Publication Date
182-? and 189-?]
Subject
Islam—Prayers and devotions[Browse]Islamic poetry, Arabic[Browse]Arabic poetry[Browse]Muḥammad Prophet -632—Poetry[Browse]ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib Caliph approximately 600-661—Jaljalūtīyah[Browse]Magic squares—Early works to 1800[Browse]Islamic magic—Early works to 1800[Browse]Magic—Religious aspects—Islam[Browse]Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton[Browse]
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
1 box
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
430985587
Record ID
9958689913506421
Date
182-? and 189-?]
Notes
Description: Written in thuluth and generic scripts ; first work fully vocalized, others partially vocalized ; paper is unglazed and very brittle. Discolored. Some leaves damaged. Edges are ragged; some water damage.Incipit: [Poem] بدأت بسم الله والحمد اولا - Contains a prayer, a religious poem, a commentary on a Sufi chant, and an additional unidentified leaf. The poem and commentary are bound together.
Sample Text
Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240.Sharḥ Jaljalūtīyah.[Browse]ابن العربي، 1165-1240.شرح جلجلوتية.[Browse] - 1. Duʻāʼ barrāt. A brief prayer for forgiveness. The petitioner asks to be inscribed in the book of the righteous.2. fol. 1a-7a: [Poem for Muhammad]. A seventy-line poem rhyming in lām-alif and having a Sufi theme. The poem calls upon Allāh to give his blessing to Muḥammad the Prophet. At the top of the first page of text is a square divided into 49 sections (7 x 7) containing various letters and symbols.3. fol. 7b-14b: Sharḥ Jaljalūtīyah. A commentary on a prayer attributed to ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib explaining the mystical power of the basmala and the names of Allah based on the numerical values of the letters used to spell them. A guide to the use of such knowledge to achieve certain ends. Several numerical squares.
Getty Türü
magic squares[Browse]
Kongre Kütüphanesi Türü
Poetry[Browse]
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