Fayḍ al-arḥam wa-fatḥ al-akram ʻalá al-Ḥizb al-aʻẓam wa-al-wird al-afkham
- Holding institution:
- University of Michigan
- Data provider:
- University of Michigan
- Title:
- Fayḍ al-arḥam wa-fatḥ al-akram ʻalá al-Ḥizb al-aʻẓam wa-al-wird al-afkham
فيض الارحم وفتح الاكرم على الحزب الاعظم والورد الافخم - Alternative title:
- فيض الارحم شرح حزب الاعظم
فيض الارحم على الحزب الاعظم - Creator:
- Qārī al-Harawī, ʻAlī ibn Sulṭān Muḥammad
قاري الهروي، علي بن سلطان محمد - Contributor:
- ʻAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Ḥasan ibn Ibrāhīm, scribe
عبد الرحيم بن حسن بن ابراهيم، ناسخ - Date:
- [1766]
- Description:
- Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 52Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.159b (p.326), copied by ʻAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Ḥasan ibn Ibrāhīm with transcription finished ("qad waqaʻa al-farāgh min tanmīq [al-sharḥ?] al-sharīf...") 20 Rabīʻ II 1180 [ca. 25 September 1766]. In the same hand, colophon for the previous exemplar transcribed by one Muṣṭafá ibn Muḥammad is included prior to the colophon for this ms. (see fol.159a-159b/p.325-326).Accompanying materials: Several inserted slips carrying portions of text on the Prophet, etc. some paginated (pp.99-102/folded, pp.209-210, pp.331-332), one scrap carrying text (between p.136-137) and a full folded document (between p.118-119) not paginated.Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 35. Al-Faiz al-arham." ; on tail edge of textblock "٣٠١".Binding: Pasteboards covered in red-brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in yellow paper ; upper and lower covers carry central diamond motif and cornerpieces in blind-tooled rosettes with incised fillet border and accents ; sewn in salmon thread, two stations ; chevron endbands in pink and cream ; in fair condition with abrasion, staining, some cracking of spine leather, and spine slant (cocked) ; several loose leaves.Support: European laid paper with 13 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and single chain lines spaced 22 mm. apart (horizontal) ; watermarks include scrollwork with crown above and lion rampant within as well as "FC" in circle with trefoil-like motifs above and below ; well-burnished and fairly smooth ; added leaves ruled for table of contents in a different European laid paper.Decoration: Keywords, section headings, and notabilia (side-heads) rubricated ; overlining in red ; written area and margin surrounded by red rule-border.Script: Naskh ; fine Turkish (?) hand ; virtually serifless ; slight effect of tilt to the left ; many closed counters ; occasional effect of words descending to baseline ; partially vocalized.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling-board evident).Collation: i, IV (8), 15 V(158), I (160), i ; chiefly quinions ; added quaternion ruled for table of contents precedes text ; final leaf left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, begins with ۱ on incipit page (mistakenly skips two pages between١٩٥ and ۱٩٦ and again between ۲٥۸ and ۲٥٩, mistakenly repeats ۲۲٥ and ٢٤٣); pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and some inserts).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads: "اعلم ان المصنف رحمه الله تعالى ختم الصلوة الشريفة على محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم بهذه الآية الكريمة خاتمة تشريفة ... قد وقفنا بتحرير هذه النسخة بالاتمام وحقق لنا الفوز بهذا المرام والحمد لله على كمال لطفه ... وانا العبد الضعيف الفقير الى غفران رحمة ربه القدير مصطفى بن محمد غفر لهما الله الصمد مع الذين انعمت عليهم ... وقد وقع الفراغ من تنميق [الشرح؟] الشريف على يد افقر عبيد العلام عبد الرحيم بن الحاج حسن بن ابراهيم غفر الله لهم ولوالديهم ولاجدادهم ولاستاذهم ولاخوانهم ولاحبائهم ولجميع المؤمنين والمؤمنات بحرمة من له العز والشرف لسنة ثمانين ومائة والف في اليوم العشرين من ربيع الاخرة الله اعلم"Explicit: "والمراد تنبيه المؤمنين على كيفية تسبيحه وتحميده التسليم على رسله هم وسائط بينهم وبينه في فيضان الكلمات الدينية والدنيوية عليهم كذا في الارشاد"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي اعد للقانتين والمسبحين مثوبة ... وبعد فلما كان الحزب الاعظم والورد الافخم المنسوب الى الرسول الاكرم صلى الله عليه وسلم جامعا للدعوات المأثورة التي فيها المتابعة المحمدية ... ولكنه محتاج الى كشف اسرار معانيه ... فخطر بالي ان اشرحه شرحا محتويا لما يحتاج اليه فاستخرت الله متضرعا اليه ان يجعله خالصا لوجهه الكريم ... وسميته فيض الارحم وفتح الاكرم على الحزب الاعظم والورد الافخم ..."Title from opening on fol.9b (p.20).Ms. codex.Fine copy of al-Qārī al-Harawī's own commentary upon his collection of prayers, al-Ḥizb al-aʻẓam wa-al-wird al-afkham.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Qārī al-Harawī, ʻAlī ibn Sulṭān Muḥammad, -1605 or 1606. Ḥizb al-aʻẓam.
Manuscripts, Arabic
Islam Prayers and devotions Early works to 1800. - Extent:
- 160 leaves : paper ; 216 x 140 (159 x 79) mm.
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Format:
- Book
Manuscript/Archive
Online
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