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Notes: A collection of different texts on Islamic knowledge: the origins of the faith (usul al-din), prayers, pilars of Islam and how to properly read and recite the Qur’an. Mafatah al-Jannah or The Key to Heaven is a lithographed collection of texts by different scholars. The original cover is gone, and replaced by a brownish thick paper. The overall condition of the lithograph is good and well readable. The work was lithographed by printshop Sulaiman Mar‘i located at 60 Bussorah Street in Singapore (PO Box 651). It is not bound and the loose pages of a few quires. In the left and right margins of the pages is printed another text: Israr al-Din.

Colophon: Inilah Kitab Yang Bernama Mafatah al-Janah pada ‘ilmu usul-al-din karangan yang ‘alim lagi fadil Muhamad Thaib ibni Mas’ud al-Banjari (dan yang kedua) Kitab Usul al-Tahkik pada ‘ilmu usul-al-din juga karangan ‘alim lagi kamal lagi wara’ tiada disebut namanya dia takut riyak (dan kitab yang ketiga) Kita Mu’adhat al-nas pada menyatakan kifayat sembahyang dan segala rukunnya karangan orang sufi tiada menyatakan dirinya karena wara’ dan tadhri’nya (dan kitab yang keampat) Tajwid al-qur'an ghafar-Allah xxx waalmuslimin amin.