Daḳā'iḳ al-Ḥurūf by ‘Abd al-Ra’ūf of Singkel

A. Johns

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Daḳā'iḳ al-Ḥurūf by ‘Abd al-Ra’ūf of Singkel

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Orthodoxy, as a rule, makes less appeal to the imagination than heresy, and this holds true of seventeenth-century Sumatran Suiism as of mysticism elsewhere. Some of the works of Shamsu'1-Dīn and Hamzah, the foremost exponents of the heterodox pantheistic mysticism of that time, have been published. al-Rānīrī, as an accomplished polemist, cuts a colourful figure whose Tibyān fī ma'rifat al-adyān has been photographically reproduced. The works of ‘Abd al-Ra'ūf, of Singkel, apart from Rinkes’ thesis and one or two monographs have been comparatively neglected. This neglect is not surprising. His works are largely translations and his favourite subject, the dhikr (recitation), does not arouse such a sjympathetic interest as the metaphysical speculations of the heterodox which find an echo in form as well as substance in the history of Western thought.

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Information: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 87 , Issue 1-2 , April 1955 , pp. 55 - 73

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0035869X00107014 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1955

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^{page 55 note 1} Shamsu'1-Dīn van Pasai. C. A. O. van Nieuwenhuize; diss. Leiden, 1945. De Geschriften van Hamzah Pansoeri. Doorenbox; diss. Leiden, 1933.

^{page 55 note 2} Leiden Cod. Or. 3291. See also Bijdragen, vol. 104, p. 337 et seq., where van Nieuwenhuize has published photographic reproductions of the same author's all Ḥal-Ẓill and Shifā'al-ḳulūb.

^{page 55 note 3} Abdoerrauf van Singkel. Rinkes; diss. Leiden, 1909.

^{page 55 note 4} A commentary on these lines also occurs in al-Rānīrī's Jawāhir al-'ulūm fī kash al-ma'lūm, Marsden Collection, S.O.A.S. MS. 12151, p. 89 et seq. His account, however, is much shorter than that of 'Abd al-Ra'ūf, and in quality is decidedly inferior.

^{page 56 note 1} The Faith and Practice of al-Ghazzali, Montgomery Watt, p. 76.

^{page 56 note 2} Marsden Collection, S.O.A.S. MS. 11648.

^{page 56 note 3} Cf. Montgomery Watt, op. cit., p. 135: If … you are correct in your opinion, thank God for it (sc. your condition) and do not corrupt it by calumniating people and ruining their reputations, for that is the greatest of vices.

^{page 57 note 1} Cf. P. Voorhoeve: Bajān Tadjallī, gegevens voor een nadere studie over Abdurrauf van Singkel. Tijdschrift voor Ind. Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, vol. 85, p. 114.

^{page 57 note 2} Cf. P. Voorhoeve, op. cit., pp. 114–15.

^{page 58 note 1} Following Malay translation. Original reading: wa'llah.

^{page 59 note 1} Qur. 64: 11.

^{page 59 note 2} C.: di-tunjoki Allah akan hati-nya.

^{page 59 note 3} C.: ta'ayyun.

^{page 59 note 4} C.: E. altered by a later hand to: m.r.t.k.b.t.

^{page 59 note 5} D.: ghaib.

^{page 60 note 1} C.: dhurā.

^{page 60 note 2} C.: no duplication.

^{page 60 note 3} D. breaks off.

^{page 60 note 4} C.: + ia-itu.

^{page 60 note 5} C.: om.

^{page 60 note 6} C. + daripada-nya maka.

^{page 60 note 7} C. E.: kenyata-nya.

^{page 61 note 1} C. + pada.

^{page 61 note 2} Metre: kāmil. Manāzil al-Insāniyya not in Brockelmann.

^{page 61 note 3} C.: Dittography in E.

^{page 61 note 4} C. + yang.

^{page 61 note 5} C.: om.

^{page 62 note 1} C. + itu.

^{page 62 note 2} Qur., 57: 4.

^{page 62 note 3} C. + al-kitab.

^{page 62 note 4} Unidentified.

^{page 62 note 5} C. + shaikh.

^{page 62 note 6} C.: no duplication.

^{page 62 note 7} C.: tafsīl.

^{page 63 note 1} C.: di-kata.

^{page 63 note 2} D. resumes beginning “pun”.

^{page 63 note 3} C.: no duplication.

^{page 63 note 4} C.: sekalian itu Ia.

^{page 63 note 5} Probably spurious. Metre: Rajaz.

^{page 63 note 6} C.: juga.

^{page 63 note 7} C. E.: mudah.

^{page 63 note 8} + yang bernama. Unidentified.

^{page 63 note 9} D. + itu.

^{page 63 note 10} D.: huwa itu yang.

^{page 63 note 11} C + nya.

^{page 64 note 1} C.: om.

^{page 64 note 2} D. ends.

^{page 64 note 3} C. + yang.

^{page 64 note 4} C.: om.

^{page 64 note 5} C. + nya.

^{page 64 note 6} C. + nya.

^{page 64 note 7} Al-Tuḥfa al-mursala ilā'l-Nabi, by Fadlu'llāh. Cf. Brockelmann, Supp. 11, p. 617.

^{page 64 note 8} C.: Misplaced after mengata in E.

^{page 64 note 9} C + nya.

^{page 64 note 10} C. E.: Junaidi. Cf. Br. S. 1 354.

^{page 64 note 11} C. E.: om.

^{page 65 note 1} C. + nya.

^{page 65 note 2} C. + nya.

^{page 65 note 3} C. E.: Junaidi.

^{page 65 note 4} C. + sa-orang.

^{page 65 note 5} C.: Dittography in E.

^{page 65 note 6} C.: taklīf.

^{page 65 note 7} C.: taklīf.

^{page 66 note 1} C.: 'ādat.

^{page 66 note 2} C.: om.

^{page 66 note 3} C. E.: ijmalan.

^{page 66 note 4} C.: di-surat.

^{page 66 note 5} C. + nya.

^{page 66 note 6} C. + nya.

^{page 66 note 7} C.: om.

^{page 66 note 8} C. + ia.

^{page 66 note 9} C. + dan.

^{page 66 note 10} C. duplicates.

^{page 66 note 11} C. A.: kawan.

^{page 66 note 12} C. E.: mustaḳīl.

^{page 66 note 13} Cf. Br. G.I, 449.S.1 792/3.

^{page 67 note 1} C. E.: 'ayniyat.

^{page 67 note 2} C.: om.

^{page 67 note 3} C. + itu.

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