Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān, -1465. جزولي، محمد بن سليمان، -1465
Published / Created:
1793 or 1794.
Call Number:
Arabic MSS suppl. 616
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
A well-known collection of prayers and devotions to the Prophet Muḥammad, by Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Jazūlī, a Moroccan Muslim scholar and well-known Sufi of the Shadhilīyah Sufi order, of Berber decent, who had many devotees called "Jazūlīyah" after his own name. Copied in 1208 Hijrī (1793 or 1794) by the calligrapher Muṣṭafá al-Ḥalīmī, a student of the well-known Ottoman calligrapher Muṣṭafá al-Kūtāhī (died 1787). Place of copying not mentioned.
Alternative Title:
Dalāʼil al-khayrāt, Kitāb Dalāʼil al-khayrāt wa-shawāriq al-anwār fī al-ṣalāh ʻalá al-Nabī al-mukhtār, دلائل الخيرات, دلائل الخيرات وشوارق الأنوار في الصلاة على النبي المختار : مخطوطة / محمد بن سليمان الجزولي., and كتاب دلائل الخيرات وشوارق الأنوار في الصلاة على النبي المختار
Description:
11 x 17 cm; written surface: 5.5 x 11; 13 lines per page., Binding: In dark brown leather binding with central medallion and gilt decorations., Colophon: "Katabahu aḍʻaf al-ḍaʻīf, khādim al-dīn al-ʻarīf, Muṣṭafá al-Ḥalīmī, min talāmīdh Muṣṭafá al-Kūtāhī, ghafara Allāh dhunūbahumā wa-satara ʻuyūbahumā, wa-li-man naẓara ilayhi. Āmīn. Fī sanat thamān wa-miʼatayn wa-alf.", In elegant naskh script, in black ink, on white paper; keywords and markings in red; text completely vocalized; pages are ruled in several lines of gold, black, red, and blue throughout; all sentences are separated with rosettes in gold and other colors; the opening two pages are highly illuminated in gold, brown, blue, and other colors; head and tail pieces illuminated in gold, blue, red, and other colors on folios 8b, 13b, 14a, 15b, 16a, 24a, 31b, 35b, 39b, 44a, 48a, 53a, 53v, 56b, 57b, 62a, 65b, 75a, and 81a; the different names of the Prophet are written in an intricate design of medallions in gold and other colors (folios 8b-13a); folios 14b and 15a contain two full-page miniatures, one of them representing the Kaʻbah in Mecca, the other representing the tomb of the Prophet Muḥammad in the Medina Mosque; few marginal notes in tiny but very legible script., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallam. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī hadānā lil-īmān wa-al-Islām, wa-al-ṣalāh ʻalá Muḥammad nabīyihi alladhī istanqadhanā min ʻibādat al-awthān wa-al-aṣnām wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-aṣḥābihi al-nujabāʼ al-bararah al-kirām ...", On folio 2a: "... wa-sammaytuhu bi-Kitāb Dalāʼil al-khayrāt wa-shawāriq al-anwār fī dhikr al-ṣalāh ʻalá al-Nabī al-mukhtār.", Romanization supplied by cataloger., Secundo folio: hādhā al-kitāb dhikr al-ṣalāh., Title from folio 2a., Translation of the colophon: "Copied by the weakest of the weak, servant of the leading religion, Muṣṭafá al-Ḥalīmī, a student of Muṣṭafá al-Kūtāhī, may God forgive the sins of both of them and cover their shortcomings, may He also forgive those who look into it [the manuscript]. Amen. In the year one thousand two hundred and eight.", البداية: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم. الحمد لله الذي هدانا للإيمان والإسلام، والصلاة على محمد نبيه الذي استنقذنا من عبادة الأوثان والأصنام وعلى آله وأصحابه النجباء البررة الكرام ...", الخاتمة: "كتبه أضعف الضعيف، خادم الدين العريف، مصطفى الحليمي، من تلاميذ مصطفى الكوتاهي، غفر الله ذنوبهما وستر عيوبهما، ولمن نظر إليه. آمين. في سنة ثمان ومائتين وألف.', بداية الورقة الثانية: هذا الكتاب ذكر الصلوة., and على وجه الورقة 2: "... وسميته بكتاب دلائل الخيرات وشوارق الأنوار في ذكر الصلاة على النبي المختار."
