Mishkāt al-Daʿwāt

c. 1722

Shoults MS. 13a

Unpublished

The manuscript of Mishkāt al-Daʿwāt by ‘Abd al-Razzāq is written in Arabic with some minor Persian notes. It is a sample of a ḥadīthī detailing (among others) phrases concerning tasbīḥ (glorification), taḥmīd (praising), takbīr (magnification of God), al-ḥawqala (expressing there is neither might nor strength but in God) and the names of God. It is bound with another title - Munawwar al-Qulūb – that begins with a note suggesting to Muslims a formula on how to ward off enemies through reciting Qurʾanic verses. The manuscript was once owned by the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887).