R.13.46 (Wren Library, Trinity College Cambridge)

Display:

Oriental Manuscripts

Contents

A commentary on the ʿAqā᾽id of al-Nasafī, followed by a chapter on the Causes of Knowledge.

ff. 2v.-88r.
Author: Anonymous
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.
Author: Anonymous
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

no. 867
Palmer, p. 124

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".

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card. (For admissions procedures contact Wren Library Admissions). Contact wren.library@trin.cam.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Funding of Cataloguing

Trinity College Cambridge

Subjects

TO TOP

See the Availability section of this record for information on viewing the item in a reading room.