R.13.46 (Wren Library, Trinity College Cambridge)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
A commentary on the ʿAqā᾽id of al-Nasafī, followed by a chapter on the Causes of Knowledge.
ff. 2v.-88r.
Title: Sharḥ al-ʿaqā᾽id
Title: شرح العقائد
A commentary on the ʿAqā᾽id of Nasafī, ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad, d. 1068?-1142, a work on theological science.
Incipit: الحمد لله المتوحد بجلال ذاته وكمال صفاته
Explicit: وهو الملائكة الذين لا أب لهم ولا أم ويقدرون بإذن إلهه تعالى على أفعال أقوى وأعجب من أبراء الأكمه والأبرس وأحياء الموتى فالترقي في العلو إنما هو في أمر التجرد وإظهار الآثار الغوثية لا في مطلق الشرف والكمال فلا دلالة على فضيلة الملائكة
Language(s): Arabic
ff. 88v.-91v.
Title: Asbāb al-ʿilm
Title: أسباب العلم
A short essay on the causes of knowledge. This appears to be an extract from a commentary on ʿAqā᾽id al-dīnīyah عقائد الدينية.
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 91 ff.
Condition
Discoloured by age
Hand(s)
A bad taʿlīq hand
Additions: marginal and interlinear notes
History
Origin: Persia 1589
Provenance and Acquisition
Record Sources
"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".
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