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Primary language
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The language of the sections of T-S Ar. 39.153 dealing with prayer is quite similar to that of the ‘Rules of Prayer’ (Şurūṭ-i ṣalāt) section of Üstüvānī’s Risāle; however, the Genizah document lacks any references or allusions to religious authorities. Most well-known ʿilm-i ḥāl works, in contrast, incorporate numerous references to authoritative treatises on fiqh, or Islamic jurisprudence.... […]
The four folios of T-S Ar. 39.153 form a partial ‘pamphlet’ on two subjects common to this genre: (1) şurūṭ-i ṣalāt (Arabic, shurūṭ al-ṣalāt), ‘rules of prayer’, and more specifically what er- rors in practice invalidate prayer, and (2) elfāẓ-i küfr (Arabic, alfāẓal-kufr), the utterances, whether intentional or accidental, that throw one into unbelief. […]
Lines that are combined in Hathaway's translation (e.g. ll. 3–5) have been disaggregated in the PGP version (l. 3, l. 4, l. 5) so that they align properly with the transcription.
Page 1: Folio 2r, left side (Shurūt al-ṣalāt Section)
Ḳurʾān oḳumadan rukūʿ
itse, tekrār dönüb,
Ḳurʾān oḳuya ve yine
rukūʿ ide ṣoñra
sehv-…
Page 1: Folio 2r, left side ("Rules of Prayer" Section)
If you bow without reading [a chapter from] the Qurʾān,
then go back
and read the Qurʾ…
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