Ms. 70.

121 folios; 11×16,5 cm; 15 lines; regular naskhi. Single words are written in red ink. Brownish paper, sometimes stained with water and spotted; fol. 1 is damaged. Original leatherbinding; covers and flap with centre-ornament and frame consisting of geometrical lines and dots. Owner's remark on fol. 1r: Qasim Ibn Ali Ibn Muhammad Bizziru al-Tunisi; fol. 116r mentions the year 1264/1847-8. According to the colophon (fol. 115v), the Ms. was collated (harrara حرر ) by the copyist ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (mentioned with the additional nisba "al-Andalusi") at the end of Jumada II 1203/25 March 1789. This is confirmed by some additions in the margin of the text, written by the same hand as the colophon. Bizziru informs us that he collated our Ms. with an autograph of Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi عبد الغني النابلسي . This is possible as our Ms. must have been copied at the beginning of the 12th/18th century - perhaps in the lifetime of Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi: our Ms. refers to him with with the addition amaddana Allah bi-madadihi wa-nafa'ana Allah bi-ulumihi أمدنا الله بمدده ونفعنا الله بعلو مه (fol. 1r) or nafa'ana Allah ta'ala bihi نفعنا الله تعالى به(fol. 115r). It may have been copied beween 1088/1677, the date of the composition of the commentary and 1143/1731, the year of its author's death (→ below).

[2139] fols.1v-115v: Raslan Ibn Ya'qub Ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Ja'bari al-Dimashqi رسلان بن يعقوب بن عبد الرحمن الجعبري الدمشقي : Risalat al-Tawhid رسالة التوحيد (= al-Risala al-Raslaniya الرسالة الرسلانية ), with commentary by Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi عبد الغني النابلسي , called Khamrat al-khan wa-rannat al-alhan fi sharh Risalat Arslan al-Dimashqi خمرة الخان ورنة الألحان في شرح رسالة أرسلان الدمشقي .

On Raslan (died ca. 695/1296), the author of this mystical treatise on the unity of God (→ text nr. 142) and on the commentary (unedited) by Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi (died 1143/1731) → GAL I 452 nr. I 4; S I 811 nr. I 4 and S II 475 nr. 112 (7 mss.). The colophon informs us that the commentary was finished in Rajab 1088/1677.
The commented text is written in red ink. Beginning and end of text and commentary can be found in the description of Ms. Berlin 2434.

Ms. 71.

61 folios; 17,5×26 cm; 21 lines; naskhi, in part without diacritical points. Single words are written in red ink. Thick, brownish paper, the first folio is damaged. Original red leatherbinding (repaired); covers and flap with centre-ornament and vignettes as in Ms. Shehid Ali 378 (dated 719/1319), cf. Weisweiler, plate 13 and p. 168, nr. 319. - Owner's remark: Mustafa Iyas (sic) al-marhum Ibrahim Agha Shaykhsard-zade ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (?); bequeathed by Uthman al-Kurdi. According to the title-page, the text was copied during the month Rabi' I 877/August 1472; the colophon (fol. 61v) mentions as copyist Abd Allah Ibn Muhammad Ibn Uthman al-Misri.

[2140] fols. 1v-61v: Abd Allah Ibn As'ad Ibn Ali al-Yafi'i عبد الله بن أسعد بن علي اليافعي : al-Risala al-Makkiya fi tariq al-sada al-sufiya الرسالة المكية في طريق السادة الصوفية .

On the author (died 768/1367) and his unedited introduction to the mystical path and its eight conditions → GAL II 177 nr. 8 and S II 228 nr.8 (2 mss.).