Subject (Name):
Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān,---1465., Muḥammad,--Prophet,---632--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800., and جزولي، محمد بن سليمان،---1465
Subject (Topic):
Arabic manuscripts., Islam--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800., Prayer--Islam--Early works to 1800., and Shādhilīyah--Early works to 1800.
A collection of several works by different authors, on different Islamic subjects: 1. Poem on the seven voluntary fasts in Islam by an anonymous author (folio 1a). 2. Kitāb al-dumūʻ "Book of tears" (folios 1b-55a), also known by the title "Baḥr al-dumūʻ" (Sea of tears), on exhortation and repentance, by Ibn al-Jawzī (ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī, approximately 1116-1201), a prolific Ḥanafī scholar from Baghdad (Iraq). Copied in 1181 Hijrī (1767 or 1768). Name of copyist and place of copying not mentioned. 3. Miscellaneous anecdotes (folios 55b-57b). 4. Kitāb Ādāb al-akl "On the etiquette of eating" by an anonymous author (folios 57b-68a). 5. Kitāb Ādāb al-nikāḥ "On the etiquette of marriage and sexual intercourse" by an anonymous author (folios 68a-87b). Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned. 6. Miscellaneous Ḥadīths and advices (folios 87b-100b). Copied by Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Ḥassānī in 1181 Hijrī (1767 or 1768). Place of copying not mentioned. 7. Tanwīr al-ghabash fī faḍl al-Sūdān wa-al-Ḥabash. "On the virtues of Blacks and Abyssinians" (folios 101a-134b) by Ibn al-Jawzī, copied at the end of 26 Dhū al-Ḥijjah, 1181 (14 May 1768) by Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Ḥasanī. Place of copying not mentioned. 8. A chapter (bāb) from an unidentified book by an unidentified author titled Bāb al-ʻAql ḥujjat Allāh ʻalá khalqih "Chapter of The mind is a proof of the existence of the Creator" (folios 135a-137a). 9. Questions and answers on Islamic law (folios 137b-139a) by al-Shaykh al-Ḥasan ibn Masʻūd al-Yūsī (1630 or 1631-1691), a prolific North African Islamic law scholar, a poet and "adīb" (litterateur). Copied by Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Ḥassāni from leaflets marked by Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Tāghazūtī (could not be identified). 10. An anecdote from an unidentified work by Abū Bakr al-Muṭawwiʻī (could not be identified) regarding the encounter in Jerusalem of Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-ʻĀbid (could not be identified) with al-Khaḍir and Ilyās (two Heavenly entities), copied from a book by al-Tādilī (could not be identified) (folios 139b140a). Followed by an invocation "Duʻāʼ" (folio 140a). 11. Excerpts from Tuḥfat al-albāb fī ʻajāʼib al-buldān "Gift to the intellect regarding the wonders of countries" (folios 140a142b). Author and title could not be identified. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned. 12. Excerpts from Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrá "On the life of animals" of Muḥammad ibn Mūsá al-Damīrī, 1341?-1405 (folios 142b-146b). Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned.
Alternative Title:
Ādāb al-akl., Ādāb al-nikāḥ., ʻAql ḥujjat Allāh ʻalá khalqih., Bāb al-ʻAql ḥujjat Allāh ʻalá khalqih., Baḥr al-dumūʻ, Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrá, Kitāb al-dumūʻ., Tanwīr al-ghabash fī faḍl al-Sūdān wa-al-Ḥabash., Tuḥfat al-albāb fī ʻajāʼib al-buldān., آداب الأكل., آداب النكاح., باب العقل حجة الله على خلقه., بحر الدموع, تحفة الألباب في عجائب البلدان., تنوير الغبش في فضل السودان والحبش., حياة الحيوان الكبرى, عقل حجة الله على خلقه., and كتاب الدموع.
