Description
A page inside a manuscript of Al-Baghawi’s tafsir (exegesis) of the Noble Qur’an at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Awqaf’s library.
It includes a work of poetry by Saleh Bin Saif Al-Ateeqi, which is preceded by the following words:
Allah’s humble servant, Sheikh Saleh Bin Saif Al-Ateeqi, naming the twenty-eight phases of the moon in a poem:
The poem is then presented as follows (in Arabic) and lists the various names of the phases (see list below):*
شَرطنا بُطيناً للثريا بدبرهم
و هقعةُ هنع و الذراع و ناثرُ
و طرفتهم معْ جبهةٍ ثم زبرةٍ
و صرفةُ عوَا و السماكُ و غافر
زبانا و إكليلٌ و قلبٌ و شولةٌ
نعائم بلدٌ ذابحٌ و هو سائرُ
كذا بلعٌ سعد السعود خبائهم
و قدم و أخر للرشا فهو آخرُ
Deeds
None.
Stamps
- The stamp of Sheikh Saleh Bin Saif (upside-down).
Commentary
This document shows that it was Sheikh Saleh Bin Saif Al-Ateeqi who composed the poem Manazil Al-Qamar, naming all twenty-eight phases of the moon.
*Traditionally, these phases have been named and defined as follows:
1. Al-Sharatain (The Two Signs)
2. Al-Butain (The Belly)
3. Al-Thurayya (The Swarm)
4. Al-Dabaran (The Follower)
5. Al-Haqa (A White Spot)
6. Al-Hana (The Scar)
7. Al-Dhira (The Seed or The Branch)
8. Al-Nathrah (The Nursery)
9. Al-Tarf (The Gaze)
10. Al-Jabhah (The Forehead)
11. Al-Zubrah (The Mane of the Lion)
12. Al-Sarfah (The Changer of the Weather)
13. Al-Awwa (The Barker)
14. Al-Simak (The Unarmed)
15. Al-Ghafr (The Lid)
16. Al-Zubana (The Claws)
17. Al-Iklil (The Dome of the Head)
18. Al-Qalb (The Heart)
19. Al-Shaulah (The Sting)
20. Al-Na’am (The Dragon’s Head)
21. Al-Baldah (The City or District)
22. Sa’d al-Dhabih (The Fortunate Assassin)
23. Sa’d Bula (The Fortunate Aviator)
24. Sa’d al-Su’ud (The Wretched of the Wretched)
25. Sa’d al-Akhbiyah (The Star of the Dungeons)
26. Al Fargh al-Awwal (The Upper Hole of the Flask)
27. Al Fargh al-Thani (The Lower Hole of the Flask)
28. Batn al-Hut (The Belly of the Fish)
