Questions on metaphysical topics posed by Abū al-Ḥasan Bahmanyār ibn al-Marzubān (أبو الحسن بهمنيار بن المرزبان, d. 1066) and answered by his teacher Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The manuscript gives...
Risālat al-mabdaʼ wa-al-maʻād رسالة المبدأ والمعاد Avicenna ابن سينا
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Treatise on metaphysics in three chapters (مقالات) by Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). A Persian condensed translation is item 24, above (ff. 411v-413v).
Risālat al-firdaws رسالة الفردوس Avicenna ابن سينا
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Treatise on metaphysics spuriously attributed to Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037).
Kitāb katabahu al-shaykh Abī (!) Saʻīd ibn Abū (!) al-Khayr qaddasa sirrahu ilá shaykh al-raʼīs Ibn Sīnā fī maʻná al-ziyārah wa-kayfīyat taʼthīrihā كتاب كتبه الشيخ أبي (!) سعيد بن أبو (!) الخير قدس سره إلى شيخ الرئيس ابن سينا في معنى الزيارة و كيفية تأثيرها Avicenna ابن سينا
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Answers attributed to Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037) to questions concerning the metaphysical causes for the effects of visiting the tombs of saints posed by the sufi Abū Saʻīd ibn Abī al-Khayr al-Mayha...
Risālah tashtamilu ʻalá īḍāḥ barāhīn mustanbaṭah min masāʼil ʻawīṣah رسالة تشتمل على إيضاح براهين مستنبطة من مسائل عويصة Avicenna ابن سينا
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Notes on metaphysics attributed to Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037).
[Risālat al-maʿād al-aṣghar رسالة المعاد الأصغر] Avicenna ابن سينا
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A treatise in 16 chapters (فصل) on the future of the human soul, by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The text is ascribed in the present volume the alternative title [Risālah] fī al-nafs al-nāṭiqah (رسال...
Risālah fī al-insān mā huwa رسالة في الإنسان ما هو
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Anonymous metaphysical treatise on the essential nature of humankind, ascribed in the present volume the title [Risālah] fī al-insān mā huwa ([رسالة في الإنسان ما هو]). A deleted note (f. 118v, head margin) identifies the text as Kitāb al-Fuṣūṣ, attributing it to ‘the second master’ (المعلم الثا...
Risālah fī al-afʿāl wa-al-infiʿālāt رسالة في الأفعال والانفعالات Avicenna ابن سينا
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Treatise on the mutual actions and passions of souls and objects uponeach other, incorporating the subjects of divine inspiration, dreams, and the occult sciences, by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). Th...
[Risālah fī ithbāt al-nubuwwah رسالة في إثبات النبوة]
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Treatise on the elimination of doubts concerning prophecy, in which the divine inspiration of prophets is explained using philosophical arguments. The text, which was composed upon the request of an unknown individual experiencing a crisis of scepticism, is ascribed in the present volume the alt...
Risālah fī ithbāt al-Ṣāniʻ رسالة في إثبات الصانع Avicenna ابن سينا
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Treatise affirming the existence of the Creator, in three chapters (فصول), without introduction, attributed to Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The transcription of the present text together with those p...