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Subject(s)

• God (Islam)—Will—History of doctrines—17th century—Sources [Browse]
• Shīʻah—Doctrines—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Treatise on the will of God in four faṣl; preceded by a poem in praise of the author on fol. 1a.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 2a.
• Physical description: 14 lines per page; written in casual nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Catchwords; Arabic quotations overlined in red. Some staining and smudging; margins heavily damaged by insects, but text unaffected. Disbound.
• Origin: Copy completed in Shaʻbān 1069 H [April-May 1659] in Shīrāz (fol. 60a); possibly a holograph.
• Incipit: ستاىش بىعد و ثناى بىحد سزاوار قادر مختارىست که ممکنات را بقدرة و اراده خلعت وجود پوشانىد

Language note

Persian.

Contents

• فصل ١ بدانکه حق جل و علا بقدرة شامله و بحکمت کامله و بعناىت وافىه
• فصل ٢ بدانکه اطلاق مرىد و کاره بر انسان بر چند وجه مىکنند
• فصل ٣ بدانکه اراده و مشية بمعنى واحد است
• فصل ٤ بدانکه ما درىن فصل از اصول کافى

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Provenance

Owner's stamps on fol. 1a, 60a, 60b.

OCLC

778694946

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