Koranic Science Readings of NÂFI' [IO Bijapur 274]

al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 274 in the India Office collections. [metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 45 here with further notations and hyperlinks]. 45. B 274. Size 7 in. by 5 in.; foll. 58. Nineteen lines in a page. (foll. 16-49). A treatise on the Readings of NÂFI’, as handed down by his two pupils Ḳâlûn and Warsh; derived from SHÂṬIBÎ. Beginning: الحمدلله الذی فتح علینا ابواب العرفان ....و بعد فهذه رسالة فی بیان قراءة الامام البارع الحافظ الثقة امام نافع المدنی رضه بروایة الامامین قالون وورش علی ما رواه الامام الهمام ولی الله ابوالقاسم الشاطبی رضه. In two chapters: the first treating of the general principles of Nâfi’ (الاصول), and the other giving a detailed account of his Readings, following the order of the Sûrahs (فی فرش الحروف). Preceded by an introduction on technical terms: مقدّمة فی بیان اصطلاحات اهل القراءة. (foll. 50-58). A list of passages or words of the Koran (styled حرف), according to the order of the Sûrahs, the purpose of which is not indicated. There is no preface. Beginning, after the Basmalah: سورة البقرة فیه هدی قیل لهم لا تفسدو. Plainly written. Inscribed in a later hand: رساله عجیبه. There precedes a fragment of a Persian treatise on the Reading of the Koran.