رسايل ملا صدرا

Rasāʼil-i Mullā Ṣadrā.

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Language
  • Arabic
  • Persian
Published/​Created
Qazvīn, [1625]
Description
103 leaves : paper ; 190 x 124 (112-122 x 72) mm bound to 190 x 130 mm.

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    Summary note
    Collection of four short treatises by Mullā Ṣadrā Shīrāzī. This copy was written by Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn, a famous mathematician during the reign of Shāh ʻAbbās II.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from inscription on fol. 1a.
    • On fol. 1a: several ownership statements, seals, and inscriptions in Persian; six-petal lotus in two double ruled concentric circles, with inscriptions. On fol. 1b and 103b: verses in Persian.
    • Collation: Paper ; fol. 102 ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords ; collation notes ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • Layout: 19-22 lines per page.
    • Description: Overlining in red ; apparently written in the same hand although the ownership statement on fol. 52a and the script suggest that this part of the volume might have been copied by another hand ; fol. 52-82 tinted yellow.
    • Origin: [Short treatise] Copy completed on 8 Shaʻbān 1034 [May 16, 1625] in Qazwīn (fol. 8b) -- [Iksīr al-ʻārifīn] Copied from an autograph copy by Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn in Qazwīn on 8 Shaʻbān 1034 [May 16, 1625] (colophon, fol. 37a) -- [Ajwibat masāʼil] Copied in Qazvīn, Shaʻbān 1034 (fol. 51a) -- [Risālah fī ḥudūth al-ʻālam] Copied in 1034 H. (fol. 102a).
    • Incipit: [Short treatise] بسم ... الحمد لله الذى خلق فسوى والذى قدر فهدى الى قوله ... اعلم ايدك الله وايانا بروح منه ... انا قدمنا اليك من انوار الحكم ... [3أ] ... فصل اعلم ان الاكسير هو الكيميا والكيميا هو الغنى والغنى هى السعادة والسعادة هى البقاء على افضل الاحوال -- [اكسير العارفين] رب اشرح لى صدرى و يسر لى امرى ... سبحانك اللهم يا مبدع العقول والنفوس باضوائها وانوارها ومخترع الافلاك والكواكب فيقول العبد ... ان هذه نكت من مسائل شريفة حكمية -- [اجوبة مسائل] بسم ... يا رب كل عقل ونفس وغاية كل حيوة وحركة ... وبعد فقد سالنى بعض اجلة الاخوان وافاضل الاقران عن مسائل عويصة -- [رسالة في حدوث العالم] بسم ... سبحانك اللهم من قديم قد تفرد بالبقاء والقدم ... [53ب] فيقول الملتجى بباب ربه ... هذه يا اخوانى مقالاتى فى تحقيق مسئلة حدوث العالم التى قد تحيرت فيها
    • Explicit: [Short treatise] فان الجاهل عدو العالم ومن جهل شيا عاداه تم -- [اكسير العارفين] بالمعالم الربوبية التى يبحث فيها عن المبادى الاولى والغايات القصوى علم يقينا ان مبدا كل شي هو بعينه الغاية فالنفس العلامة من الله مبداها والى الله منتهاها دعوتهم فيها سبحانك الهم وتحيتهم فيها سلام وآخر دعوتهم ان الحمد لله رب العالمين -- [اجوبة مسائل] وتمامها يطلب بالمرجعة الى الاصل والله يهدى الى الحق وبيده مقاليد العصل والفصل والسلام على من اتبع الهدى ونهى النفس عن الهوى -- [رسالة في حدوث العالم] فى خلق السموات والارض واختلاف الليل والنهار لايات لاولى الالباب ان فى هذا لبلاغا لقوم عابدين وصلى الله خير خلقه محمد واله اجمعين والحمد لله رب العالمين
    Binding note
    Later quarter-bound type II (with flap) binding in golden brown leather and marbled paper.
    Language note
    Arabic and Persian;
    Script
    • Shikastah
    • Nastaʻlīq.
    Contents
    • 1. fol. 2b-8b: [Short treatise]. On various questions, such as ibdāʻ, the creation of man, al-qaḍāʼ wa-al-qadar, soul, knowledge, etc.
    • 2. fol. 9a: [Letter in Persian].
    • 3. fol. 9b-37a: Iksīr al-ʻārifīn fī maʻrifat ṭarīq al-ḥaqq wa-al-yaqīn / Ṣadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī. Treatise based on a Persian text by Afḍal al-Dīn Kāshānī.
    • 4. fol. 38b-51a: [Ajwibat masāʼil al-Kāshānī] / Ṣadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī. Answers to five questions by al-Kāshānī, on the human soul.
    • 5. fol. 52a-102a: Risālah fī ḥudūth al-ʻālam / Ṣadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī. Treatise on the createdness of the universe.
    Provenance
    Ownership statement dated 1131 H. on the pastedown of the upper cover. Several ownership statements and impression of two seals on fol. 1a, including a statement in the name of Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn al-Yazdī, the copyist; one in the name of Muḥammad Riḍā ; one in the name of Muḥammad Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Ḥusaynī. One of the seals is repeated on fol. 102a. Ownership statement in the name of Ibn Muḥammad Ibrāhīm, with impression of a seal on fol. 2b. Ownership statement in the name of Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn on fol. 52a.
    References
    Mach, R. and E. Ormsby. Handlist (New Series), 19, 338, 1074
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    Also available in an electronic version.
    Place name(s)
    Iran Qazvīn
    Other title(s)
    • Maqālat fī taḥqīq masʼalat ḥudūth al-ʻālam.
    • مقالة في تحقيق مسألة حدوث العالم.
    OCLC
    237003819
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