Beginning (after the Basmala):
الحمد لله العظيم شأنه القوي سلطانه الظاهر إحسانه... أما بعد : فقد ألفت هذا التأليف في مكة حرسها الله تعالى ثم استدركته بمدينة دمشق وزدت فيه فوائد حتى إذا طالع المريد الصادق ونبهه الله تعالى من رقدة الفقلة...
End:
وإياكم من نومة الغافلين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد في الأولين والآخرين وعلى آله وصحبه الطاهرين إلى يوم الدين ، والحمد لله ربّ العالمين ،

The text is divided into numerous chapters and sections and refers to the Islamic tradition-literature and earlier Sufis. In the margin are a few notes.

Ms. 72.

39 folios; 15,3×21 cm; 19 lines; small, regular written naskhi. Single words are written in red ink. Thick paper, slightly spotted. Modern cardboard binding. On fol. 1v owner's remark: Ibrahim Ibn al-Hajj Mustafa Ibn al-Hajj Muhammad al-Uruqi (or: al-Uruni) and the date Rajab [1]184/October [1]740. Hand of the beginning 12th/17-18th century.

[2141] fols. 1v-21v: Abu al-Hasan Nur al-Din Ali Ibn Khalil al-Marsafi al-Shafi'i أبو الحسن نور الدين علي بن خليل المرصفي الشافعي : Kitab al-Kawkab al-shahiq al-mukhlis min manhajay al-salik كتاب الكوكب الشاهق المخلص من منهجي السالك .

On the author (died 930/1524) → GAL II 332; S II 460; Kahhale VII 88. This introduction to the mystical path is different from Marsafi, al-Manhaj al-salik ila ashraf al-masalik المنهج السالك إلى أشراف المسالك (→ fols. 23r-39v) and from the same, al-Muqni' wa-al-mawrid al-adhb li-man yashrab wa-yakra' المقنع والمورد العذب لمن يشرب ويكرع (Ms. Berlin 3038).
It consists of five chapters:
1) Fima yukhbaru an ma'na al-suluk wa-yukshafu an haqa'iq al-masluk فيما يخبر عن معنى السلوك ويكشف عن حقائق المسلوك ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (fols. 1v-11r);
2) Fima yaridu ala al-dama'ir min al-khawatir al-khams ‏ فيما يرد على الضمائر من الخواطر الخمس‏ ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (11r-13r);
3) Fi ma'rifat al-maqamat al-aliya wa-ahwal al-siyar في معرفة المقامات العلية وأحوال السير ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (13r-17r);
4) Fi al-ilm wa-al-ma'rifa في العلم والمعرفة ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (17r-18v);
5) Fi al-tawhid ‏ في التوحيد‏ ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (18v-21v).

The text is mentioned neither in Brockelmann (GAL) nor in Kahhale.

Beginning (after the Basmala):
وبه نستعين ، الحمد لله المنقذ من شاء من عباده من الضلال المنعم... أما بعد : فقد سألني بعض الإخوان المحبّين الراغبين في السلوك أن أجمع مختصرا من كتب القوم...

End:
إنك على كلّ شيء قدير وبالإجابة جدير وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وآله وصحبه وسلم. تمّ الكتاب المبارك بحمد الله ،

[2142] fols. 22r-23r: Raslan Ibn Ya'qub Ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Ja'bari al-Dimashqi رسلان بن يعقوب بن عبد الرحمن الجعبري الدمشقي : Mas'ala (Risala) fi al-tawhid مسألة (رسالة) في التوحيد .

On the author (died 771/1369) and his mystical treatise on unification (tawhid) → GAL I 452 no. 1; S I 811 no. I and S III 1257 (addition to p. 144, 4g with the correct date of the author's death).
According to GAL S I 811, the text is only available in an old printing (Cairo 1317/1899) of the commentary (Fath al-rahman فتح الرحمن ) by Zakariya' al-Ansari زكرياء الأنصاري . It has also the title al-Risala al-Raslaniya الرسالة الرسلانية or Risalat Raslan رسالة رسلان (→ Ms. Berlin 2427).
A second Ms., with commentary by Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi عبد الغني النابلسي , is text no. [2139].

