Koranic Science, a Commentary [IO Islamic 1063]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1063 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 114 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>114.</p> <p>1063. Size 7^1/2 in. by 5 in.; foll. 294. Nine lines in a page.</p> <p>A Commentary on the 12^th S&ucirc;rah (سورة یوسف), combined with the legendary history (القصة) of Joseph. It is ascribed to the celebrated GHAZZ&Acirc;L&Icirc; (d. A. H. 505).</p> <p>Begins (fol. 2<em>v</em>.):</p> <p>تفسیر سورة یوسف و قصة یوسف علیه السلام، و السورة مکیّة باجماعهم و هی مائة واحدی عشرة آیة و الف و ستمائة کلمة و سبعة آلاف و مائة و ستة و ستون حرفا قال المصنف الغزالی (fol.3)فی سبب نزولها قولان.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>This is not a real commentary, but rather a kind of homily on the double text aforesaid, illustrating it with moral stories, sentences, poetry, etc. It ends with v. 102. The rest of the S&ucirc;rah is given with the <em>Persian</em> Commentary of ḤUSAIN K&Acirc;SHIF&Icirc;, introduced by the following words (fol. 288): تمت تفسیر العربی من تصنیف الامام محمد الغزالی رحمه الله تعالی و ما بقی من السورة یفسر من تفسیر حسینی.</p> <p>Ends: تمت قصة یوسف الصدیق علیه السلام بعون الملک العزیز العلام.</p> <p>Written in a large, plain hand. Coloured lines round each page.</p> <p>The first two pages contain a prayer.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>