Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Bijapur 452]

<ul> <li><strong>Ṣ&ucirc;fism and Ethics.&nbsp;</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 452&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. 694 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>694.</p> <p>B 452. Size 9^1/2 in. by 5^1/2 in.; foll. 60. Nineteen lines in a page.</p> <p>I.Foll. 1-6. كتاب الثالث ¹ فى الحجّ . A letter addressed to a person who has the intention of leaving Makkah, and who is strongly advised to stay there.</p> <p>The author is not named.</p> <p>Begins:&hellip;. حفظك الله يا اخى بحفظ الايمان</p> <p>اما بعد فانّى كتبتُ اليك و انا و من قِبَلى من الاقارب و الاخوان على افضل حال و ربّنا محمود لا شريك له و صلى الله على سيدنا محمد و اله و سلم اما بعد فقد انتهى الىّ ابقاك الله انّك على الشخوص من حرم الله تعالى و التحوّل منه الى غيره و انّى كرهتُ و الله ذلك الخ.</p> <p>The author in the course of this letter frequently quotes the Koran and the Tradition. He says in conclusion: و اياك يا اخى ثم اياك ان تخرج من مكة فلو لم يدخل عليك الاّ فلسان من حلال لكان خيرا لك من ان يدخل عليك فى غيرها الفان الخ.</p> <p>Carefully written in a good hand, probably by Ibr&acirc;h&icirc;m b. Maḥm&ucirc;d b. Ibr&acirc;h&icirc;m, whose seal (A.H. 1037) is at the end.</p> <p>II.Foll. 6<em>v</em>.-11. كتاب الرابع الخ . A tract on Asceticism, by IBN &lsquo;ARAB&Icirc;, entitled حلية الابدال و ما يظهر منها من المعارف و الاحوال . See Ḥ. Kh. iii. 108, for an abstract of the preface.</p> <p>It treats of the four &lsquo;&rsquo;columns&rsquo;&rsquo; of the ascetic life: silence, solitude, hunger, and watching (الصمت ، السهر ، الجوع ، العزلة).</p> <p>Written in a huried hand.</p> <p>III. Foll. 11<em>v</em>-14. كتاب الخامس الخ . A <em>Persian</em> treatise on the recitation of the words لا اله الآ الله . It is entitled بداية الذاكرين .</p> <p>Begins: الحمد لله رب العالمين كما هو اهله .</p> <p>The author, whose name does not occur, mentions at the beginning his son Darw&icirc;sh &lsquo;Aṭ&acirc; Allah.</p> <p>Clearly written. Imperfect at the end.</p> <p>IV.Foll. 15-45. A fragment of a concise work on Ethics and Asceticism, founded upon alleged sayings of the Im&acirc;m JA&rsquo;FAR Ṣ&Acirc;DIḲ, whose name occurs at the beginning of each chapter.</p> <p>Imperfect at the beginning. Defects after foll. 20 and 28. The first heading is باب الاحكام .</p> <p>V.Foll.45<em>v</em>-60. كتاب الثانى المسمى بالتجريد فى كلمة التوحيد . A mystic treatise in explanation of the words لا اله الآ الله , by AḤMAD b. Muḥammad GHAZZ&Acirc;L&Icirc; (d. A.H. 520), the brother of the great Im&acirc;m. See Ḥ.Kh. ii. 204, and Gosche in Abh. Akad. Berlin, 1858, p. 250 and 296.</p> <p>Begins: قال الشيخ الامام جمال الاسلام احمد بن محمد بن محمد بن محمد (!) الغزالى رضى الله عنه فى الحديث الصحيح و النقل الوارد الصحيح عن سيد البشر محمد الصطفى الخ.</p> <p>It is divided into numerous sections (فصل) .</p> <p>The last two tracts are written in the same hand as no. I. They stood originally at the beginning of the volume.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>¹ See end of article.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>