Description:
15.5 x 21.5 cm; written surface: 12.5 x 18 cm; 20-24 lines per page., Binding: In dark brown leather binding, flap missing; central medallion on both covers; leaves are loose within the binding as usual with some Islamic bindings., Colophon of An anecdote regarding the encounter of Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-ʻĀbid with al-Khaḍir and Ilyās: "Manqūl min kitāb al-Tādilī, raḍiya Allāh ʻanhu wa-nafaʻanā bi-barakātihi. Āmīn.", Colophon of Bāb al-ʻAql ḥujjat Allāh ʻalá khalqih. Colophon missinng. Ends with: "... wa-lā yuṣghī al-muʼmin al-ʻāqil li-khurāfat man yaqūlu al-maʻbūdāt al-bāṭilāt maʻa Allāh ka-al-aṣnām wa-al-Shams wa-al-Qamar hiya al-manfīyah li-annahā layst bi-ālihah li-ḥudūthihā wa-iftiqārihā wa-lā muthbitah li-wujūdihā wa-thubūtihā. Qāla Allāh taʻālá: 'Inna alladhīna tadʻūna min dūn Allāh ʻibādun amthālukum' wa-lam yaqul ālihah mithlī, wa-shattāna mā bayna mā istaghraqatʹhu al-ʻubūdīyah wa-bayna mā wajabat la-hu al-ulūhīyah. H. Wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallama taslīman.", Colophon of Excerpts from Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrá. Colophon missing. Ends abruptly with: Yanāmu bi-iḥdá muqlatayhi wa-yattaqī // bi-ukhrá al-aʻādī fa-huwa yaqẓānu nāʼimu. Wa-ghayruhu ...", Colophon of Excerpts from Tuḥfat al-albāb fī ʻajāʼib al-buldān. Colophon missing. Ends with: "... Fa-lā taʻjaban yā hādhā mimmā raʼaytahu // fa-kullu umūr al-dunyā hādhā maṣīruhā. H.", Colophon of Kitāb Ādāb al-akl: Colophon missing. Ends with: "... wa-qāla ayḍan: ʻAjibtu li-man yadkhulu al-ḥammām ʻalá al-rīq thumma yuʼakhkhiru al-akl baʻda an yakhruja kayfa lā yamūtu. Wa-ʻajibtu li-man iḥtajama thumma bādara al-akl kayfa lā yamūtu. Wa-qāla ayḍan lam ara shayʼan anfaʻu lil-wabāʼ min duhn al-banafsaj yuddahanu bi-hi wa-yushrab.", Colophon of Kitāb Ādāb al-nikāḥ: "Wa-hādhā alladhī wajadnā fa-qayyadnāh min baʻḍ al-awrāq, wa-lam najid lahum [la-hā] awwalan wa-lā ākhiran wa-fīhim [wa-fīhā] batr wa-tamzīq min ṭūl al-zamān ʻalayhim [ʻlayhā]. Wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallama taslīman. Wa-ākhir daʻwānā an al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn.", Colophon of Kitāb al-dumūʻ (folio 55a): "Intahá Kitāb al-Dumūʻ. Wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh wa-ilayhi al-rujūʻ. Wa-al-ṣalāh wa-al-salām ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad dhī al-majd wa-al-maqām al-marfūʻ wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-aṣḥābihi ulī al-ikhlāṣ lillāh wa-al-khushūʻ. Wa-raḥima Allāh man allafahu wa-kātibahu wa-kāsibahu wa-qāriyahu wa-sāmiʻahu wa-mustaʻmilahu wa-li-man daʻā lahum bi-al-maghfirah wa-al-raḥmah. Wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn. ʻĀm 1181.", Colophon of Miscellaneous Ḥadīths and advices: "Wa-hādhā mā wajadnāhu muqayyadan fa-qayyadnāh wa-lillāh katabnāh. Wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā wa-Mawlānā Muḥammad wa-ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallama taslīman kathīran athīran ilá yawm al-dīn wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn. ʻAlá [yad] ʻabdihi Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Ḥassānī, ghafara Allāh la-hu. Āmīn ʻĀm 1181.", Colophon of Poem on the seven voluntary fasts in Islam. Colophon missing. Ends with: Wa-thālithu ayyām al-Muḥarrami innahu // jalīlun wa-ʻĀshurāʼu [wa-ʻĀshūrāʼu] fīhi aqāwilu.", Colophon of Questions and answers on Islamic