[Kitāb Minhāj al-ʻābidīn ilá al-jannah ...etc., 193-?].

Careful copy of a majmūʻah with two partial transcripts of Minhāj al-ʻābidīn, a work of Ṣūfī thought attributed to al-Ghazālī, followed by a selection of commentary upon and extracts from Miftāḥ ghayb al-jamʻ wa-al-wujūd, Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī’s (d.1274) chief philosophical work.Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; copied for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974) likely in Egypt in the late 1930s.Accompanying materials: "a. Slip of paper: 7968; b. Slip of paper: 13570" - from handlist prepared by R. Dougherty, 1993.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 76Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "منهاج العابدين الى الجنة | J.H.D." ; overall in fairly good condition.Support: Wove paper.Decoration: Some heading and portions of text in blue and red ink (see pp.21-22).Script: Naskh and ruqʻah ; likely executed by the same hand ; opening two works mainly in naskh (with influence of ruqʻah), mainly serifless with slight effect of inclination to the left, curvilinear descenders, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed, free assimilation of letters ; opening work in a bold line, second in a thinner line ; final work mainly in ruqʻah, a quick, compact hand in a medium line, serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, slight effect of words descending to baseline and inclination to the left, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 15-21 lines per page ; unruled, lines often curved or sagging.Collation: Pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Incipit: [Minhāj al-ʻābidīn] "وصلى الله على سيدنا ومولانا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم قال الشيخ الامام الصالح الزاهد عبد الملك ابن عبد الله رضي الله تعالى عنه وارضاه املى علي الشيخ الاجل الزاهد حجة الاسلام زين الدين شرف الائمة ابو حامد محمد بن محمد بن محمد الغزالي الطوسي رفع الله في الجنة درجته هذا الكتاب وهو آخر كتاب صنفه الحمد لله الملك الحليم الجواد الكريم العزيز الحكيم الذي فطر السموات والارض بقدرته ودبر الامور في الدارين بحكمته وما خلق الجن والانس الا لعبادته فالطريق واضح للقاصدين والدليل لائح للناظرين ..." [Ḍābiṭ sharīf ] "كان ما كان وباسمه يكون ما يكوت ربنا افتح بيننا وبين قومنا بالحق وانت خير الفاتحين ضابط شريف يحتوي على عدة اسرار وفوائد اعلم ان كل ما ظننت ادراكه دون ان ينفذ بصرك الى ما وراءه كان ترى مثلا هذه الصورة او هذا الجسم ولم تعلم ما وراءهما من المعنى او الروح فانت في الحقيقة لم تدرك ذلك الشيء الذي ظننتك مدركا له من الادراك ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.4. p.35-p.53 : [Commentary upon and extracts from Miftāḥ ghayb al-jamʻ wa-al-wujūd, opening with Ḍābiṭ sharīf yaḥtawī ʻalá ʻiddat asrār wa-fawāʼid].3. p.34 : [blank].2. p.21-33 : Kitāb Minhāj al-ʻābidīn ilá al-jannah / al-Ghazzālī.1. p.1-p.20 : Kitāb Minhāj al-ʻābidīn ilá al-jannah / al-Ghazzālī.Brockelmann, C. GAL,Brockelmann, C. GAL,Careful copy of a majmūʻah with two partial transcripts of Minhāj al-ʻābidīn, a work of Ṣūfī thought attributed to al-Ghazālī, followed by a selection of commentary upon and extracts from Miftāḥ ghayb al-jamʻ wa-al-wujūd, Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī’s (d.1274) chief philosophical work.Mode of access: Internet.Acquired in the Fall of 1950.On upper pastedown label with ex libris of James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), stamped with inventory number, "Ex Libris | J. Heyworth-Dunne | D. Lit. (London) | No 7968" ; UM Library inscription on verso of front flyleaf "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-11-51 | 71955" ; possible former inventory mark in pencil on verso of final leaf (p.54) "231 / 53" ; marginal glosses