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Book/Printed Material The Compendium of Graces and Fountain of Charms.

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Title

  • The Compendium of Graces and Fountain of Charms.

Summary

  • This 17th-century manuscript contains the text of Majmoo'a al-Latā'if wa-Yanbu' al-Zarā'if (The compendium of graces and fountain of charms), a collection of esoteric and mystic prayers. The work is divided into many chapters, unnumbered and typically only a few pages long, with rubrications indicating the beginning of each chapter. The work discusses the spiritual expediency of praying in a certain manner; on a certain Islamic month, day of the week, or religious occasion, citing sayings of the Prophet Muhammad and other Islamic tradition as supporting arguments. The manuscript begins with a chapter about the creation of the light of Prophet Muhammad. This is followed by 12 chapters, each devoted to a month of the year, followed by seven more chapters for the days of the week. Further chapters discuss the "virtues of the five prayers" and a "blessed prayer to be recited morning and evening." The manuscript concludes with poems in praise of Muhammad. The author of this work is not definitively known, but the subject, style, and similarity to other known works suggest that he was Aḥmad ibn 'Alī ibn Yūsuf al- Būnī (died 1225), a well-known mystic theologian and prolific writer. A note at the beginning of the manuscript states that "Bayazid Al-Bastami is Tayfur ibn 'Isa," referring to a well-known, ninth-century Persian Sufi, whom other sources identify as one of the spiritual influences on al- Būnī. A controversial theologian regarded as a magician by his opponents, al- Būnī was born in Buna (formerly Bône, present-day Annaba, Algeria) and probably died in Tunisia. He is best known for his major work Shams al-Ma'ārif al-Kubra (The great sun of gnosis), a leading text on Islamic occultism.

Names

  • Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, died 1225 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1651.

Headings

  • -  Algeria
  • -  Tunisia
  • -  570 to 1225
  • -  Arabic manuscripts
  • -  Calendars
  • -  Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Muḥammad, Prophet, died 632
  • -  Prayers

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 170 sheets ; 200 x 145 millimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Bulgaria.
  • -  Content in Arabic.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667289

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Būnī, Aḥmad Ibn ʻAlī, Died 1225 Author. The Compendium of Graces and Fountain of Charms. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1651] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667289/.

APA citation style:

Būnī, A. I. ʻ. (1651) The Compendium of Graces and Fountain of Charms. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667289/.

MLA citation style:

Būnī, Aḥmad Ibn ʻAlī, Died 1225 Author. The Compendium of Graces and Fountain of Charms. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1651] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667289/>.