law: "Kutiba hādhā min baʻḍ al-awrāq waqafa ʻalayhim [ʻalayhā] Sayyidī Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Tāghazūtī wa-ʻallama ʻalayhim [ʻalayhā] bi-ʻalāmatihi. Wa-naqalahā ʻabd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Ḥassānī, ghafara Allāh la-hu. Āmīn.", Colophon of Tanwīr al-ghabash fī faḍl al-Sūdān wa-al-Ḥabash: "Kamula bi-ḥamd Allāh wa-ḥusn ʻawnih Kitāb Tanwīr al-ghabash fī faḍl al-Sūdān wa-al-Ḥabash taʼlīf al-Shaykh al-Faqīh al-Imām al-ʻĀlim Jamāl al-Dīn Abū al-Faraj al-Jawzī, raḥimahu Allāh taʻālá wa-raḍiya ʻanhu. Āmīn. Wa-al-Ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn ʻalá yad al-ʻabd al-mudhnib ʻubayd Allāh wa-aqall al-ʻabīd Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Ḥassānī, ghafara Allāh la-hu, yawm al-Jumʻah ākhir )26) maḍat min Dhī al-Ḥijjah ʻām 1181 [14 May, 1768].", In fair, small Maghribī script, in black ink on white paper; headings, keywords and markings in red; catchwords., Incipit of An anecdote regarding the encounter of Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-ʻĀbid with al-Khaḍir and Ilyās: "al-Ḥamdu lillāh. Dhakara Abū Bakr al-Muṭawwiʻī ʻan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-ʻĀbid qāl: Kuntu jālisan fī Bayt al-Maqdis ʻinda Bāb Sulaymān, ʻlayhi al-salām, yawm al-Jumʻah baʻda al-ʻaṣr, idh jāʼa ilayya shakhṣān, aḥaduhumā yushbihu khilqtuhu khilqatanā wa-al-ākhar ʻaẓīm al-khalq, kānat jabhatuhu ʻarīḍatan wa-kāna fīhā athar ḍarbah wa-sallamā ʻalayya ...", Incipit of Bāb al-ʻAql ḥujjat Allāh ʻalá khalqih: "Bāb al-ʻAql ḥujjat Allāh ʻalá khalqih wa-huwa mālik al-qalb wa-amīr al-jasad wa-wazīr al-rūḥ wa-tarjumān al-ʻabd wa-bi-hi yaqaʻu al-tadbīr wa-tathbut al-ḥujjah. Wa-huwa ʻaqlān, ʻaql mawhūb wa-ʻaql maksūb. Fa-al-ʻaql al-mawhūb huwa alladhī wahaba Allāh ʻazza wa-jall lil-ʻulamāʼ yumayyizūn bi-hi al-ḥaqq wa-al-bāṭil, wa-al-ʻaql al-maksūb huwa alladhī ishtarakat [fīhi] jamīʻ al-khalāʼiq wa-uʻṭiya minhu lil-malāʼikah wa-banī Ādam wa-al-bahāʼim ...", Incipit of Excerpts from Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrá: "Wa-min kitāb Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān. Ḥarf al-Yāʼ. Yājūj wa-Mājūj, summū bi-dhālika li-kathratihim. Wa-qīl huwa ism Aʻjamī ghayr mushtaq. Qāla Muqātil: Hum walad Yāfit ibn Nūḥ, ʻlayhi al-salām. Wa-ammā qawlu man qāl anna Ādam nāma wa-iḥtalam wa-iltaṣaqa manīyuhu bi-al-turāb fa-tawallada minhu hādhā al-ḥayawān fa-mardūd bi-ʻadam iḥtilām al-anbiyāʼ ʻalayhim al-salām ...", Incipit of Excerpts from Tuḥfat al-albāb fī ʻajāʼib al-buldān: "al-Ḥamdu lillāh. Dhukira fī Tuḥfat al-albāb fī ʻajāʼib al-buldān anna fī balad al-Sūdān ummah bilā ruʼūs wa-qad dhakarahum al-Shaʻbī fī kitāb Sīrat al-mulūk. Wa-qad dhakara anna fī bilād al-Maghrib ummah min walad Ādam kulluhum nisāʼ wa-lā yaʻīshu fī arḍihim dhakar ...", Incipit of Kitāb Ādāb al-akl: "Kitāb Ādāb al-akl. Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-sallama taslīman. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī aḥsana tadbīr al-kāʼināt fa-khalaqa al-khalq wa-al-samāwāt wa-anzala al-māʼ al-furāt min al-muʻṣirāt fa-anshaʼa al-ḥayy wa-al-nabāt wa-qaddara al-arzāq wa-al-aqwāt wa-ḥafiẓ bi-al-maʼkūlāt qiwá al-ḥayawānāt wa-aʻāna ʻalá al-ṭāʻāt wa-al-aʻmāl al-ṣāliḥāt wa-al-ṣalāh ʻalá Muḥammad dhī al-muʻjizāt al-bāhirāt ...", Incipit of Kitāb Ādāb al-nikāḥ: "Kitāb Ādāb al-nikāḥ. Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad al-Nabī al-karīm wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallam. