Author
Qudrat Allāh al-Marandī al-Ādharī
Publication Date
Rajab 919 (H, Hijri Kamari)
Publication Place
al-Madrasah al-Maulawiyyah al-ʿAlawiyyah, Fez -
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
215 x 150 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 13006, ff 11v-14r
Record ID
vdc_100023512370.0x000002
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
Rajab 919 (H, Hijri Kamari)
Notes
A treatise on alchemy attributed to Abū Hāshim Khālid ibn Yāzīd al-Umawī (ca 48 AH/AD 668 - 85 AH/AD 704), the Umayyad prince credited (probably spuriously) with sponsoring the first translations in Islam, and especially the first translations of alchemical texts into Arabic (Ibn Nadīm,
Fihrist
, 303). The text was copied in late Rajab 919 (Sept-Oct 1513) at al-Madrasah al-Maulawiyyah al-ʿAlawiyyah in Fez by Qudrat Allāh al-Marandī al-Ādharī (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 14r).
Incipit (fol. 11b, lines 3-6):
And after I saw people seeking the craft of wisdom in every age, I saw the wise
In the past, they hated broadcasting it and protected it from the ignorant, and they were more honorable in morals and better in doctrine
From lest they harbor suspicion of it [sic] upon the wise and righteous, if only they had not concealed it and made it uncoverable.
And the statement and the clear one turn into vulgarity and despicable conditions...
Explicit (fols 13b, lines 16-14a, line 1):
...Some of it is necessary
With each other, they mix and become one thing, because nature obliges nature, and nature prevails over nature. This is a right for whoever has reason and understanding.
Things are anointed, and with anointing they flow, and for this reason they abstained from matches
[fol. 14a] It endures the fire after the measure, and the bodies do not leave it, do not remain, or change
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(fol. 14a, lines 2-7):
The message was completed, thanks to God and his good success
May God’s blessings be upon our master Muhammad Khatam
The prophets and his family
And all his companions
He greeted you with gratitude
A lot
At the end of the deaf month of God
From the months of the year nineteen
Nine hundred by the power of God
Marandi Azerbaijani
In the land of Morocco
In the city of Fez, may God protect it from Andras
In the Mawlawi Alawite school
May God bless the soul of its builder
Amen
Erişim Koşulları
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