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Daiber II Ms. 33

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Contents

  1. [1]

    Cover and Preliminary leaves.

  2. [2] [2055] fol. 1v - 28v

    Zayn al-Abidin Ali Ibn al-Husayn Ibn Ali Ibn Abi Talib زين العابدين علي بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب : al-Sahifa al-kamila الصحيفة الكاملة or al-Sahifa al-sajjadiya الصحيفة السجادية. The titleless text is a fragment of a collection of prayers which are ascribed to Zayn al-Abidin (died between 92/710 and 99/717), a grandson of Ali Ibn Abi Talib and which were commentated very often (→ GAS I 526-7). Our fragment is based on a redaction which e.g. can be found in the Berlin mss. 3769 and 3770; on further mss. and two rare editions in Delhi and Lucknow → GAS I 526. An English translation with annotations can be found in W. C. Chittick, The Psalms of Islam. As-Sahifat al-kamilat as-sajjadiyya: Imam Zayn al-'Abidin 'Ali Ibn al-Husaiyn. With a foreword by S. H. M. Jafri. London 1988. The prayers were written down by Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan Ibn Ahmad Ibn Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Umar Ibn Yahya al-Alawi al-Husayni محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن علي بن محمد بن عمر بن يحيى العلوي الحسيني in the midst of the 6th/12th century. As in the Berlin mss. (→ below) he informs us in a long riwaya روايةabout previous transmitters and their dates. On fols. 8v-10v he gives (as Ms. Berlin 3769, fols. 10v-13r) an enumeration of all prayers according to the riwaya of al-Mutahhari المطهري the first prayer begins on fol. 10v; most of the following prayers (= Ms. Berlin 3769, fols. 19v-224r) are missing, however: apparently there is a very long lacuna afetr fol. 13v; fol. 14 seems to contain the end of the du'a' fi tadhallul li-llah دعاء في تذلل لله (Ms. Berlin 3769, fol. 224r) and on fol. 14v our Ms. continues with the last prayer, the du'a' fi istikshaf al-humum دعاء في استكشاف الهموم (= Ms. Berlin 3769, fol. 225v). The end (fol. 16r) is identical with Ms. Berlin 3769, fol. 228v. In the Berlin Ms. (fols. 228v-230v) as in our Ms. (fols. 16r-221), some more prayers by Zayn al-Abidin follow, with the chapter-heading: mimma ulhiqa bi-ba'd nusakh al-Sahifa wa-kana min tasbihihi a'ni Zayn al-Abidin (Ms. wrong al-Ayidin) alayhi al-salam مما ألحق ببعض نسخ الصحيفة وكان من تسبيحه أعني زين العابدين عليه السلام.

  3. [3] [2056] fol. 22r - 28v

    follow prayers for every day of the week. They are not in Ms. Berlin 3769,but can be found at the end of two Berlin mss. with the number 3770. In his description Ahlwardt mentions an edition published 1248/1832 in Calcutta.

  4. [4]

    Terminal leaves and Back cover.