This week we will read a description of the glorious body of the “light of Muhammad” from Muhmmad Shafi’s Bengali Nurnama (Chittagong, 17th AD).

Here are the text (Middle Bengali in Arabic script) and the translation (the final version will be distributed on Monday): https://uchicago.box.com/s/s5rkpbzrudxbx3cbg8hfzs2o2ah4bmej

This text is part of a book project that I (Th. d’Hubert) am currently working on (see the synopsis and TOC here).

For the last Lunchtime Lyrics of the Quarter, we will read a hikayat by Sawda. See the text and translation here: https://uchicago.box.com/s/xfahmzbd09obj4jbw2tq38cg1b2f50q7