Author
Ṣadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, -1641, Sadr al-Dīn Shirāzī, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James), Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, -1641, Sadr al-Dīn al-Shirāzī, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim
Author Original
صدر الدن شىرازى، محمد بن ابراهيم صدر الدين الشيرازي، محمد بن ابراهيم
Publication Date
1930
Subject
Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Early works to 1800, Islamic philosophy -- Early works to 1800, Ontology -- Early works to 1800, Metaphysics -- Early works to 1800, Sufism -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
213 leaves : paper ; 312 x 210-215 mm. bound to 322 x 222 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194731857
Record ID
990068256380106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1930s (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from preface on p.1 and heading preceding opening on p.2., Incipit: [preface] “We praise You, O God, O You Whose arrogance has bewildered [?] the hearts and sank in the seas of His knowledge the minds of the saints... And after that, this sought-after book, which is the comfort of the eyes of the first to understand, marked with the secrets of the verses and the lights of clear proofs, is one of the works of the Perfect Wise... the source of truth, religion, and religion, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, famous for its chest. The disciples of Shirazi...” [Asrār al-āyāt] “This is the book of the secrets of the verses and the lights of clear proofs of the imam of the disciples, Muhammad, known as the chest of the disciples of Shirazi, may he rest in peace. In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful... We praise you, O God, in whose hand is the kingdom of the earth and the heavens, and to Him all beings yearn... Then it says, ‘Send down the creation of God, and make them in need of the dignity of the Lord of the worlds. Muhammad, called the chest of religion.’ This is a statement for the people. And guidance and mercy for the righteous...” [Kitāb al-Mashāʻir] “We praise God and seek help from His power with which He established the kingdom of earth and heaven and from His word with which He created the creation of the Hereafter and the First to refine the powers that can be completed... And after that, the least in power and guilt of creation and the most sinful and sinful is Muhammad, famous for Sadr Al-Din Al-Shirazi, says, O brothers who seek God with the light of knowledge...” [al-ʻArshīyah] “Praise be to God who made us among those whose hearts are open to Islam, for he is upon the light of his Lord... As for what follows, the humble servant who is in need of the pardon of the Lord, the Majestic, says... This is a message in which I mention a group of God-related issues...”, Colophon: [Asrār al-āyāt] “Scribal,” reads “This honorable version, called The Secrets of the Verses and the Lights of Clear Signs, has been completed by the righteous investigator. The famous Shirazi religion, and we will follow it, God willing, with the text of Al-Arshiyyah and the text of Al-Masha’ir.”, Collation: Pages between some sections left blank (see pp.37-40, 71-71); pagination in pencil, Hindu-Arabic numerals (first sixteen pages only); pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing., Layout: Written in 21-25 lines per page., Script: Naskh and ruqʻah ; two or three modern hands in a medium to bold line; partially naskh but irregularly serifed with slight effect of inclination to the left, curvilinear descenders, open and closed counters, words adhering to baseline, some elongation of horizontal strokes, occasionally more carefully executed; ruqʻah, compact hand with slight effect of inclination to the right, serifless and freely ligatured with pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots., Decoration: Many opening headings and passages executed in contrasting purple ink; others simply larger and bolded., Support: Wove paper of two distinct types, one lined and one unlined., Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding); pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetable pattern in green; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "Secrets of the Verses | Al-Shirazi | J.H.D." ; sewing difficult to examine; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe); overall in fairly good condition., Former shelfmark: Mich. Island. Ms. temp. no. 71, Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974). Copy perhaps partly made from a printed edition., On upper pastedown label with ex libris of James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), stamped with inventory number, "Ex Libris | J. Heyworth-Dunne | D. Lit. (London) | No 7963" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-11-51 | 71955" ; possible former inventory mark in pencil on 'title page' (p.1) "231 / 53" ; numerous marginal glosses and occasional corrections; pp.69-70 carries excerpts in several different inks (purple, red and black) perhaps serving as pen trials., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 922
Sample Text
Careful copy of the treatise on Qurʼān interpretation by the renowned Ṣafavid philosopher Mullā Ṣadrā Shīrāzī (d.1640), followed by his Kitāb al-Mashāʻir, on ontology, and al-Ḥikmah al-ʻarshīyah, the popular work on knowledge of God and eschatology.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James), former owner., Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, -1641. Mashāʻir., Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, -1641. Ḥikmah al-ʻarshīyah.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Heyworth-Dunne Collection.
Referanslar
Brockelmann, C. GAL, II 413 ; S II 588-9, MacEoin, D. "Mullā Ṣadrā S̲H̲īrāzī Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm Ḳawāmī S̲h̲īrāzī." In EI2, vol. VII, p.547, col. 2
Elde Ediliş
Acquired in the Fall of 1950.
