Item Summary

A brief treatise on the nature of revelation as it came to the Prophet, a kind of exegesis of Sūrat al-Ḥajj, verses 50-52 (XXII:50-52).

Descriptive Information

Title
متشابهات القرآن.
Transliterated Title
Mutashābihāt al-Qurʼān.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 678H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc3t946246t
Publisher
[19th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1800-1899
Format
Manuscript
Extent
3 leaves : paper ; 213 x 150 (150 x 82) mm bound to 214 x 151 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1324.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Collation: Paper ; fol. 3 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 25 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (crown; unidentified mark with roman-alphabet lettering beneath) ; MS in good condition.
Origin: Probably from the XlXth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله مزيل الريب عن قلوب اهل العلم والايمان ... وبعد يا علي الهمم يا اخا العلم والحكم لكم همم لا منتهى ...
Colophon: فلينظر هو ايضا ما يرتضيه فهمه الثاقب اعانه الله على جميع الخيرات والحمد لله وحده وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم. م
Binding Note
Later? covering in red paper with yellow and blue design. Inside of covers lined with printed pages.

Discovery Information

Subject
Revelation—Islam
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
14

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/82da38c4-1ea2-4d13-91be-394cc130e2fb/manifest