TAFSIR MATAI‘ ANWAR AL-TANZĪL (THE RISING PLACES OF THE LIGHTS...
TAFSIR MATAI‘ ANWAR AL-TANZĪL (THE RISING PLACES OF THE LIGHTS OF REVELATION AND THE KEYS TO THE SECRETS OF INTERPRETATION)
VOLUME VI BY ABU MUḤAMMAD ʿABD AL-RAZZAQ AL-RASSA’NI AL-HANBALI (581- 661 AH / 1193-1263 AD)
COPIED BY THE AUTHOR’S GRANDSON IBRAHIM B. SA’D AL-DIN AL-RASSA’NI
Damascus, Syria, Dhu Al-Hijjah, 669 AH / 1271 AD
Arabic text on Samarkandi cream paper, composed of 71 leaves, 19 lines to the page, written in a clear naskh script, in black-brown ink, bound in a modern dark- brown leather cover with central floral medallion and corner tooling; an exceptionally rare and unique complete manuscript, representing the only known surviving copy of the sixth volume of Tafsir Maṭali‘ Anwar Al-Tanzil (The Rising Place of the Lights of Revelations and the Keys to the Secrets of Interpretations), a major yet entirely lost Qur’anic commentary (tafsir) by the distinguished Hanbali scholar Al-Rassaʿni; The opening page mentions that the manuscript is ‘the sixth volume of the Exegesis: ‘The Rising Places of the Lights of Revelation and the Keys to the Secrets of Interpretation’ (Matali' Anwar al-Tanzil wa-Mafatih Asrar al-Ta'wil), this exegesis begins from the start of Surat Al-Nahl (The Bee) to the end of Surat Al-Isra' (The Night Journey).
25cm x 18.5cm
Abd Al-Razzaq Al-Rassa’ni also known as Izz Al-Din Abu Muhammad Abd Al-Razzaq Ibn Rizq Allah Al-Rassa’ni was a prominent Islamic scholar, jurist and exegete of the Hanbali school. As a native of Ras Al-Ayn in Syria, he is primarily known as the region’s leading scholar and a master of Hadith and Tafsir.
This manuscript was copied just nine years after the author’s death by his grandson and disciple, Ibrahim b. Sa’d Al-Din al-Rassa’ni, within the Hanbali scholarly circle at the foot of Mount Qasiyun in Damascus. Marginal verification notes such as ‘sah’ confirm that the text was collated against the author’s original, underscoring its authority.
Composed by the learned Imam, Izz Al-Din 'Abd Al-Razzaq, son of the most illustrious Sheikh Rizq Allah, son of Abi Bakr, son of Khalaf, son of Abi Al-Hayja' Al-Ras'ani Al- Hanbali.
Provenance:
Property of a private American Collection.
Literature:
Brockelmann, Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL I, no 417).
Haddad, G. F., The Lights of Revelations and the Secrets of Interpretation of the Commentary on the Qur’an by Al-Baydawi, 2016
25.2cm x 19.2cm
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TAFSIR MATAI‘ ANWAR AL-TANZĪL (THE RISING PLACES OF THE LIGHTS OF REVELATION AND THE KEYS TO THE SECRETS OF INTERPRETATION)
VOLUME VI BY ABU MUḤAMMAD ʿABD AL-RAZZAQ AL-RASSA’NI AL-HANBALI (581- 661 AH / 1193-1263 AD)
COPIED BY THE AUTHOR’S GRANDSON IBRAHIM B. SA’D AL-DIN AL-RASSA’NI
Damascus, Syria, Dhu Al-Hijjah, 669 AH / 1271 AD
Arabic text on Samarkandi cream paper, composed of 71 leaves, 19 lines to the page, written in a clear naskh script, in black-brown ink, bound in a modern dark- brown leather cover with central floral medallion and corner tooling; an exceptionally rare and unique complete manuscript, representing the only known surviving copy of the sixth volume of Tafsir Maṭali‘ Anwar Al-Tanzil (The Rising Place of the Lights of Revelations and the Keys to the Secrets of Interpretations), a major yet entirely lost Qur’anic commentary (tafsir) by the distinguished Hanbali scholar Al-Rassaʿni; The opening page mentions that the manuscript is ‘the sixth volume of the Exegesis: ‘The Rising Places of the Lights of Revelation and the Keys to the Secrets of Interpretation’ (Matali' Anwar al-Tanzil wa-Mafatih Asrar al-Ta'wil), this exegesis begins from the start of Surat Al-Nahl (The Bee) to the end of Surat Al-Isra' (The Night Journey).
25cm x 18.5cm
Abd Al-Razzaq Al-Rassa’ni also known as Izz Al-Din Abu Muhammad Abd Al-Razzaq Ibn Rizq Allah Al-Rassa’ni was a prominent Islamic scholar, jurist and exegete of the Hanbali school. As a native of Ras Al-Ayn in Syria, he is primarily known as the region’s leading scholar and a master of Hadith and Tafsir.
This manuscript was copied just nine years after the author’s death by his grandson and disciple, Ibrahim b. Sa’d Al-Din al-Rassa’ni, within the Hanbali scholarly circle at the foot of Mount Qasiyun in Damascus. Marginal verification notes such as ‘sah’ confirm that the text was collated against the author’s original, underscoring its authority.
Composed by the learned Imam, Izz Al-Din 'Abd Al-Razzaq, son of the most illustrious Sheikh Rizq Allah, son of Abi Bakr, son of Khalaf, son of Abi Al-Hayja' Al-Ras'ani Al- Hanbali.
Provenance:
Property of a private American Collection.
Literature:
Brockelmann, Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL I, no 417).
Haddad, G. F., The Lights of Revelations and the Secrets of Interpretation of the Commentary on the Qur’an by Al-Baydawi, 2016
25.2cm x 19.2cm
Estimate
Time, Location
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