Scholastic Theology [IO Islamic 2323]

<ul> <li><strong>Scholastic Theology.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2323&nbsp;</strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth">&nbsp;<strong>Otto Loth,&nbsp;</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. 384&nbsp;here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>384.</p> <p>2323. Size 8 in. by 5 in.; foll. 89.</p> <p>Principles of Muḥammadan Faith, entitled التمهید فی بیان التوحید و هدایة لکل مسترشد و رشید, by ABU SHUK&Ucirc;R S&Acirc;LIM&Icirc;, <em>i.e</em>. Muḥammad b. &lsquo;Abd al-saiyid b. Shu&rsquo;aib Kashsh&icirc; (or Kiss&icirc;)¹ Ḥanaf&icirc;. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. ii. 423, v. 153, and Bibl. Sprenger. 831.</p> <p>The author, who belonged to the orthodox school, اهل السنة و الجماعة, lived in the latter part of the fifth century. He says (fol. 78<em>v</em>.):</p> <p>وقد وجدت الموافقة و المتابعة فی السنة و الجماعة مع الامة و الصحابة و تحققت من مشایخنا ائمّة الهدی فی بلاد الشرق و الصین من فقهاء خراسان و ما وراء النهر و بلاد غزنة و دیار الترک الخ,</p> <p>and (fol. 80):</p> <p>سمعت عن شیخ الامام الزاهد ابوبکر محمد ابن حمزة الخطیب سمرقند (!) رحمه الله تعالی فی سنة نیف و ستین و اربع مائة کنت متفقها عنده و تلقّنت منه کتاب السرقة و غیره الخ.</p> <p>He commonly quotes the opinions of Abu Ḥan&icirc;fah, Ash&rsquo;ar&icirc;, the Mu&rsquo;tazilites, and the Philosophers.</p> <p>The work begins:</p> <p>قال المهتدی ابو شکور سالمی و هو محمد بن عبدالسید بن شعیب رح الحمد لله الذی ذا المن (!) و الالاء و العظمة و الکبریاء..... فبعد فقد سالنی بعضی (!) اخوانی ان امهّد لهم اصول المعرفة و التوحید مقدار ما یکشف بالعبارة و یدرک بالاشارة الخ.</p> <p>The chapters are inaccurately marked. The following titles occur here: fol. 1<em>v</em>., العقل و العقلاء; fol. 8, المحسوسات و المعلوم; fol. 14, اثبات الصانع; fol. 20<em>v</em>., اثبات الصفات; fol. 27, الاسماء (on fol. 40 is marked as given by another MS., باب فی معرفة الله); fol. 65<em>v</em>., التکلیف و الطاقة ; fol. 71, الخلافة و الامارة; fol. 78, السنة و الجماعة و الردّ علی البدعة.</p> <p>Each chapter is subdivided into paragraphs, which invariably begin with the words القول فی.</p> <p>The name of the author, as given at the beginning, occurs often in the course of the work.</p> <p>Clearly written; only a few (generally two) lines at the top, in the middle, and at the foot of each page, are straight, dividing it into two squares. The rest run diagonally. <em>Persian</em> notes are on the margin.</p> <p>A statement of the answer given by the Im&acirc;m ABU ḤAFṢ (NASAF&Icirc;) to four questions, which were put to the divines of Transoxania by those of Khur&acirc;s&acirc;n, in <em>Persian</em>, is written on the title-page. Another note, beginning مسئله ارواح هفت نوع اند, is on the fly-leaf.</p> <p>[College of Fort William, 1825.]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>¹ See on this surname, Abu&rsquo;l-fadhl, Homonyma, ed. De Jong, ۱۲۹, ۲۱۳; Liber as-Sojutii de nomin. rel., ed. Veth, ۲۲۲; and Y&acirc;ḳ&ucirc;t, iv. ۲۷۳ and ۲۷۷.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>