Dalīl al-Ṭālib - Marʿi al-Karmi - (371)

until we meet Him while He is pleased with us1 through Muhammad—may blessings and peace be upon him2.

May Allah bless our master Muhammad, his family, and his Companions, and grant them peace. The copying of this work was brought to completion at the hand of the servant who is in need of his Self-Sufficient Lord—the lowly slave who admits his sins and shortcomings, hoping for the pardon of his All-Powerful Lord and certain that He is the One Who answers prayers—namely, the poor Abu al-Surur al-‘Ibadi by homeland, Shafi‘i by school, Azhari by residence. It was finished on blessed Thursday, the seventeenth of Jumada al-Thani, in the year twenty-three after one thousand. May Allah forgive the one who penned it, and anyone who looks into it, detects a slip, and then corrects it, and may He forgive all the Muslims. Amen, amen, amen.

1. In manuscript A: “while He is pleased with us.” 2. In manuscript A the scribe adds: “The copying of this work was completed on the afternoon of blessed Monday, 7 Muharram, marking the beginning of the year 1214 AH. May Allah send the finest blessings and perfect salutations upon our master Muhammad, his family, and all his companions.”

وهو عنا راض١ بمحمد عليه الصلاة والسلام٢. وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وآله وصحبه وسلم وكان الفراغ من أرقم حرفة على يد الفقير لربه الغني العبد الصغير المعترف بالذنب والتقصير راج عفو ربه القدير أنه بالإجابة جدير الفقير أبو السرور العبادي بلدا الشافعي مذهبيا الأزهري وطنا يوم الخميس المبارك سابع عشر جمادي الثانية سنة ثلاث وعشرين بعد الألف غفر الله لمن كتبه ولمن نظر فيه هفوة فأصلها ولكل المسلمين آمين, آمين, آمين.

١ في "أ" "وهو راض عنا". ٢ في"أ" بعد هذا: "وقد تم نسخه عصير نهار الاثنين المبارك سابع المحرم الذي هو افتتاح سنة أربع عشرة ومائتين وألف من الهجرة النبوية على صاحبها أفضل الصلاة وأكمل التحية وصلى الله على سيدتا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين".