A Malay Manuscript on Advice to Students: A Study and Critical Edition of Tanbīh al-Ṭullāb Manuskrip Melayu tentang Peringatan Buat Penuntut Ilmu: Suatu Kajian dan Edisi Kritikal Teks Tanbīh al-Ṭullāb
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The pursuit of knowledge is a fundamental obligation in Islam and has been emphasised since the time of the Prophet Muḥammad through propagation and the development of Islamic educational systems. Within this tradition, scholars, including those of the Malay world, produced works on Islamic education in prose and in poetic forms such as syair and nazam. This article examines a Malay manuscript entitled Tanbīh al-Ṭullāb (An Admonition for Students), which belongs to the genre of adab in learning, and analyses its content. Previously unstudied, the treatise is written in Arabic verse with interlinear Jawi translation and displays distinct features that set it apart from comparable works. The study focuses on two main aspects. The first is a codicological examination covering the identification of extant copies, their repositories, and physical characteristics such as size, writing material, and watermarks. The second is the preparation of a critical edition of Tanbīh al-Ṭullāb through a philological comparison of two manuscripts, MSS 2378 and MSS 4315. This research clarifies core elements of Islamic educational thought in the Malay world, particularly in relation to ethics, intention, and purpose in learning. The critical edition produced shall serve as a foundation to support further research on Islamic intellectual and educational traditions in classical Malay literature.
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