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"After authoring a number of works, I decided to write a book for my eldest child, to include various rational and textual topics. The result of such decision is the book of al-Arbaʿīn, that I hope can be his guideline for the future", Imām Fakhr Rāzī says at the outset of this work. The work is compiled in 40 'Questions'. The first question is on حدوث العالم, the second on ان المعدوم لیس بشیء..., the fifth on حقیقه اله, ..., the tenth on انه تعالی یمتنع ان یکون محلا للحوادث..., the twentieth on بیان ان کنه حقیقه الله هل هو معلوم لبشر ام لا..., the thirtieth on المعاد... and the fortieth on فی ضبط المقدمات التی یمکن الرجوع الیها فی اثبات المطالب العقلیه. — Multiple dates; Sāvujbulāgh

Wadh.Minasian 609

Wadham College, University of Oxford

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For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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Title

"After authoring a number of works, I decided to write a book for my eldest child, to include various rational and textual topics. The result of such decision is the book of al-Arbaʿīn, that I hope can be his guideline for the future", Imām Fakhr Rāzī says at the outset of this work. The work is compiled in 40 'Questions'. The first question is on حدوث العالم, the second on ان المعدوم لیس بشیء..., the fifth on حقیقه اله, ..., the tenth on انه تعالی یمتنع ان یکون محلا للحوادث..., the twentieth on بیان ان کنه حقیقه الله هل هو معلوم لبشر ام لا..., the thirtieth on المعاد... and the fortieth on فی ضبط المقدمات التی یمکن الرجوع الیها فی اثبات المطالب العقلیه. — Multiple dates; Sāvujbulāgh

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 609

Place of origin

Sāvujbulāgh

Date

1818

Language

Arabic

Contents

Author: ‏Fakhr Rāzī, Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Ḥusayn Abū al-Faz̤l,‏ ‎1149 or 1150-1210‏ ‏Fakhr Rāzī, Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn Ḥassan, 1149-1209‏‏ فخر رازی، محمدابن عمر ابن الحسین ابوالفضل فخر رازی، محمد بن عمر بن حسن )۲۵ رمضان ۵۴۴-۱ شوال ۶۰۶ق/۱۱۴۹-۱۲۰۹م)‏ فخرالدین Fakhr al-dīn ابوعبدالله Abū ʿAbd Allāh Title: al-Arbaʿīn fī uṣūl al-dīn Title: الاربعین فی اصول الدین

Form

codex

Support

Western paper (watermark), natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular and thick), one size, glossy.

Physical extent

237+1 ff.

Hands

Cursive Naskh, regular hand, one hand. Khiz̤r mashhūr bih Māmish خضر مشهور به مامش

Decoration

Rubricated titles.

Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

Subject

Islam--Doctrines

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  • خضر مشهور به مامش
  • Mohammad Emami
  • Minasian, Caro Owen

  • Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 1149 or 50-1210

  • Ali Mir-Ansari

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