Author
the physician and philosopher Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī
Publication Date
639 (AH, Hijri)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 7473, ff 1v-5v
Record ID
vdc_100023677047.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
639 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
Autobiographical treatise by the physician and philosopher Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī (Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakaria al-Rāzī; d. ca 925) in defense of his philosophical lifestyle.
Begins (f. 1v, lines 6-8):
Abu Nasr (!) Muhammad bin Zakaria Al-Razi said, May God grant his soul peace and comfort
People of insight, distinction, and achievement when they saw us interacting with people and behaving in their faces
They abused us and belittled us...
Ends (f. 5v, lines 9-11):
This is what we wanted to say goodbye in this article, and to the Grantor of reason we praise without end
As he is worthy and deserving, may God bless the chosen ones
Of His servants and the good deeds of His female slaves
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 5v, lines 12-17):
He completed the book of philosophical biography
God Almighty is praised in every situation
Always, forever, forever
This is followed by an article by Abu Mansur Bakr bin
Oath (!) Ibn Abi Thawr al-Mawsili
In the soul
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Edition:
al-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 'Kitāb al-sīrah al-falsafīyah', in
Opera philosophica fragmentaque quae supersunt
(Cairo: Fu’ād I University, 1939) pp. 97-111
Translation:
al-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 'The Philosopher's Way of Life', in
Classical Arabic Philosophy: an Anthology of Sources
, ed. and trans. by Jon McGinnis and David C. Reisman (Indianapolis: Hackett, 2007) pp. 36-44
al-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, (1967), ‘Apologia pro Vita Sua’, trans. A. J. Arberry,
Aspects of Islamic Civilization
, (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1967)
al-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, ‘The Philosopher’s Way of Life’, in ‘Raziana I, la conduite du Philosophe, traité ethique de Muhammad b. Zakariyya al-Razi’, ed. Paul Kraus,
Orientalia,
new series, 4 (1935) 300–34.