[2143]fols. 23r-39v: Abu al-Hasan Nur al-Din Ali Ibn Khalil al-Marsafi al-Shafi'i أبو الحسن نور الدين علي بن خليل المرصفي الشافعي : Manhaj al-salik ila ashraf al-masalik منهج السالك إلى أشرف المسالك, a fragment .

On the author (died 930/1524) and this still unedited summary of al-Risala al-qushayriya الرسالة القشيرية (by al-Qushayri القشيري who died 465/1072; → GAL I 432 no. 1 and S I 771 no.1), on the principles of mystics, → GAL II 332 and S II 460. Our Ms. contains fasl فصل 2, 3 and 4; as Ms. Berlin 3037 shows, the complete text consists of 26 fusul فصول .

Ms. 73.

139 folios; 11×16,4 cm; 17 lines; not very carefully written naskhi. Spotted paper. Pasteboard covers with leather spine (slightly damaged). Flap and covers are pasted with marbled paper (damaged). Hand of the 12-13th/18-19th century.

[2144] fols. 1v-139v: Ahmad Ibn Yusuf Ibn Ahmad al-Dimashqi al-Qaramani أحمد بن يوسف بن أحمد الدمشقي القرماني : al-Rawd al-nasim wa-al-durr al-yatim fi manaqib al-sultan Ibrahim Ibn Adham الروض النسيم والدر اليتيم في مناقب السلطان إبراهيم بن أدهم .

This unpublished legend by Qaramani (938/1532-1019/1611) is a glorification of the ascetic life of the repentant Ibrahim Ibn Adham Ibn Mansur إبراهيم بن أدهم بن منصور who died in 161/778. The text is an extract from a translation (made during 1019/1610) from the Turkish original entitled al-Tiraz al-mu'lam fi qissat al-sultan Ibrahim Ibn Adham الطراز المعلم في قصة السلطان إبراهيم بن أدهم , written by Derwish Hasan al-Rumi درويش حسن الرومي (→ GAL II 301 and S II 412).
A survey of the contents can be found in the description of Ms. Berlin 9055; beginning and end differ from Ms. Berlin:

Beginning (after the Basmala):
وبه نستعين ، الحمد لله الذي اولى<ب>نا من مزيد النقم والبلوا وارفع عنا من الضرر والسقم واشكروه...
On fol. 2r, ult. follows the text as the beginning of Ms. Berlin 9055.
End:
والنقصان بحرمة سيد ولد عدنان عليه ألف صلاة من الملك الديان آمين ،

Ms. 74.

80 folios; 11×16,7 cm; 21 lines; somewhat stiff, small naskhi. Single words are written in red ink or overlined. Smooth, yellowish paper. Green marbled pasteboard binding with flap; red leather spine. Copied 7 Ramadan 1133/2 July 1721 by Abd al-Qadir Ibn Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim.

[2145] fols. 3v-80r: Abu al-Mawahib Abd al-Wahhab Ibn Ahmad Ibn Ali al-Sha'rani أبو المواهب عبد الوهاب بن أحمد بن علي الشعراني : Kitab al-Mawazin al-durriya al-mubayyina li-aqa'id al-firaq al-aliya كتاب الموازين الدرية المبينة لعقائد الفرق العلية .

On the author (died 973/1565) and his unpublished rather unsystematic collection of Sufi considerations on God and the world → GAL II 337 no. 24 and S II 466 no. 24 (3 mss.). Compare now also Michael Winter, The Writings of Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani عبد الوهاب الشعراني : a Sufi source for the social and intellectual life of 16th century Egypt, thesis Los Angeles 1972.
In the introduction of our text the author explains that everyone who considers the thoughts of the Sufis may be absolved from his guilt. They do not depart from the orthodox faith as people often suspect.

