Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225 بوني، أحمد بن علي، -1225
Call Number:
Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 93
Image Count:
700
Abstract:
Shams al-maʻārif wa-laṭāʼif al-ʻawārif (also called "Shams al-maʻārif al-kubrá" to distinguish it from the author's two other smaller treatises: al-wusṭa "the middle one" and al-ṣughrá "the little one"), a treatise on magic, alchemy, astrology, devination, Islamic occultism, the name of God and the magical use of the Arabic alphabet by Abū al-ʻAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Būnī (d. 1225), a famous sufi scholar from the city of Būnah (Bône) now ʻAnnābah (Annaba, Algeria), died in Cairo, Egypt. Name of copyist and place of copying are not mentioned; the date of copying is mentioned enigmatically in the 12th century H (18th century M).
Alternative Title:
Shams al-maʻārif al-kubrá and شمس المعارف الكبرى
Description:
In Arabic., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā wa-Mawlānā Muḥammad wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallam. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī aḥāṭa bi-kull shayʼ ʻilman wa-ʻallam al-insān mā lam yaʻlam wa-ashhadu an lā ilāh illā Allāh waḥdah lā sharīka lah wa-ashhadu anna Muḥammadan rasūl Allāh ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallam, shahida Allāh an lā ilāh illā huwa shahādat azal, fa-min nūr hādhihi al-shahādah ightaraf al-muṣṭafūn ʻilman, fa-ifham dhālika. Wa-al-tartīb al-abadī fī al-shahādatayn al-muttaṣilatayn bi-al-malāʼikah al-kirām wa-ulī al-ʻilm fa-hādhihi shahādat al-abad, fa-man fahima sirra hātayn al-shahādatayn shāhada al-malakūtayn ...", 20 x 29 cm; written surface: 14 x 22 cm, ca. 30 lines per page., Bound., In fair naskh script, on yellowish paper; keywords and markings in red; some notes and corrections on the margins; magic squares and illustrations; text within double red frames; catchwords., Includes table of contents at the beginning of the manuscript: "al-Faṣl al-awwal fī al-ḥurūf al-muʻjamah wa-mā yatarattabu fīhā min al-asrār wa-al-iḍmārāt. al-Faṣl al-thānī fī al-kasr wa-al-basṭ wa-tartīb al-aʻmāl min al-awqāt wa-al-sāʻāt. al-Faṣl al-thālith fī aḥkām manāzil al-qamar al-thamāniyah wa-ʻishrīn al-falakīyah ...", and Colophon: "... Wa-Allāh asʼalu an yulhima li-fahm mā ramaznāh wa-kashf mā satarnāh akh ṣadīq wa-khill ḥaqq [i.e. akhan ṣadīqan wa-khillan ḥaqqan]. Wa-fī hādhā al-qadr kifāyah li-man waffaqahu Allāh taʻālá wa-lā ḥawla wa-lā qūwata illā billāh al-ʻAlī al-ʻAẓīm wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-ṣaḥbihi ajmaʻīn wa-jamīʻ al-anbiyāʼ wa-al-mursalīn wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn. al-Tārīkh: Fī niṣf awwal min khums thālith min thulth awwal min niṣf thānī min suds thālith min niṣf awwal min khums thānī min ʻushr awwal min qarn thānī ʻashar min hijrat khayr al-bashar ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallama taslīman kathīran. Tamma wa-kamula."
Subject (Name):
Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Arabic alphabet, Astrology, Divination, God (Islam), Name, Islamic magic, Islamic occultism, and Magic
Ibn al-Ḥājj al-Kabīr, Muḥammad ابن الحاج الكبير، محمد
Published / Created:
1598.
Call Number:
Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 195
Image Count:
288
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Treatise on Islamic magic and occultism by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj al-Kabīr al-Tilimsānī (an obscure author). Copied by ʻAlī ibn Sālim ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Shāfiʻī, on Monday, 4 Jumād Awwal, 1007 [?] (3 December, 1598). The date of the year is suspect; it has been erased and re-written in a different hand. 4 Jumād Awwal, 1007, falls on a Thursday not Monday. The manuscript was collated by Muḥammad Aḥmad al-Khawjah (or al-Khūjah). Place of copying not mentioned
In Arabic., Title from folio 1a., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit (folio 1b): "Hādhā kitāb mukhtaṣar min Tāj al-mulūk wa-bughyat al-mālik wa-al-mamlūk. Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Allāh, innī asʼaluka al-iʻānah ʻalá al-tamām wa-al-kamāl, wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallama taslīman kathīran. Qāla Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj al-Kabīr // mubtadiʼan bi-bismi al-ilāh al-qadīri. al-Ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī ʻallamanā // sirra al-kunūzi wa-bihi awlānā ... Wa-sammaytuhu bi-Durrati al-anwāri // taḥqīqun fī ṣanāyiʻi al-abrāri ...", Secundo folio: Wa-sammaytuhu bi-Durrati al-anwāri., 16.5 x 23.5 cm; written surface: 9 x 16.5 cm; 21 lines per page., Binding: Brown leather binding with flap, covers embossed with central medallions, in four numbered quires., In good naskh script, in black ink, on white paper; headings, keywords and markings in red; many commentaries and corrections on the margins; magic squares; text within double red frames; catchwords., On folio 1a: "Hādhā kitāb mukhtaṣar min Tāj al-mulūk wa-bughyat al-mālik wa-al-mamlūk musammiyan [musammá] bi-Durrat al-anwār lil-fāḍil Ibn al-Ḥājj al-Kabīr al-Tilimsānī, wa-huwa ʻumdah fī al-funūn al-maʻdūmah, raḥimahu Allāh taʻālá. Āmīn. Bi-jāh Sayyid al-Mursalīn.", On folio 1a: A medical snuff recipe for those afflicted with the spirits of the rebellious Jinn: "Ṣifat saʻūṭ lil-muṣāb bi-aryāḥ al-jān al-mutamarridīn ...", On the margin of folio 136b, a coallation note: "Balaghah muqābalatan bi-ghāyat al-diqqah ʻalá yadinā. Kātibuhu al-faqīr Muḥammad Aḥmad al-Khawjah.", On folios 137a and 138a-138b, medico-magical recipes, in a different hand., Colophon (folio 136b): "Tamma hādhā al-kitāb fī yawm al-Ithnayn al-mubārak al-muwāfiq 4 arbaʻah khalat min shahr Jumād Awwal, sanat 1007 [?] alf wa-sabʻ sinīn [?] min al-Hijrah al-Nabawīyah ʻalá ṣāḥibihā afḍal al-ṣalāh wa-adhká [wa-azká] al-taḥīyah wa-sallama taslīman kathīran dāyiman abadan ilá Yawm al-Dīn. Wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn. ʻAlá yad kātibihi al-faqīr ilá Allāh ʻAlī ibn Sālim ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Shāfiʻī madhhaban, ghafara Allāh la-hu wa-li-wālidayh wa-li-jamīʻ al-Muslimīn. Āmīn. Wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn. Tamm. Wa-Allāh aʻlam bi-al-ṣawāb wa-ilayhi al-marjiʻ wa-al-maʼāb. Wa-ilá Allāh tarjiʻ al-umūr. Wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallam.", and Translation of the colophon: "This book was concluded on blessed Monday, 4 Jumād Awwal, 1007 [?] of the Hijrah of the Prophet ... Copied by ... ʻAlī ibn Sālim ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Shāfiʻī ..."
