Manuscript/Mixed Material al-Mujallad al-awwal min Tafsīr Abī al-Saʻūd Tafsīr Abī al-Saʻūd

Title

• al-Mujallad al-awwal min Tafsīr Abī al-Saʻūd

Other Title

• Tafsīr Abī al-Saʻūd

Summary

• Commentary on the Qurʾan.
• Shown here is the first volume of an unknown number of volumes comprising Irshād al-ʻaql al-salīm ilá mazāyá al-kitāb al-karīm (Guidance of the sound mind to the virtues of the noble book), more commonly known as "Abu al- Saʻud's exegesis" of the Qurʼan. It contains the first 18 surahs of the Muslim holy book and their exegeses, starting with al-Fātiḥah (The opening) and ending with al-Kahf (The cave). Partially drawing on previous exegeses, such as those of al-Baydawi, al-Qurtubi, al-Wahidi, and al-Baghawi, Abu al-Saʻud's work is known for its rational inclination and linguistic examination of the Qurʼan. Born into a learned family near Kostantiniyye (Ottoman Turkish name for Constantinople, present-day Istanbul, Turkey), Abu al-Saʻud Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-ʻImadi (1492 or 1493-1574 or 1575) was a chief judge in Bursa and later in Constantinople. He went on to occupy the highest religious office in the Ottoman Empire and bear the singular title of sheikh al-Islam (sheikh of Islam). Some sources highlight his significant role in the empire-wide reforms of the judicial system that were carried out by Sultan Suleiman al-Kanuni (Suleiman the Magnificent). Abu al-Saʻud died in Constantinople and was buried in the cemetery that he established near the tomb of the sahābī (Prophet Muhammad's companion) Abu Ayub al-Ansari. In this manuscript the titles of surahs (chapters) are in gold, with the main text written in nastaʻliq raqiq script in black ink with some rubrication on thick, cream laid paper with vertical chain lines. The beginnings of some surahs are marked by threads of red, black, green or blue wool pasted in to protrude from the left margin. The work was copied in Turkey by an unknown scribe in 1592. World Digital Library.

Names

• Abū al-Saʻūd Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1492 or 1493-1574 or 1575

Created / Published

• 9 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1000 [17 August 1592]

Contents

• Sūrat al-Fātiḥah-Sūrat al-Isrāʾ.

Headings

• -  Qurʾan--Commentaries
• -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

• -  Beginnings of some sūrahs marked by threads of red, black, green or blue wool pasted in to protrude from the left margin.
• -  Contemporary Turkish brown leather envelope binding with elaborate borders, corner and center decorations.
• -  Copied in Turkey?
• -  Folio 1b-442b
• -  Folio 422b: "Waqaʻa al-iftitāḥ fī tāsiʻ shahr Dhī al-Qaʻdah li-sanat iḥda alf."
• -  Library of Congress. Arabic manuscript, SM 24.
• -  Manuscript
• -  Name of scribe not indicated.
• -  Nastaʻlīq raqīq; 31 lines in written area 18.5 x 9.5 cm.
• -  Paper: thick, cream colored laid paper with vertical chain-lines; folios 1b-2a have gold borders, remainder of text without borders; titles of sūrahs in gold; text in black ink with some rubrication, marginal notes and corrections in black or red ink; catchwords on rectos.
• -  Title from lower edge.
• -  Brockelmann. GAL, S II, p. 651
• -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
• -  Arabic.

Medium

• 442, [2] leaves (31 lines) bound : paper ; 26.5 x 17.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

• BP130.4 .A2655 1592

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/amedscd.2014371010
• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.11246

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2014371010

Online Format

• pdf
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LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2014371010

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