Beginning (after the Basmala):
الحمد لله ربّ العالمين والصلاة والتسليم على سيدنا محمد وعلى سائر الأنبياء والمرسلين وعلى آلهم وصحبهم أجمعين وبعد : فهذه عقيدة شريفة انقدحت(؟)لي من تصفّح عبارات الأولياء المحققين أصحاب الدوائر الكبرى كالشيخ أبي القاسم بن قسي صاحب كتاب خلع النعلين وكالشيخ محي الدين العربي وكالشيخ صفي الدين ابن أبي منصور وكالشيخ عبد الكريم الجيلي وكالأستاذين الكبيرين سيدي محمد وفاء وولده سيدي علي وفاء...
End:
فقد نصحتك والسلام والحمد لله ربّ العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا ... >يا ارحم الراحمين وادخلنا في شفاعته آمين ، رحم الله تعالى روح مؤلّفه وشكر سعيه وعشرنا في زمرته ، تمت لوائ سيد المرسلين آمين ،

Ms. 75.

38 folios; 10,7×16 cm; 19 lines; regular naskhi. Single words and chapter-headings are written in red ink. Thick paper, slightly water-stained. Hand of the 12th/18th century.

[2146] fols. 1v-38r: Abd al-Wahhab Ibn Ahmad Ibn Ali Ibn Ahmad Ibn Musa Ibn Mawlay Ibn Abd Allah Ibn al-Zaghali (= al-Sha'rani) عبد الوهاب بن أحمد بن علي بن أحمد بن موسى بن مولاي بن عبد الله بن الزغلي (= الشعراني ) : Madarij al-salikin ila rusum tariq al-arifin مدارج السالكين إلى رسوم طريق العارفين .

On the author (died 973/1565) and this unpublished text on the behaviour and aims of the Sufis → GAL II 337 no. 15; S II 465 no.15l; Taha Abd al-Baqi Surur طه عبد الباقي سرور , al-Tasawwuf al-islami wa-al-Imam al-Sha'rani التصوف الإسلامي والإمام الشعراني , Cairo 21952; and Winter (as description of Ms. 74).
An enumeration of the chapters as well as beginning and end of the text can be found in the description of Ms. Berlin 3104. The end of our Ms. differs:
.. وأن يرينا الباطل باطلا ويرزقنا اجتنابه آمين ، والحمد لله ربّ العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وآله وصحبه وسلم تسليما تمّ ،

In the margin are some notes. The text is collated. On fol. 1r precedes a collection of some wise sayings.

[2147] fol. 38v: Anonymous: [Risala fi al-nafs] wa-fi da'iha wa-adwiyatiha [رسالة في النفس ] وفي دائها وأدويتها , the first page.

Beginning (after the Basmala):
قال رضي الله تعالى عنه : اعلم أنّ النفس لطيفة مودوعة في القالب لها الأخلاق والصفات المذمومة والحمودة كما أنّ الروح في القالب لها الأخلاق والصفات المحمودة والنفس لا تعرف ...

The Ms. gives on fol. 38r below the following information: wa-li-ba'd al-sada - radiya Allah anhu - fiha (sc. fi al-nafs) wa-fi da'iha (Ms. datiha) wa-adwiyatiha ولبعض السادة - رضي الله عنه - فيها (في النفس) وفي دائها (داتها) وأدويتها . A later hand added in the margin: lil-Shaykh Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami للشيخ عبد الرحمن السلمي . This identification is wrong; Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami عبد الرحمن السلمي (died 412/1021; → GAS I 671-4), Kitab Uyub al-nafs wa-mudawatiha كتاب عيوب النفس ومداواتها (ed. Etan Kohlberg, Jerusalem 1976) has some similarity to our text insofar as both mention the uyub al-nafs and their remedy (mudawat); however, they are totally different from each other. Finally, another anonymous text on uyub al-nafs and their remedy in Ms. Berlin 2997 is also different.

