Scholastic Theology [IO Islamic 2587]

<ul> <li><strong>Scholastic Theology.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2587&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. 470&nbsp;here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>470.</p> <p>2587. Size 8 in. by 6 in.; foll. 172. Eleven lines in a page.</p> <p>A collection of religious treatises, bearing a remarkable resemblance to Cat. Mus. Brit. 393, DCCCLXXI.</p> <ol> <li> <p>Foll. 2-21. A Commentary (ممزوج) on <em>Samar</em><em>ḳand&icirc;&rsquo;s</em> Catechism (see no. 381), by an unknown author. It Is entitled بهجة العلوم فی شرح فی بیان (!) عقیدة الاصول, being the same as Cat. Mus. Brit., l.c., ii.</p> </li> <li> <p>Foll. 22-54. A Commentary (ممزوج) on the &ldquo;Sixty Questions&rdquo; of <em>Aḥmad b. al-&lsquo;Abb&acirc;s</em>, the ascetic, concerning the religious duties of the Sh&acirc;fi&rsquo;ites. The commentator is not named. The same work is to be found in Cat. Mus. Brit., l.c., ii.</p> </li> <li> <p>Foll. 54<em>v</em>.-86, Articles of Faith, with a Commentary, both blended together, and apparently by the same author. Entitled المفتاح فی شرح معرفة الاسلام. Cf. Cat. Mus. Brit., l.c., v.</p> </li> </ol> <p>Ends: تمت المسمی کتاب محتاح (!) اعْ سڤت اعْ عصر ثبت الله ایمانه فی الدنیا و الآخرة الخ.</p> <ol> <li> <p>Foll. 86<em>v</em>.-98. A treatise in <em>Javanese</em>, bound upside down.</p> </li> <li> <p>Foll. 98<em>v.</em>-130. A logical demonstration of the principal articles of faith, the same as Mus. Brit., l.c., vi. The author is not mentioned.</p> </li> </ol> <p>Ends: و تمت دین جمعه ڤن ڤن.</p> <ol> <li> <p>Foll. 130<em>v</em>.-170. Muḥammad b. &lsquo;Omar b. Ibr&acirc;h&icirc;m TILIMS&Acirc;N&Icirc;&rsquo;S Commentary (ممزوج) on the Articles of Faith by Muḥammad b. Y&ucirc;suf San&ucirc;s&icirc; (d. A.H. 895), the same as Mus. Brit., l.c., vii.</p> </li> </ol> <p>Ends: تمت تم الکتاب المسمی یالابا التلمسانی فی ثلث فی وقت عشر فی (!).</p> <p>Indifferently written, with frequent interlinear notes in Javanese written in the Arabic character. The vacant leaves are filled with various notes and scribblings.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>