The text explains the principles of the faith of the Ahl al-sunnah wal jama'ah.
Colophon:
Tammat kitab al-musammá al-Samarqandī
Other notes:
The manuscript starts with one page with a fragment of an unidentified text. The text is followed by a note which
says: “hādha ṣāḥibu kitāb Aṣnaf.” The text has extensive interlinear glosses in Javanese. The text is written with the
use of diacritics. Some pages are damaged causing loss of text.
Item 1 - Title in Native script:
بهجة العلوم
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Bahjat al-‘ulūm
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The Light of Knowledge
Item 1 - Author:
Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhim ibn Abū Naṣr al-Samarqandī
Item 1 - Language:
Arabic, Javanese
Item 2 - Title in Native script:
شرح ستين مسئلة
Item 2 - Title in Roman script:
Sharḥ sittīn mas’alah
Item 2 - Title in English script:
Commentary on the Kitāb Sittīn mas'alah
Item 2 - Author:
Ibn ‘Abbās al-Zāhid
Item 2 - Language:
Arabic, Javanese
Item 3 - Title in Native script:
شرح كلمة الشهادة
Item 3 - Title in Roman script:
Sharḥ Kalimah Shahādah
Item 3 - Title in English script:
Explanation on the Creed
Item 3 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 3 - Language:
Arabic, Javanese
Item 4 - Title in Native script:
المفتاح في معرفة الأسلام والايمان
Item 4 - Title in Roman script:
Al-Miftāḥ fī ma‘rifat al-Islām wa al-īmān
Item 4 - Title in English script:
Key to knowing Islam and the Faith
Item 4 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 4 - Language:
Arabc, Javanese
Item 5 - Title in Native script:
المفيد
Item 5 - Title in Roman script:
Al-Mufīd
Item 5 - Title in English script:
What Gives Benefit
Item 5 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 5 - Language:
Arabic, Javanese
Item 6 - Title in Native script:
شرح التلمساني
Item 6 - Title in Roman script:
Sharḥ al-Tilmisānī
Item 6 - Title in English script:
Commentary by al-Tilmisānī
Item 6 - Author:
‘Abdullāh Muḥammad ibn ‘Umar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Tilmisānī