Worthy of notice is a long quotation from the mystic Abu Abd Allah Ibn (al-)Khafif ‏ أبو عبد الله بن (الـ)خفيف ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (268/882-371/981) on fol. 38v11ff., which shows the same structure as the above-mentioned text by Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami‏ ‏namely the enumeration of the uyub al-nafs and their remedy (mudawat). We do not know of such a work by Ibn Khafif ‏ ابن خفيف‏ ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (→ GAS I 663f.; Schimmel, Mystische Dimensionen, index), but it is quite possible that he wrote such abook which may have inspired Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami and the anonymous author of our ms.
The quotation from Ibn Khafif ‏‏ ابن خفيف‏ is as follows (38v11-ult., the end of the ms.):
‏ وسئل الشيخ الكبير أبو (أبي المخطوط) عبد الله بن خفيف قدس سره عن النفس ما هي ؟ فقال إنها لا تعرف بذاتها ولكن بظهور أفعالها يستدلّ عليها وإنّ من ‏صفاتها المخالفة للحق وإنها مائلة إلى الشهوة ويثقل عليها العبادة ولها عيوب كثيرة ولكن لكل عيب منها له مداواة ، ومن عيوبه صحبة العوام الباطلين ‏‏(الباطالين المخطوط) وأهل السوق الغافلين ومداواتها صحبة العلماء الخاشعين وعباد الله الصالحين ، ومن عيوبها صحبة التجار وأهل الديوان وإمامة الأتراك ‏وملازمة باب الأمراء والاشتغال بأمورهم لأجل الدنيا ومداواتها صحبة الزهاد والمتورعين والتذكر بأهوال القيامة وأنواع العذاب للظالمين ، ومن عيوبها ‏صحبة أهل الإباحة والزنادقة وصحبة القراء المداهنين والمتفقهة الغافلين والمتصوفة الجاهلين ، ومداواتها صحبة أهل المهابة والديانة والسياسة من <...>
The ms. ends here abruptly.

Ms. 76.

18 folios; 15,2×20,7 cm; 20 lines; stiff naskhi. Single words are written in red ink. In a few places worm-eaten and spotted paper; the first two folios are damaged with some loss of the text. Owner's remark on fol. 18r: Rashid Abu Shaykh Naji. Copied 18 Jumada II 1008/5 January 1599 by Darwish Ibn Yahya Ibn Abi al-Jud al-Ansari from an autograph which was written by the author on 7 Rajab 933/9 April 1527 (fol. 15v).

[2148] fols. 1v-15v: Abd al-Wahhab Ibn Ahmad Ibn Ali al-Ansari al-Sha'rani عبد الوهاب بن أحمد بن علي الأنصاري الشعراني : Kitab Irshad al-talibin ila maratib ulma' al-amilin كتاب إرشاد الطالبين إلى مراتب علماء العاملين .

On the author (died 973/1565) and this unedited treatise on the different ranks of the Sufi → GAL II 336 no. 6 and S II 465 no. 6.
The text is collated with the autograph (→ fol. 15v, note in the margin). Lacunas are after fols. 4 and 5. An enumeration of the five chapters as well as beginning and end can be found in the description of Ms. Berlin 3044.

[2149]fols. 16r-18r contain notes and excerpts from different works, among them Ibn Arabi ابن عربي , al-Futuhat al-Makkiya الفتوحات المكية (17r) and al-Sha'rani (17v-18r).

Ms. 77.

6 folios; 16×22 cm; 23-25 lines; irregular naskhi. Water-stained and spotted paper. Cardboard binding. Owner's remark (name illegible) mentioning the year 1221/1806-7. Hand of the late 12th/18th century.

