Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 1815]

<ul> <li><strong>Ṣ&ucirc;fism and Ethics.&nbsp;</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1815&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. 673&nbsp;here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>673.</p> <p>1815. Size 9^3/4 in. by 5^1/4 in.; foll. 214. Twenty-one lines in a page.</p> <p>A Collection of Moral Sentences, entitled جوامع الكلم فى المواعظ و الحكم , by (&lsquo;Al&acirc; al-d&icirc;n, or N&ucirc;r al-d&icirc;n) &lsquo;Al&icirc; b. Ḥus&acirc;m al-d&icirc;n (Hind&icirc; Makk&icirc;) commonly called MUTTAḲI, a Ḥanafite (of Burh&acirc;np&ucirc;r, d. A.H. 975, at Makkah). Cf. Cat. Mus. Brit. 756 <em>n</em>.; Ḥ. Kh. ii. 553, etc.</p> <p>The preface begins:الحمد لله الذى نوّر قلوب العارفين فاقتبسوا من لوامع كلامه و كلام رسوله غرر وجوه المعانى و الاشارات.</p> <p>The author states that this collection consists of about 3000 sentences (حِكَم) , viz. 500 اقتباسات , or sentences mixed with quotations from the Koran ; ¹ 500 تضمينات , or traditions which, on account of their conciseness, are preceded by an introductory and explanatory phrase, rhymed with them; ² 300 sentences of <em>Ibn </em>&lsquo;<em>A</em><em>ṭ&acirc; </em>(see below, no. 696), and 100 of his &lsquo;&rsquo;disciple&rsquo;&rsquo; ( تلميذه , <em>i.e</em>. according to a marginal note, داود بن باخلا ) ; the rest being sayings of the &lsquo;&rsquo;Ancients&rsquo;&rsquo; (من كلام السلف) .</p> <p>These materials, which follow invariably in the order just mentioned, are distributed under some eighty heads, which are arranged alphabetically, as باب فى الايمان , باب فى الاحسان , and so forth. A list of them is inserted after the introduction (مقدّمة) , which treats of the definition of حكمة . As to the general character of the work, the author remarks (fol.2): كمال لذّة هذا التاليف موقوف على ان يكون الشخص حافظاً مفسّراً محدّثا و ان يكون له ذوق من علوم الصوفية.</p> <p>Conclusion : اتممتُ الكتاب حامداً مصلياً .... و انا الفقير علىّ المتّقى الراجى من الله العطايا و الهبات و هو الذى يقبل التوبة من عباده و يعفو عن السّيئآت.</p> <p>Well written, of the eleventh century. Emended. Numerous marginal notes, some of which are derived from the author. An omission has been supplied by a different hand (foll. 15-17). Foll. 150-152 and 148-149 should be transposed. Slightly injured by insects.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>¹ Cf. Sprenger&rsquo;s Dictionary of Technical Terms, p. ١١٨٧.</p> <p>² They are defined, in a marginal note, as الاحاديث التى ذكرت قبلها توطئتها و تمهيدها.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>