٧٧٠هـ،770 AH,والثَّانِيَةُand the secondمؤرَّخَةٌdatedفِيinسَنَةٍthe year٧٨٥هـ،785 AH,والثَّالِثَةُand the thirdكُتِبَتْwas writtenقَبْلَbeforeسَنَةٍthe year٧٩١هـ،791 AH,وهَذِهِand theseكُلَّهَاallمُتَّفِقَةٌagreeعَلَىonعُنْوَانِthe titleالدَّاءِthe diseaseوَالْدَّوَاءِ».and the medicine."
The first is dated 770 AH, the second is dated in the year 785 AH, the third was written before the year 791 AH, and all of these agree on the title of the disease and the medicine."
وقدAnd I haveاُطْلِعْتُreviewedعَلَىonنُسَخٍcopiesمُتَأَخِّرَةٍlaterأَيْضًاalsoبِهَذَاwith thisالعُنْوَانِtitleمِنْfromالْقَرْنَيْنِthe two centuriesالثَّانِي عَشَرَtwelfthوَالثَّالِثِ عَشَرَand thirteenth)(،)(,
And I have also reviewed later copies with this title from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
أَمَّاAs forالعُنْوَانِthe titleالآخَرِthe other«الْجَوَابُ"The answerالْكَافِيُthe sufficientلِمَنfor whoeverسَأَلَaskedعَنْaboutالدَّوَاءِthe medicineالشَّافِي،the healing,"
As for the other title, "The sufficient answer for whoever asked about the healing medicine,".
فَقَدْit hasذُكِرَbeen mentionedحَاجِيHajiخَلِيفَةُKhalifaالْمُتَوَفَّىwho passed awayسَنَةَin the year١٠٦٧هـ،1067 AH,ثُمَّthenنُقِلَtransmittedأَوَّلَthe beginningالْكِتَابِ،of the book,وَأَثْنَىand praisedعَلَيْهِhim.(۲)(2)
It has been mentioned by Haji Khalifa who passed away in the year 1067 AH, then he transmitted the beginning of the book, and praised him (2).
وَهَذَاThisدَلِيلٌis evidenceعَلَىthatأَنَّهُheوَقَفَcame acrossعَلَىaنُسْخَةٍcopyمِنْهُof itبِهَذَاwith thisالعُنْوَانِ .title.
This is evidence that he came across a copy of it with this title.
وَقَدْAndوُرِدَthe first appearedالعُنْوَانُtitleالأَوَّلُthe firstأَيْضًاalsoفِيinكِتَابِهِhis book،, وَلَٰكِنَّهُbut itمَأْخُوذٌwas takenمِنْfromذَيْلِthe appendixطَبَقَاتِof the ranksالْحَنَابِلَةِof the Hanbalisأَوْorغَيْرِهِanotherمِنْfromكُتُبِbooksالتَّرَاجِمِ،of biographies,
The first title also appeared in his book, but it was taken from the appendix of the ranks of the Hanbalis or another from the books of biographies,
فَإِنَّfor ifحَاجِيHajiخَلِيفَةَKhalifaلَوْhadوَقَفَcome acrossعَلَىaنُسْخَةٍcopyبِهَذَاwith thisالعُنْوَانِtitleلَنَقَلَhe would have transmittedمِنْهَاfrom itبِدَايَةَthe beginningالْكِتَابِof the bookوَتَبَيَّنَand it would have been clear to himلَهُto himأَنَّthatالْكِتَابَthe bookالسَّابِقَpreviousنَفْسَهُitselfالَّذِيwhichذَكَرَهُhe mentionedبِعُنْوَانِby the titleالْجَوَابِthe answerالْكَافِي .sufficient."
For if Haji Khalifa had come across a copy with this title, he would have transmitted from it the beginning of the book, and it would have been clear to him that it was the previous book itself that he mentioned by the title of the sufficient answer.
وَأَنَاAnd Iعِنْدِيhaveصُورَةٌa copyمِنْofنُسْخَةٍa manuscriptمَحْفُوظَةٌpreservedفِيinمَكْتَبَةِthe libraryجَامِعَةِof Yale University,وَقَدْand it has been assessedوَاضِعُthe compilerفَهْرَسَهَاof its indexأَنَّهَاthat it isمِنْfromالْقَرْنِthe centuryالثَّامِنِeighthوَعُنْوَانُهَاand its title«كِتَابُ"The Bookالْجَوَابِthe answerالْكَافِيsufficientفِيinسُؤَالِthe question ofالدَّوَاءِthe medicineالشَّافِيthe healingكَذَا،so on,وَالظَّاهِرُand it seemsأَنَّهُthat itلَيْسَis notبِخَطِin the handwritingكَاتِبِof the writerالنُّسْخَةِ،of the manuscript,وَلَٰكِنَّbutلَاI do notأَدْرِيknowأَهَذِهِwhether thisصُورَةٌis a copyمُحَرَّفَةٌdistortedمِنَofالعُنْوَانِthe titleالْمَشْهُورِfamousالَّذِيthatثَبَتَhas been establishedمِنْfromقَبْلُbeforeفِيinبَعْضِsomeالنُّسَخِ،copies,أَمْorهِيَis itالصِّيَغَةُthe formالْبِدَائِيَّةُthe primitiveالَّتِيwhichتَطَوَّرَتْdevelopedبَعْدَafterتَحْسِينِهَاits improvementإِلَىto
And I have a copy from a preserved manuscript in the Yale University library, and the compiler of its index has assessed it to be from the eighth century, and its title is: "The Book of the Sufficient Answer in the Question of the Healing Medicine, and it seems that it is not in the handwriting of the manuscript writer, but I do not know whether this is a distorted copy of the famous title which has been established before in some copies, or is it the primitive form which developed after its improvement to.
فِيInمَكْتَبَةِthe libraryخَدَابَخْشKhandabakhsh(الهند)(India)
In Khandabakhsh library (India) there is a copy of the book that appears to be from the thirteenth century,
وَسَمَتْit bearsبِالْعُنْوَانَيْنِboth titles,كُلَّيْهِمَا،both,فَلَاso it cannotيُعْتَدُّbe reliedبِهَا .upon.
It bears both titles, so it cannot be relied upon.
(٢)(2)
(2)
كَشْفٌThe uncoveringالظُّنُونِof doubts(ص٦٠٨).(p. 608).
(p. 608).
كَشْفٌThe uncoveringالظُّنُونِof doubts((صp٢٧٨278،,١٤١٧).1417).
(p. 278, 1417).
وَمِنْAnd fromهُنَاhereذُكِرَthe mentionصَاحِبُthe authorهَدِيَّةُof the Giftالْمَعْرِفَةِof knowledge(١٥٨/٢)(158/2)
And from here, the author of the Gift of Knowledge (158/2) mentioned the two titles.
العُنْوَانَيْنِthe two titlesفِيinتَرْجَمَةِthe translation ofابْنِIbnالْقَيْمِ،al-Qayyim,وَبَعْضٍand someمِنْwhoاعْتَمَدَreliedعَلَيْهِمَا.on them.فَعَدَّهُمَاhe counted themكِتَابَيْنِas two booksانْظُرْSeeابْنِIbnقَيِّمِal-Qayyimالْجَوْزِيَّةِal-Jawziyyah(ص٢٤٥).(p. 245).
In the translation of Ibn al-Qayyim, he counted them as two books; see Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (p. 245).