[2150] On the author ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (died 1058/1648) → GAL S II 510 and 902; Kahhale VIII 312 and XI 112. The title is only mentioned in Kahhale, who took his information from Isma'il Pasha al-Baghdadi إسماعيل باشا البغدادي , Hadiya هدية II p.282.
The text is a refutation of pantheistic ideas of Sufis and was written near Mecca in the year 1057/1647 on request of an unnamed scholar in India (min aqasi al-Hind من أقاصي الهند ).
According to fols. 2v-3r the author divided the text into six sections: muqaddima مقدمة , four chapters and a nubdha yasira نبذة يسيرة . On fol. 3r9, however, he begins with a "comment on the introduction" (Sharh al-muqaddima شرح المقدمة ), which in his opinion is "more appropriate"; the rest of the Ms. does not contain any chapters as mentioned on fols. 2v-3r. Unfortunately, the Ms. is incomplete at the end; we, therefore do not know whether our Ms. is part of a much longer work or - more probable - not finished by the author.

Ms. 78.

7 folios; 15,5×22 cm; 20 lines; somewhat stiff naskhi. Single words are written in red ink. Thick, slightly water-stained, spotted and damaged (fols. 5-7) paper. Cardboard binding. Copied during Mu rram 1169/October 1755 by Muhammad Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Mustafa al-Hanbali al-Khalwati (fol. 1r).

[2151] fols. 1v-7r: Mustafa Ibn Kamal al-Din al-Bakri al-Siddiqi al-Khalwati مصطفى بن كمال الدين البكري الصديقي الخلوتي : A titleless treatise on the repetition of God's attributes and formulas in praise of God and its meaning.

On the author (died 1162/1749) → GAL II 350f. and S II 477f. The identity of our text with one of al-Khalwati's known works is unclear. It is different from al-Mudam al-bikr fi bayan ba'd aqsam al-dhikr wa-tark al-dhikr المدام البكر في بيان بعض أقسام الذكر وترك الذكر ; → Ms. Berlin 3727 which according to the description by Ahlwardt is based on an earlier and not finished version on dhikr. The text in our Ms. has the character of an unfinished treatise: it begins without Basmala and prooem abruptly with a quotation (fol. 1v):
قال القاضي عبد الله المقيم يومئذ ببغداد : رأيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في المنام وهو مصفر اللون فقلت : ...

[2152] On fols. 1v16-2r12 follows a quotation from Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi عبد الغني النابلسي , Sharh al-tajalliyat شرح التجليات and then the author starts:
اعلم أنّ التوحيد الشهودي بعد القولي والمجاهدة النفسانية في تحصيله والرياضة تمرين النفس ...

The author describes the meaning of asma' Allah أسماء الله in accordance with the Khalwatiya خلوتية , those who do not mingle with the people, and in contrast to the Jalwatiya جلوتية , those who concentrate on "notions" (khawatir خواطر ) falling into the heart (qalb قلب ) as a kind of revelation (injila' انجلاء , inkishaf انكشاف ).
The continuation of fol. 3v is on fol. 4r15 and fol. 4r1-4 is a repetition of fol. 3r1-4. Then follows an insertion on fol. 4r4-14. The text on fols. 4v-5 containing the enumeration of God's attributes is incomplete and we find blank interstices. On fols. 6r-7r follows a note (fa'ida فائدة ) on al-dhikr الذكر , starting with the phrase naqaltu min kutub al-qawm radiya Allah anhum : adab al-dhikr al-mushar ilayhi ... نقلت من كتب القوم رضي الله عنهم : آداب الذكر المشار إليه ; on dhikr in the Sufi order of the Khalwatiya → F. de Jong, art. Khalwatiyya in: EI2 IV (1978), p.992.
End (fol. 7r, margin):
ومن طرد عن الذكر فقد عزل من تلك الولاية والله الموفق لا إله غيره ولا ربّ سواه ،

A later hand added on fol. 1r the wrong identification Islah al-sufiya bi-al-dhikr fi ayy lugha kana lil-Nabulusi إصلاح الصوفية بالذكر في أي لغة كان للنابلسي , apparently misled by the quotation on fols. 1v-2r.

Ms. 79.

16 folios; 14,8×22,4 cm; 17 lines; naskhi. The paper of fols. 1 and 16 is slightly damaged. Hand of the late 13th/19th century.

