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A superior copy of the work appearing in folios 1r-27v of this manuscript entitled "al-Kanz al-Aʿẓam" (the greater treasure) about miracles within the Qur’an and the numbers of various things (hearts, stars, souls) to be recited in ritual practice (dhikr), although this time without number tables...
A compendium of Sufi works, presumably put together by a member of the Qādirīyah namely: 1. An anonymous work in praise of the Prophet 2. The Kanz al-Aʿẓam of ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (1077–1166), which the author says he heard from his master, Muḥammad al-Ghazālī 3. The prayer of Muḥammad Ibn ʿAr...
A supplication attributed to Anas Ibn Malik, founder of the Maliki school, to be said at morning and evening, followed by two number tables in an untidy hand.
This work is a composite of several different works, copied in the same hand, concerning similar subjects. 1. A manual on ritual recitation of certain verses of the Qur'an. Instructions involving reciting certain verses (including the Throne Verse (2:225)) at certain times of day, a given number ...
Anonymous work of supplications to God. At the end of the work a short unvocalised passage highlights the benefit of reciting this supplication. On f. 145 v there is a basmala in the same hand for an unwritten work.
Lists the benefits of saying certain prayers (immunity from injury by weapons, acquisition of wealth, good health etc.) and who they were related by, in this case companions of the Prophet (ʿAlī Ibn ʿAlī Ṭālib, ʿUmar al-Khaṭṭāb, Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq etc.).
A devotional poem by the founder of the Qādirīyah Sufi order, ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (1077–1166 ), written in fine calligraphic script with a neat double-edged border.
Several folios from a copy of the Qur'an. Red and black trefoils for verse endings, red circles for hamzas, single example of medallion and rectilinear marking for division of the work into segments. Calligraphy neat and regular but not ornate.