Risālah al-miʻrājīyah رسالة المعراجية Avicenna ابن سينا
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Treatise on the spiritual interpretation of the Prophet Muḥammad's (محمد, d. 632) ascent (معراج) attributed to Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037) but not appearing in the lists of his works given by near co...
Tarjamat risālat al-maʿād ترجمة رسالة المعاد Avicenna ابن سينا
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Persian translation of a treatise on the immortality of the soul in sixteen parts (فصول) by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The Arabic text is item 34 (ff. 449v-466r) in the present manuscript and a sho...
Tarjamat risālat al-nafs ترجمة رسالة النفس Avicenna ابن سينا
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Shorter recension of the Persian translation of a treatise on the immortality of the soul in sixteen parts (فصل) by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The Arabic text is item 34 (ff. 449v-466r) in the pres...
Risālah ilá tilmīdhihi Abī ʻUbayd al-Jūzjānī رسالة إلى تلميذه أبي عبيد جوزجاني Avicenna ابن سينا
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Short epistle on the return of the soul by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037) addressed according to the title in the present copy to his student Abū ʿUbayd ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Muḥammad al-Jūzjānī (أبو عبيد ع...
Risālat al-mabdaʼ wa-al-maʻād رسالة المبدأ والمعاد Avicenna ابن سينا
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Persian condensed translation of a work on metaphysics 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). The Arabic version of this text is item 35 (ff. 466v-497r) in the present manuscript.
Treatise containing definitions of philosophical terms 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).
Risālah fī ʻilm al-akhlāq رسالة في علم الأخلاق Avicenna ابن سينا
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Short treatise on ethics 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).
Suʼāl ʻan al-shaykh al-raʼīs qaddasa sirrah سؤال عن الشيخ الرئيس قدس سره and Jawābuhu ʻan al-shaykh al-raʼīs qaddasa sirrah جوابه عن الشيخ الرئيس قدس سره Avicenna ابن سينا
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Short essay on space 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). The text is a response to a question posed to him in his youth by an unnamed person. In the present manuscript, this text does not have a title a...
Sharḥ risālah al-marmūzah al-musammāh bi-risālat al-ṭayr lil-shaykh al-raʼīs شرح رسالة المرموزة المسماة برسالة الطير للشيخ الرئيس Ibn Sahlān al-Sāwī, ʻUmar ابن سهلان الساوي، عمر
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Commentary by Zayn al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn Sahlān al-Sāwajī (عمر بن سهلان الساوجي, also al-Sāwī [الساوي], fl. early 12th century) on the allegorical Epistle of the Bird (رسالة الطير) by Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d...
al-Risālah al-nayrūzīyah الرسالة النيروزية Avicenna ابن سينا
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Treatise on the mysterious disconnected letters (الحروف المقطّعات or فواتح) with which some sūrahs of the Qurʼān begin 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).