F. 4 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: Two Arabic tracts by the same Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í, both transcribed in
1264/1848, and followed on ff. 59 and 60 by two inscribed circles entitled
respectively the "Circle of Reason" or "Scale of Virtues" (Da'iratul Aql or
Kaffatu'l-Hasanaf) and the "Circle of Ignorance" or "Scale of Vices" (Da'iratu'l-
Jahl or Kaffatu's-Sayyi'at). The first tract begins after the short doxology: اما بعد فيقول العبد المسكين أحمد زين الدين إني لما رأيتُ كثيرا من الطلبة يتعمقون في
المعارف الالهية ويتوهمون أنهم تعملوا في المعنى الخ The second begins abruptly after the Bismi'lláh: في الإشارة الى بيان كيفية تكون الموجودات وتنزلاتها في مراتب ظهوراتها الخ Ff. 62 of 17'6 x 11'3 c. and 17 ll.; rather coarse but legible naskh; no note of
place or date of acquisition.
1264/1848, and followed on ff. 59 and 60 by two inscribed circles entitled
respectively the "Circle of Reason" or "Scale of Virtues" (Da'iratul Aql or
Kaffatu'l-Hasanaf) and the "Circle of Ignorance" or "Scale of Vices" (Da'iratu'l-
Jahl or Kaffatu's-Sayyi'at). The first tract begins after the short doxology: اما بعد فيقول العبد المسكين أحمد زين الدين إني لما رأيتُ كثيرا من الطلبة يتعمقون في
المعارف الالهية ويتوهمون أنهم تعملوا في المعنى الخ The second begins abruptly after the Bismi'lláh: في الإشارة الى بيان كيفية تكون الموجودات وتنزلاتها في مراتب ظهوراتها الخ Ff. 62 of 17'6 x 11'3 c. and 17 ll.; rather coarse but legible naskh; no note of
place or date of acquisition.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 62
Dimensions: 17.6 × 11.3 cm.
Layout
17 lines
Hand(s)
Rather coarse but legible naskh
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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