Author
al-Sayyid al-Sharīf al-Bukhārī al-Naqshabandī
Publication Date
c 930 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Publication Place
Damascus? -
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 111r-112r
Record ID
vdc_100023512370.0x00000c
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
c 930 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes
Excerpts from the
Risālah fī al-Ṣināʿah al-falsafīyah
by al-Sayyid al-Sharīf al-Bukhārī al-Naqshabandī, a native of Constantinople (see scribal correction above line 2, f. 111r). The compiler explains his method of abridgement and tells us a bit more about this unknown author in a note appended to the title (f. 111r): He compiled his treatise from the books of craftsmanship, and he did not connect anything from craftsmanship, so we took from his treatise what was legitimate and reasonable and left what was weak and unknown. ‘He [sc. al-Bukhārī al-Naqshabandī] compiled his treatment from the books of alchemy and had no direct connection with alchemy at all. We took from his treatise what is lawful and reasonable and we left what is trivial and obscure.’
Directly after the
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
There follow eleven lines in the same hand which are apparently not part of the same text because they have been struck through, and partially erased to make room for the
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
.
Begins (f. 111r, lines 2 - 6): Sheikh Al-Sayyid Al-Bukhari, may God have mercy on him, said in his treatise on philosophical craftsmanship, the second chapter on knowing the validity of the existence of craftsmanship based on legal evidence, including the Almighty’s saying, “And of what they kindle in the fire seeking an ornament or a piece of clothing, there is butter like it.” The Creator, Glory be to Him, appointed His servants by subjecting to them the fire to obtain ornaments, origins and branches, that is, body and form. And to obtain everything that requires fire...
Ends (f. 112, lines 5 - 8): ...And he said that the stove should be two spans by two spans, and its height should be equal to its width, and a hole should be made behind it at the top for smoke to escape, and the door of the stove should be a span by a span. The stove should be well-groomed, and the fuel should be of three types, one of which is firewood, the second is charcoal, and the third is made of sorghum, meaning dung...
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 112, line 8): ...The benefits extracted from the message of Sayyid Al-Bukhari, may God have mercy on him, have been concluded
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