[2153] fols. 1v-14r: Muhammad al-Zayni al-Hashimi al-Husayni محمد الزيني الهاشمي الحسيني : Kitab Ma'rab al-yaqin fi maratib al-muqarribin كتاب مأرب اليقين في مراتب المقربين .

According to the colophon the author wrote his treatise during the year 1182/1768-9. He is perhaps identical with Muhammad al-Hasani al-Husayni al-Baghdadi al-Najafi al-Zayni محمد الحسني الحسيني البغدادي النجفي الزيني ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (died 1216/1801) who is mentioned as a poet, commentator of the Koran and adib ‏ أديب‏ in Kahhale IX 230.
The author wrote his treatise, a description of the ten degrees (martaba‏ مرتبة ‏ ) or circles (da'ira ‏ دائرة ‏) of man on his way to the nearness (qurb قرب ‏ ‏) of God, as an explanation of what Muhammad Nur al-Din محمد نور الدين‏ ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (not identifiable) has said; al-Zayni understands his treatise to be a contribution to hall uqud fara'id al-dawa'ir ‏ حل عقود فرائد الدوائر‏ ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (1v6) and to hall rumuz al-dawa'ir bi-fayd Allah al-batrin al-zahir al-awwal wa-al-akhir ‏ حل رموز الدوائر بفيض الله الباطرين الظاهر الأول والآخر ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (14r1f.). The terminology is that of the late school of Ibn Arabi ابن العربي . A discussion of different degrees of nearness to God can often be found in later mystical literature; compare, for example, Abd al-Aziz Ibn Abd al-Salam al-Sulami عبد العزيز بن عبد السلام السلمي (died 660/1262: → GAL I 431), al-Fawa'id fi ikhtisar al-maqasid ‏ الفوائد في اختصار المقاصد‏ , Ms. Berlin 3013, fol. 27r (maratib al-qurb مراتب القرب ) and already al-Junayd الجنيد (died between A.D. 908 and 910) who distinguished three classes among those who strive for unification with God: → Ali Hassan Abdel-Kader, The Life, Personality, and Writings of Al-Junayd, London 1962 (repr. 1976), Arabic text p. 56/transl. p. 176f.
Our text is divided into three sections:
1) Muqaddima مقدمة ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (fols. 1v-2v);
2) al-Maqsad المقصد ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (2v-11r), on the ten circles which can be found in a drawing of concentric circles on fol. 1r.
3) al-Khatama الخاتمة ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (11r-14r), , a description of the highest degree, the insan al-kamil الإنسان الكامل .

Beginning (after the Basmala):
الحمد لله الذي اختار الإنسان لخلافته وشرفا بين الخلائق ... أما بعد فهذه بطاقة كتبتها في حل عقود فرائد الدوائر الموضوعة في مراتب القرب والبعد بالنسب والنظائر الصادرة من قلم مولانا العبد الصادق ... مير محمد نور الدين ...
End:
.. ونفعها الله بها الذاكرين بحرمة خاتم النبيين آمين ... وآخر دعوانا أن الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة على خاتم الأنبياء والمرسلين وعلى آله وأصحابه أجمعين ، وقد استراح القلم من خدمة هذا الرقم اللهم في مجلس صاحب هذه الدائرة الوهبية بالمفاوضة القدسية والمقابلة الانسية في يوم الجمعة الثانية من شهر لعام اثنى وثمانين ومائة وألف من هجرة من له العزّ والشرف.
In the margin are a few notes which on fols. 2, 7 and 8 are cut off and in the case of fols. 7 and 8 are inserted as loose slips of paper. On fol. 14v follows a short prayer.

Other mss. related to Sufism: → text nos. [2258], [2291], [2299], [2347]-[2349], [2351], [2381], [2382], [2387], [2425]-[2429], [2434] and [2447].


Philosophy: metaphysics, physics, logi.