Reception of the Text

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Transliteration Format xv
6. Table of Figures xvii
7. List of Tables xix
8. Preface xxi
9. Part A: On Literature, Context and Text
10. I. Introduction
11. Intro 1
12. Durr al‑Majālis in Southeast Asia 6
13. The Persian-Malay Network: Historical Ties between Muslims 7
14. Persian Phonology in Malay Language 20
15. Persian Origin of Malay Islamic Literature 25
16. II. Durr al‑Majālis: Origins and Identity
17. Intro 41
18. Reception of the Text 46
19. Bibliographical and Biographical Details 47
20. III. Transregional Circulation
21. Intro 61
22. Durr al‑Majālis in Punjabi 63
23. Durr al‑Majālis in Pushto 63
24. Durr al‑Majālis in Bengali (and in Bengal) 64
25. Durr al‑Majālis in Turkic Languages and Contexts 67
26. Durr al‑Majālis in the Arabic Zone 72
27. Durr al‑Majālis in Kurdish 73
28. IV. Islamic Themes and Novelty
29. Belief and Doctrine 75
30. Philosophical Theology 76
31. Occultism and Magic 76
32. About the Prophets 77
33. A Killing Story of Sunnis and Shīʿīs, and the idea of de-Shīʿitisation 79
34. Dialogue 82
35. V. Persianate-Malay Islamic Stories: A Comparative Analysis
36. Intro 87
37. On Persian-Malay Muslim Literature 88
38. Shared Islamic Stories in Persian and Malay 88
39. Close Similarities 96
40. VI. A Critical Persian Edition and Critically Edited Translation of Durr al‑Majālis
41. Persian Edition 125
42. English Translation 129
43. Formation 130
44. Part B: Persian Edition and English Translation
45. Introduction 132
46. 1. On the virtues of the creation of His Eminence Adam (pbuh) and further similar examples 141
47. 2. On the virtue of Abraham’s (pbuh) generosity and further similar examples 161
48. 3. On the virtue of Jethro (pbuh) 173
49. 4. On the virtue of His Eminence Moses 179
50. 5. On the virtue of His Eminence Solomon (pbuh) 189
51. 6. On the virtue of His Eminence Jesus (pbuh) and his miracle 199
52. 7. On the virtue of our Prophet 211
53. 8. The right of orphans 229
54. 9. The story of the Prophet’s (pbuh) injured teeth 239
55. 10. An Entreaty 245
56. 11. On the Virtue of the Hero, the Commander of Believers ʿAlī (pbuh) 253
57. 12. The story of Mary the Copt, the servant of Muḥammad (pbuh) 261
58. 13. On the virtue of the Joseph-like youth after he was treated for the sake of God 269
59. 14. On the virtue of Khālid b. Walīd (pbuh) 279
60. 15. On the virtue of Bilāl, and a king from the Arab region 293
61. 16. The advice of Luqmān the Wise, ʿAbd al‑Raḥmān, to his son 305
62. 17. On the coming to faith of an idolater through Abraham 313
63. 18. The story of Sultan Ibrāhīm Adham, may his grave be sanctified 321
64. 19. The story of the generous husband and the miserly wife 329
65. 20. The story of Āzar, the idol-maker 339
66. 21. The story of the parrot speaking with the Prophet Solomon (pbuh) 349
67. 22. The story of Khwāja Ḥasan Baṣrī God’s mercy be upon him 353
68. 23. The story of the request of the outcast Satan who harassed the nation of the Prophet Muḥammad 361
69. 24. The story of the King of Nishapur’s treatment of the oppressed 369
70. 25. The story of Khwāja Rabīʿ Ḥusām 375
71. 26. The story of Khwāja Sufyān Thawrī with the outcast Satan, God’s curse be upon him 385
72. 27. The story of Khwāja Ḥasan Nūrī, may God’s mercy be upon him 393
73. 28. The story of Shaykh Barsīsā 401
74. 29. On the virtue of the holy month of Ramadan 411
75. 30. The story of the Kaʿba 423
76. 31a. The story of the killing of the commanders of believers Ḥasan and Ḥusayn (pbuh) 435
77. 31b. The story of the killing of the commanders of believers Ḥasan and Ḥusayn (pbuh) 469
78. 32. The story of our sovereign-master Abu Saʿīd Abū al‑Khayr 525
79. 33. The story of the inhabitants of paradise 533
80. 34. Regarding Balʿam Bāʿūr 545
81. 35. The tale of Moses 551
82. 36. The story of the King of the Levant 587
83. Epilogue: Nūr-nāma 597
84. List of the Chapters 609
85. PART C: APPENDICES
86. Intro 615
87. Appendix A A Description of Select Persian- Language Manuscripts 617
88. Appendix B A Description of Select Translated Copies 643
89. Appendix C A Description of Select South Asian/ Indic-Language Manuscripts 647
90. Appendix D A Description of Select Printed Volumes 653
91. Appendix E Personal Digital Collection 655
92. Bibliography 657
93. Index 673
94. Persian Preface 690