Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Bijapur 455]

<ul> <li><strong>Ṣ&ucirc;fism and Ethics.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 455&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. 611 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>611.</p> <p>B 455. Size 10 in. by 6 in.; foll. 36. Twenty five lines in a page.</p> <p>An anonymous Commentary on select passages of the <em>Iḥy&acirc;, </em>containing explanations of difficult words, and criticism on traditions quoted in this work. In the latter the author chiefly follows &lsquo;<em>Ir&acirc;</em><em>ḳ&icirc;</em> (d. A. H. 806).</p> <p>He terms Shumunn&icirc; (d. A. H. 872), whose glosses on the <em>Shif&acirc;</em>¹ he quotes on fol. 1<em>v</em>., شيخ شيوخنا .</p> <p>This MS. comprises only the commentary on the second part. It begins:الربع الثانى كتاب آداب الاكل الماء الفرات هو العذب جدّا اى الحلو جدّا , and ends abruptly.</p> <p>Well written. The upper part of the last fol. is torn away.</p> <p>Inscribed:هذا كتاب كلمات غزالى در علم وعظ ; cf. Cat. 230, ix.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>¹ Ḥ. Kh. iv. 59.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>