R.13.19 (Wren Library, Trinity College Cambridge)
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A work on complex points of Islamic theology, according to the doctrines of the Ḥanafī sect.
Title: Nuṣrat al-dīnīyahTitle: نصرة الدينيةTitle: بيان السنة والجماعةThis work consists of a preface and fifteen sections, followed by a number of fragments.
Incipit: الحمد لله رب العالمين جاعل الانبياء سادةً للعالمين والعلماء قادةً للمؤمنين والفقهاء حافظةً للمخطينExplicit: وأما تعلّم علم الطبّ فيجوز لانه سبب من الاسباب فيجوز كساير الاسبابLanguage(s): ArabicTitle: Section OneOn Sect.
Title: Section TwoOn the proposition “That faith is neither increased by just works, nor diminished by the commission of sins.”
Title: Section ThreeWhether the commission of sins excludes a man from faith.
Title: Section FourWhether good works are nullified by evil works.
Title: Section FiveWhether the Believer who has committed an offence against God is to be designated by the term عدو 'Enemy of God'.
Title: Section SixWhether our faith is to be likened to that of the angels and the prophets.
Title: Section SevenOn faith and its motives.
Title: Section EightOn God’s Unity, and the considerations which confirm a belief in it.
Title: Section NineOn استثناء, i.e. the use of the formula: ‘If it please God’
Title: Section TenOn the origins and causes of schism amongst Muslims.
Title: Section ElevenOn the interpretation of a saying of Mohammed with reference to the above.
Title: Section TwelveOn the unrighteous character of the Sufis, and the illegality of all unseemly mirth and amusements, such as dancing and the like.
Title: Section ThirteenA fatwa of al-Dubūsī on the origin of schism.
Title: Section FourteenOn the sect of the Sunnis, and the sayings attributed to ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, d. approximately 600-661.
Title: Section FifteenOn Intelligence.
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Form: codexExtent: 77 ff.History
Origin: 1566 CEProvenance and Acquisition
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"Manuscript description based on "E. G. Browne: A supplementary hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1922", and "E.H. Palmer A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic, Persian and Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, London 1870".Availability
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