv-r [i.e. first historic front flyleaf]); Numerous ownership inscriptions and seals visible but illegible on ff. 1r and 20v under overlaid paper.

Seçilmiş kaynakça Edition: Nābulusī, ‘Abd al-Ghanī ibn Ismā‘īl, al-kashf wa-al-bay ān fīmā yataʿallaq bi-al-nisyān , ed. by Khālid Muḥammad Maḥmūd (al-Qāhirah: Maktabat al-Qāhirah, 2000). Study: Shaﬁr, Nir, 'The Art of Forgetfulness: ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī on Memory and Morality' in Early Modern Trends in Islamic Theology: ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī and his Network of Scholarship , ed. by Lejla Demiri and Samuela Pagani (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018).