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī lā tuṣādifu sihām al-awhām fī ʻajāʼib ṣanʻatih majrá wa-lā tarjiʻu al-ʻuqūl ʻan awāʼil badāʼiʻihi illā wālihatan ḥayrá wa-lā tazālu laṭāʼifu ʻamalihi niʻmatan ʻalá al-ʻālamīn tatrá, fa-hiya tatawālá ʻlayhim ikhtiyāran wa-qahran ...", Incipit of Kitāb al-dumūʻ: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā wa-Mawlānā Muḥammad wa-ālihi wa-ṣaḥbih wa-sallama taslīman. Qāla al-Shaykh al-Faqīh al-Imām al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah Abū ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ʻAlī al-Jawzī, raḥimahu Allāh wa-raḍiya ʻanh: al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī ikhtaraʻa al-ashyāʼ bi-laṭīf qudratih wa-badīʻ ṣanʻatih fa-aḥsana fīmā ikhtaraʻa, wa-abdaʻ al-mawjūdāt ʻalá ghayr mithāl, fa-lā sharīka la-hu fīmā abdaʻ. Allafa al-laṭīf wa-al-kathīf min aʻdād āḥād al-jawāhir wa-jamaʻa li-yufrida bi-al-waḥdānīyah kull maṣnūʻ ...", Incipit of Miscellaneous Ḥadīths and advices: "Wa-min baʻḍ taʼālif al-Aḥādīth: Man dakhala ʻalá marīḍ an yaḍaʻa yadahu ʻalá jabīnihi aw mawḍiʻ min jasadihi wa-an yadʻwa la-hu li-qawlihi, ʻalayhi al-salām: Mā min ʻabdin Muslimin yaʻūdu marīḍan lā yaḥḍuru ajaluhu fa-yaqūlu nasʼalu Allāh al-ʻaẓīm rabb al-ʻarsh al-ʻaẓīm an yashfiyaka wa-yuʻāfiyaka illā shafāhu Allāh ...", and Incipit of Poem on the sev
Subject (Name):
Damīrī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsá, 1341?-1405. Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrá., Damīrī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsá,--1341?-1405., Ibn al-Jawzī, Abū al-Faraj ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī, approximately 1116-1201. Kitāb al-dumūʻ., Ibn al-Jawzī, Abū al-Faraj ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī, approximately 1116-1201. Tanwīr al-ghabash fī faḍl al-Sūdān wa-al-Ḥabash., Ibn al-Jawzī, Abū al-Faraj ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī,--approximately 1116-1201., Yūsī, al-Ḥasan ibn Masʻūd, 1630 or 1631-1691., Yūsī, al-Ḥasan ibn Masʻūd,--1630 or 1631-1691., ابن الجوزي، ابو الفرج عبد الرحمن بن علي، حوالي 1116-1201. تنوير الغبش في فضل السودان والحبش., ابن الجوزي، أبو الفرج عبد الرحمن بن علي، حوالي 1116-1201. كتاب الدموع., ابن الجوزي، أبو الفرج عبد الرحمن بن علي،--حوالي 1116-1201., دميري، محمد بن موسى، 1341?-1405. حياة الحيوان الكبرى., دميري، محمد بن موسى،--1341?-1405., يوسي، الحسن بن مسعود، 1630 أو 1631-1691., and يوسي، الحسن بن مسعود،--1630 أو 1631-1691.
Subject (Topic):
Animals--Early works to 1800., Arabic manuscripts., Black race--Religious aspects--Islam--Early works to 1800., Curiosities and wonders in literature--Early works to 1800., Dinners and dining--Religious aspects--Islam--Early works to 1800., Ethiopians--Religious aspects--Islam--Early works to 1800., Faith and reason--Islam--Early works to 1800., Fasting--Religious aspects--Islam--Early works to 1800., God (Islam)--Early works to 1800., Hadith--Early works to 1800., Islamic law--Early works to 1800., Islamic literature--Early works to 1800., Islamic marriage customs and rites--Early works to 1800., Jinn--Qurʼanic teaching--Early works to 1800., Prayer--Islam--Early works to 1800., Repentance--Religious aspects--Islam--Early works to 1800., Salutations--Religious aspects--Islam--Early works to 1800., Sexual intercourse--Religious aspects--Islam--Early works to 1800., and Women in Islam--Early works to 1800.
