HS0157

TitleHS0157
Publication TypeManuscript
Abstract

Content:
- Begins with the virtues of beginning everything with the basmala, such as eating, drinking, etc…
- Beginning with the basmala then keeps away Satan from one’s tongue and sleep
- There is honor in reciting the basmala
- God is the giver of all blessings, thanks be to God.
- God gives daily bread to all- believer and enemy alike
- A transliteration and translation of sūrat al-fātiḥah
- A short overview of creation from Nūr Muḥammadī, similar in form to corresponding parts of the Nūr Nāmā
- The Prophet is God’s beloved
- Conversation between Adam and Muhammad?
- Adam is taught the name of all things, all angels are gathered around him
- Adam was made caliph and taught the names of all things by Gabriel and Michael
- Adam was married to Eve and recited the kalima (shahāda)
- Adam expelled from Heaven for eating a grain of wheat, cites relevant Quranic verse
- Adam cried for having committed this (apparent) sin, whoever cries out in repentance is blessed
- Tears of repentance wash away your sins
- The most beautiful crying in the world is Adams, who cried for the sins of man
- Adam asks forgiveness in the name of Muhammad
- If you recite the kalima, you will gain the hereafter and your heart’s desires will be fulfilled
- It is better to recite the durūd (taṣliya) through Hasan and Husain
- Every second of time is granted through the nūr of Muhammad
- The sight of Muhammad’s nūr gave the written name
- There are great merits for remembering the Prophet
- It was the durūd that allowed Solomon to take the throne of Egypt
- It was the durūd that Noah recited to be saved from the waters
- It was the durūd that Abraham recited when he was to be devoured by fire
- The Prophet’s name has so much honor, that by reciting it you can change your condition
- Recite the kalima and you will attain faith and eternal life in the hereafter

Full Text

This manuscript was found in Sinugra. It is written in Khojki script and Urdu language. Contains The Amr Bhed in Khojki (341 verses) followed by notes in Gujrati - household grocery accounts and after page 31, farmhouse account (khetiwadi). The date of the manuscript is Samvat 1972 (AD 1916). Pages are not numbered.
OVERVIEW OF THE IMMORTAL SECRET (AMR BHĒD).
- Language is an admixture of Gujarati and Urdu, though a bit garbled through Khojki transliteration; terms are separated as words or by syllables
- Entitled ginān granth amr bhēd
- Written for the sake of Sāhā Pīrajē Sāṇibī
- Possibly the original was an Urdu text that was transcribed and explained by a Gujarati speaker as indicated by various instances of grammatical shift and lexical interchange, such as the use of both terms for God- khudā and sarajanahār

Research

Supporting doc: 
original

Origin

Box: 
B2
CAT No.: 
TNK52/DAL02
Identification: 
Livre 048
HID: 
HS0157
Script: 
Khojki
Dates AD: 
1916

Physical characteristics

Number of pages: 
166
Numbered as: 
Pages